Friday Face Off : Murder Road by Simone St James
8 March 2024
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Friday Face off, Murder Road, Simone St James

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 (and loved I might add). Murder Road by Simone St James. Here are the covers:
Well, I like both of these. The first very dark and the lights shining along the road. The second has a somewhat more sinister feel to it with the lonely character.
My favourite: I really like the second cover, you can just tell the book is going to be creepy, but if you really look at it it looks more like the figure is walking in the forest, which actually I do understand, but I think the road and the lights seems more fitting given the story, plus I like the dramatic impact of the colours.

Which is your favourite?
Join me next week in highlighting one of your reads with different covers.
I prefer the first cover, the second one is still beautiful but the first one is the one calling for me. And I have yet to read the first book by this author but I hope to do it soon-ish!
Yes, I will definitely backtrack to her earlier work.
Lynn 😀
I agree, the second cover doesn’t quite fit the vibe of the story, even though it’s a great cover.
Yeah, I really like it but I think the first is more fitting.
Lynn 😀
Both sare fantastic, but I like that one too because it more effectively captures the creepiness of a dark and lonely highway in the middle of nowhere!
Yes, the road is more fitting.
Lynn: 😀
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