Friday Face Off : The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden
1 March 2024
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Books, Friday Face Of, Katie Lumsden, reading, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

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 I’ve chosen a book that I’ve just literally read and reviewed. The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden. Here are the covers:
I like all three of these for different reasons but this week my favourite is:

I like the way the cover is framed and I think the cut out style silhouette is a good choice – it has an almost ghostly appearance and I think this style was very popular during the Victorian era – although I could have just dreamt that up!
Which is your favourite?
Join me next week in highlighting one of your reads with different covers.
That’s my fave too! The red is striking. But I really like the far right side cover too.
Yes, I like that cover too – well, I like all three – but I think the red cover fits the period so well.
Lynn 😀
These three covers are so different! I love the last one, and the second one makes it feel like a more contemporary story.
Yeah, I like the second one but it just doesn’t fit the story for me.
Lynn 😀