Today I’m returning to the  Friday Face Off, originally created by Books by Proxy).  I’ve missed these for the past few months and so would like to get back to comparing covers (and hopefully I will be updating this page with a new banner.  This is an opportunity to look at a book of your choice and shine the spotlight on the covers.  Of course this only works for those books that have alternative covers (although sometimes I use this to look at a series of books to choose a favourite). . So, if you have a book that has alternative covers, highlight them and choose your favourite.  If you’re taking part it would be great if you leave a link so I can take a look at what you’ve chosen.

This week my book is a title that I am really excited about.  The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden.  I absolutely loved her Bear and Nightingale (Winternight) trilogy and cannot wait to see what she does next.  Click on the link above to read what this book is about – it sounds amazing.  Two covers for this one.  Let’s take a look:

It’s difficult to choose a favourite this week.  I love the first cover.  It’s the cover I’m familiar with and it has a ghostly appeal – something about the way the hands are almost luminous appearing out of the darkness, plus I love the font – and the poppy.  The second cover is also, well, my cup of tea.  I love covers that have this classic stylised feel, the little intriguing details plus the colours work so well together.  If pushed, and probably because it’s the first cover I saw and grew attached to:

Which is your favourite?

Join me next week in highlighting one of your reads with different covers.