Today I not only have a gorgeous cover to share with you guys but also a great giveaway!
First, check out more about the book and the author, Elizabeth Richards
A dark and tender postapocalyptic love story set in the aftermath of a bloody war.
In a city where humans and Darklings are now separated by a high wall and tensions between the two races still simmer after a terrible war, sixteen-year-olds Ash Fisher, a half-blood Darkling, and Natalie Buchanan, a human and the daughter of the Emissary, meet and do the unthinkable—they fall in love. Bonded by a mysterious connection, that causes Ash’s long dormant heart to beat, Ash and Natalie first deny and then struggle to fight their forbidden feelings for each other, knowing if they’re caught they’ll be executed—but their feelings are too strong. When Ash and Natalie then find themselves at the center of a deadly conspiracy that threatens to pull the humans and Darklings back into war, they must make hard choices that could result in both their deaths.
Elizabeth Richards lives in Buckinghamshire, England and can be found online at www.theredpenofdoom.wordpress.com
Elizabeth Richards is an award-winning journalist and debut author, who spent her early career writing for videogame publications such as CUBE, P2 and GamesTM,and now works as a website editor. Previously, she ran a successful lifestyle website aimed at teenage girls. She won the Jane Hayward Young Journalist of the Year award for her feature on girls in the games industry, and was named ‘Editor’s Choice’ in the industry trade magazine, MCV.
Now, what you’ve all been waiting for: the cover!
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The cover is simply gorgeous! Thank you for the awesome giveaway! *_*
This is such a gorgeous cover – I absolutely love it! Thanks a lot for sharing. 🙂
Love the cover, I just noticed it’s a rose!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Love the cover! Pretty.
I think the cover is GORGEOUS and I’m really surprised I haven’t heard of this book considering, y’know, I live in England and the writer is British!! Definitely interested though as forbidden romance? YES PLEASE. This book has my name written all over it (figuratively speaking of course). Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂
LOVE THE COVER. It really portrays this sense of things falling apart. Love it.
I love the cover! It’s so pretty, it makes me want to read the book right now! Thank you so much for the giveaway. =)
Love the cover. It’s different and I like that. I like covers that are simple but they make simple look good. I also like how the flower is bursiting.
The cover is so beautiful. It’s the right amount of gorgeous and tragic! Can’t wait to read the book 🙂
I think the covers incredible! I love that it’s all shattering and tragic! Beautiful!
I think it is a great cover!
It’s a very interesting cover. I like the way the flower explodes into confetti over the city. It does feel a little too busy, but it’s otherwise quite lovely.
I adore this cover. I like the way it’s a flower, but it’s shattering, which makes it so unique!
That cover is so awesome. I love that it is so abstract and unusual!
Love the cover, its very different from the norm of showing the two main characters it gives off a different vibe. I also like the sketched very anime 🙂
So Awesome i love the shattered rose
It’s wonderful! I don’t think I’ve seen another cover with those effects that pulls it off as well as this one does.
Everything about this book looks awesome, so I’m very much looking forward to reading it!
I think the cover is really different and original and makes you want to know more about the story!
Awesome! The cover is so beautiful, and different. I love it, and the books seems interesting.
elena, http://geekreads.tumblr.com/
Love the cover,Very alluring.
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SQUEE! Amazing cover 🙂
Beautiful cover and intriguing synopsis.
Thanks for the giveaway!
The exploding rose is very eye-catching. Quite intrigued!
WHAT A AWESOME COVER!!!!!!
The cover is FANTASTIC!! I can’t wait to read this book – I just recently added to my TBR list and think it will be great!
This is one of the best covers I’ve seen this year; it’s amazing!
I heart it! And helloooooo, ASH! Omg, and DARKLINGS?!?!?!? I freakin’ love that, you don’t even know! 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway!
I am in love with this cover! I think will do cover love on our blog! Thank you so much for sharing it with us!
I like the cover – very simple but eye-catching!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Now THAT is the kind of cover that would grab my attention from a bookshelf!
I _love_ the cover! So beautiful and eye-catching. I am not sure if the story line is my kind of story, but I believe I’ll give it a chance. So excited to see what everyone else thinks of it, too 🙂
Thanks for another great giveaway!
I love the colors, it really draws the eye to it
The cover for this one is really pretty, I like it a lot 🙂
Thanks for the giveaway!
Love the cover. Although it doesn’t have much on it’s just so.. Beautiful
Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂
gorgeous!!! i can’t wait to read it. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Gorgeous cover! I’m so excited for this book 🙂
Black, red, and white are my favorite color combinations.
The cover is really pretty!!! 🙂
It’s a little busy for my liking…but I’ve warmed up to it. I really like the colors and the simplicity of the title!
Thanks for the post and giveaway.
I think the cover is pretty interesting, the choice of colors and that flower tearing up, you know something’s coming up!
The cover is beautiful. I want to display it on my bookshelf, front and center so everyone can ogle at it 🙂
I think the cover is gorgeous, I love how the rose seems to burst into shards. And the black city behind it! I love it!
Thanks for the giveaway!!
Personally, I’m really amazed by this cover. For once it’s not the same old pretty girl in a pretty dress kind of deal. I love the colors, the dynamics, and the energy bursting from this cover! It’s wicked awesome. So is the blurb – and the drawings!!! I am dying to read this one, thanks for hosting this wonderful giveaway 🙂
The cover is amazing! I have never seen something done like that before! Can not wait to read the book. Thank you for hosting the giveaway.
I LOVE this cover! So freaking gorgeous and unique! Not the same cover like all the other dystopians out there.
Ashelynn @ Gypsy Book Reviews.
Gorgeous. Drew me in.
FORBIDDEN LOVE?!? My absolute favorite thing! <3 Cover is amazing as well!
The first time I saw the cover I thought it was very powerful. The image of something so delicate and fragile exploding and shattering like that is very vivid.
I love the cover… it suits the feel of the first chapter perfectly!! 🙂
The cover looks amazing! I love the contrast of the colors.
Ning
Absolutely stunning — one of my favorites from all these new covers that have been popping out.
Fantastic cover! Very striking!
I like this cover – it looks different from most recent covers!
I love the way the cover looks. It’s so appealing and so different from all of the usual covers we’ve been seeing recently.
Holy…
That was my reaction. Wow, I’ve gotta read this! 😀
I like it! Very dramatic with the rose petals. 🙂
I love the contrast of colors!
The cover is beautiful. Love the exploding petals of the flower! It is a very unique cover.
Sara @ upon a love story
Loved the cover. I think it’s really unique !
@Tibiux
I love the shattering rose! It’s genius! Thanks for the giveaway. =)
Love it! So vibrant.
Love the cover! Pretty.
The cover is Absolutely GORGEOUS! I love that pop pink and red in the cover, it really stands out with the shade of black. <3
Incredible. Just stunning!
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Even though Ash can NEVER be as good as my fairy Ash, I still lurve me some post-apocalyptic. Thanks so much!
And, wow, that cover is amazing. It’s like, a shattering rose, or something…
I love the cover! The rose petals falling looks like peppermint pieces. 🙂
I love it! It looks like one of those high-speed camera pics of something being shot!:P
I love the cover!
The explosion is fabulous! So different.
Valerie
StuckInBooks.com
It’s a gorgeous cover. Love the symbolism!
Love the cover! Very pretty.
I love the cover and this book sounds fantastic!
I love the cover and this book sounds fantastic!
I think it is SO unique and breathtaking! Never seen anything like it!
Such a gorgeous cover!! And that synopsis sounds so cool too — I can’t wait to read this book now! 🙂
I love the way this cover looks like it is shattering. So cool!
I adore the cover! It looks awesome. The effects of it really seem to relate to the book!
It’s AWESOME! I’ve seen the shattered effect more recently, however, this cover is different and striking. I can’t wait to read it.
I really love the cover!!
I love how the rose shatters it’s gorgeous
This book sounds great, and I love the cover! I’m excited to see how it ties in to the story =)
Really loving the cover its so different…and shattering 😉
I love this cover. I love the colors and I think it is different and beautiful.
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The flower is amazing. I love it!
Awesome cover. I can’t wait to read it.
An author and an artist, awesome (: ! Thanks for hosting this contest (: !
This is seriously like the 4th time I’ve seen someone host a giveaway for this book today! Lol I love the cover and its definitely something to ponder! Thanks for the giveaway!
Shae @ Understanding Shae’s Story
This cover is amazing! I’m definitely enjoying the fact that there are no girls or dresses too.
cover is great, drawing is PHENOMENAL.
Thanks for the totally amazing giveaway. This book sounds totally awesome. I also think that the cover is totally gorgeous. I am dying to read this — it sounds fantastic!
The cover is awesome! Thanks for the giveaway!
IT’S NOT BLACK 🙂
This cover is gorgeous ! I really like the bursting of colors in the front and of the red especially considering that it is a book about vampires. Also, the city’s outline we see in the background has been appearing on the cover of a lot of dystopian novels theses days but it works in this case. Given the summary it makes sense !
i am in love with this cover! i love everything about it, especially what to me seems like the flower is shattering over the city : ) i cannot wait to read it!! thanks for the giveaway : )
I love the cover! It’s definitely eye catching! Thanks so much for the giveaway:)
The cover is absolutely an attention-grabber with the exploding rose!
This book looks amazing!
I like that you can’t immediately see what it is about, and it’s definitely an eye catcher.
Loved the story,and the cover is WONDERFUL!!Thank you so much for the giveaway,hope to be the lucky one =)
I love the cover!
The cover is lovely! I am so excited for this book 🙂
This cover is so beautiful, thanks for the chance to win!
The Cait Files
I really like the cover. Very Cool!
lizzi0915 at aol dot com
I LOVE this cover!!
Doodle’s Book Blog
I love the cover and definitely want to read the book!
I love the cover!! I’ve seen this book everywhere lately!
Totally in love with the cover! It’s very eye catching and quite different from most YA covers (in a good way) 🙂
This cover is gorgeous! It reminds me a bit of New Moon but this is more striking. 🙂
It’s pretty amazing! 🙂
The cover is really cool! Thanks for the chance to win!
i love the cover ,especially how the rose shatters..:)
The cover is beautiful! I’ve never seen anything like it before.
OMGGGG THE COVER IS GORGEOUS <3 I LOVE the scattering of petals :DD Plus, it’s so refreshing to see a cover that DOES NOT have a girl with a beautiful dress :S (Not that I don’t like them,just that it’s unoriginal )
AND THAT CHAPTER! Urghh I NEED MOREEEE!!! It was so intense, and I was completely sucked into the story. I’m sure I’ll love this <3
I loove the cover. It’s so pretty. It reminds me of the cover of New Moon but this is so much better. Thanks for the great giveaway and for making it international.
I love the colors of this cover, as well as the city in the backround, and the whole exploding rose is pretty awesome. The story sounds spectacular and I must give props to the author for the fantastic drawing. I can’t wait to read this book!
The cover is beautiful, for me the shattered rose represents how everything they knew about life was lost, the beauty of the time, and all the wonderfulness of love! I need to have a cooopy!! Thanks for the giveaway! (ileana on Rafflecopter)
I love it! I’m so,glad it’s not another girl in a pretty dress.
Lurveeeee the cover – the rose makes the cover move mystical
I love the cover! And the story seems really good 🙂
I think the idea of bloody crimson glassy petals is awesome. The cover is just gorgeous and I think is in sink with the story.
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I love the cover and colors!!! Beautiful 😀
Such an awesome cover, makes me think of confetti but in a more dazzling way.
Love the cover(:
Awesome cover, definitely eye catching 🙂
I love the effect of the rose petals, and the city thats all black from behind. Really pretty and interesting 🙂
Farah
MajiBookshelf
I love the shattering flower; it makes me wonder what significance it will have in the book. Overall, a really lovely cover! 🙂
That cover is amazing!
I love the cover!! Red and black are my favorite colors 🙂
Like it, but wouldn’t love it
It’s beautiful, but I didn’t think it was YA when I first saw it
AWESOME cover! Thank you for the giveaway!
Wow! Eye-popping color with a twist of mystery. Definitely want to read this one! (yes…judged this book by its cover)
The cover of this book is SO pretty! It seems good too!
I love the cover, unique..but at the same time, I am not sure what it reveals about the story itself.
I love the cover. I think it’s pretty and unique 🙂
The cover is so shattering! I love it. It’s a flower. So delicate and dark. Love it!! 🙂
Thanks for the giveaway.
The cover is gorgeous!
I love the cover. It gives the impression that things are blowing apart, but it’s still very beautiful.
I love it! Its amazing and the concept of the cover is well put together! 😀
Thanks for the giveaway.
The more I look at it the more I like it. It’s very striking!
I love this cover! I cannot wait for it to be sitting on my shelves. The shattered rose is so eye catching!
I love the cover!! Its so pretty and the shattered flower is so eye catching! I love it!!
HOLY MOLY! I love this cover!
I love the shattering rose over the dark city. Does it have significance?
I love the cover! Gorgeous. I love when covers are kind of enigmatic, like this one! 🙂
This is a beautiful cover! *swoon*
I think the cover is absolutely gorgeous! One of my favourites I have seen so far this year!! 😀
I have seen better covers but it’s still pretty rad
I simply love the cover. I like the contrast between edgy (with the explosion of petals) and soft (with the roses). It matches with the synopsis, which is really fantastic.
I love the cover! but the flower reminds me of New Moon cover? though I think it’s complete different…
That cover is amazing!!
It’s unique and different.
I LOVE IT! It is gorgeous. Also, sounds like an amazing book 🙂 *Fingers crossed* <3 Thank you both for the chance 😀
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The cover is stunning. I have it pinned on my book covers I love board on Pinterest!
The cover is very pretty.
the cover is awesome! I can’t stop staring.
This cover is amazing, simply WOW
Pavan
I love the cover, it’s simple, but beautiful, and I absolutely love the city skyline, so gorgeous! 😀
Shatter roses. I love the aesthetic… the use of roses almost seem wishy-washy, but much better than some generic models!
The title, synopsis and cover all sound AMAZING!
I love the cover! It’s Beautiful!! Thank you for the Giveaway!
I can’t wait to read this book! It looks amazing!
Love Love Love the cover!!! very striking…want to read the book <3
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I both like and don’t like the cover…the colours really pop and draw my attention, and it has a great mysterious feel. It makes me want to know what the book is about. But at the same time…it’s just a rose blowing up.
I don’t know…my first instinct is to like it, but when I actually consider it, I find that I am not as crazy about it. Lol.
Omg such a good summary, and the cover…!
The cover is flawlessly beautiful!! For a moment I was wondering what was that and realized that it is a rose. It would be one of the books I’ll definitely buy and read!! And thank you for the giveaway!
The cover is definitely an attention grabber. I really don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it! The rose is just… I’m still staring at it. I love that it sort of explodes and I can’t wait for the book to come out!
The cover is one of the most gorgeous thing I’ve seen this year~! :O
Whaou, an international giveaway for a book that seems great.
But I can’t say if I like or no the cover. I didn’t understand it was a rose at the first glance XD
Even though I don’t like the font I absolutely adore the cover, the whole idea is amazing
Love the cover is Beautiful.
Interesting cover
I like it >.<
Makes me wonder if there’s a real meaning to the rose…though it reminded me of another book cover.
I do like it!!
It is fantastic! It would definately catch my eye.
Gosh, I am in LOVE with the cover. It’s stunning yet somehow heartbreaking. Ack, now I’m dying to read this, lol. Thanks for the giveaway, Katie!
Gorgeous cover!! Very eye-catching.
I dig the exploding rose! I also like the city skyline in the background. Very cool! Thanks for the giveaway :0)
I love this cover. It definitely sticks out from any other ya book cover out there. Anyway, I’m totally excited for this one! Thanks for the giveaway!
Whoa. When you scroll down this post, your blog background goes all psychadelic. It’s kinda awesome.
OH. Also. The cover is really neat XD I love roses and the exploding thing is epic. I also like how it’s not over complicated. I like simple covers like this.
I love this cover. I’ve been seeing it everywhere lately, and it is unlike any other. LOVE!
I think it’s the most gorgeous cover I’ve ever seen! Love it! thanks for the giveaway!!
I love this cover and the exploding flower! Wonderful giveaway!
I love the cover!!
The cover is amazing! I absolutely love it!
– Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl
Such an awesome cover! I feel like I can hear it shattering and falling down to the floor, amazing 🙂
I think the cover is great. It’s very unique and eye catching.
The cover is great. I love that it is so artistic.
The cover is very pretty. The effect of the flower shattering is great.
I keep seeing this cover everywhere and needless to say, it takes my breath away each time =D
Sana @ artsy musings of a bibliophile
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The cover is gorgeous.. I really like it. I’ve heard great things about the book. Thanks for the giveaway!
Love the cover so much! 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway.
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Such a beautiful cover! I love it! 🙂
The cover is just great! ^^
Thanks for the giveaway!
Best cover I’ve seen in such a long while! Finally, it’s gown-free, and still so delicate and beautiful (and symbolic?) I love it, and I really hope I can get to read it soon!
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS. One of the best covers of dystopian novels
The cover is very striking! I like that it breaks free from the current cover trends so it stands out.
Oh sorry, I hadn’t read all the rules >< The cover is beautiful, I hope the story is also nice ^^
I love the cover! I love the details. Definitely makes you take a second look.
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I think the cover is Awesome….
It’s very classy
Love the vibrant cover and the shredding of the flower!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Leanne
I didn’t know she’s such an awesome artist! Her drawing is beautiful 🙂 Very manga!
I wonder if she’ll do a graphic novel based on her novels 🙂