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Top Ten Gorgeous Book Covers on Books I didn’t really like (DNF) but still loved the cover! 🙂
I was excited about this topic. We had a cover freebie so I thought why not tell you about the books that have gorgeous covers but I wasn’t a fan of.
- The Bone Witch ~ DNF I loved this cover, I requested even before I realized what it was about and then the synopsis was so interesting, it was interesting but not for me. I still however love the look of this cover!
- The Diabolic ~ I want to try this one again but as of right now, it wasn’t working for me. I wasn’t feeling the characters however LOOK AT THAT COVER! I have a physical copy and it’s just amazing in person.
- The Bear and the Nightingale ~ DNF Every time I see this cover I cry thinking how sad I was for not liking this book. It has to many names for each characters about 25% in it got too confusing and I gave up.
- Behind the Canvas – DNF I loved this cover MG always has great covers, sadly I wasn’t interested in the story as much as the cover.
- Mechanica ~ DNF this cover is still amazing and I love everything about it. I would hang this on my wall even if I DNFd the book.
- The Cage ~ DNF I tried so hard with this book it just didn’t work but I love the colors on this cover. So amazing and gorgeous.
- The Girl who Never Was ~ DNF I was so smitten with this cover, I loved how it was split between two worlds however the story was very confusing to me and it felt a little not put together.
- Charmed ~ DNF but THIS COVER! I love the first book but the MC in this one was so mean I couldn’t get into it like I did the first book. I liked her better in the first.
- Extraordinary October ~ DNF love the cover, I picked it up because of those colors, the book just didn’t work for me like I had hopped. I wanted to love it but I didn’t but I still LOVE the cover!
- Uprooted ~ DNF I am so sad that I didn’t like this book as much as I wanted too. However this cover is AMAZING! the roots and little window pictures, I can stare at it for hours. I adore this cover so much.
I guess you really can’t judge a book by it’s cover but sometimes those covers are just so gorgeous even if the book itself wasn’t good you still think that cover is AMAZING!
Thanks for stopping by to check out the covers I love but not the book.
DO you have any covers you loved but didn’t love the book?
Have a great day and Happy Reading!
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I love the cover for The Bone Witch, but I’ve seen a lot of DNT for it.
It has a lot of mixed reviews. It really wasn’t bad it was just way to slow for me. It was a bummer since I actually was enjoying it. Less pages and the story moved along faster and I think I would have loved it. But that cover is gorgeous!!!
I really like the covers for The Bear and the Nightingale , Behind the Canvas, and Mechanica.
It sucks, two books on your list are in my pile to try and some point and now I am worried. 🙂 Bone Witch and The Bear and the Nightingale
I love the Bear and the Nightingale cover and the Charmed one but have never actually been interested in reading either. I think I might want to read Mechanica though? Can’t remember what it’s about lol, but I love that cover too.
I’m so sorry that none of these gorgeously covered books worked for you! I just picked up The Bone Witch on sale. At least if it doesn’t work for me then I won’t have paid full prices for it! 😉
The Bone Witch has a great cover! I like Charmed a lot too and Mechanika and The Cage are both nice also.
Great take on today’s topic.! I’ve only read THE CAGE and I liked it well enough. These other covers are very pretty — too bad the stories weren’t all that great for you.
Happy TTT!
Oh no! I still need to read The Diabolic and The Cage!! 🙁
Though I too DNF’d The Bone Witch. Just couldn’t get into it unfortunately!
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I love those covers. Sorry the books didn’t work for you. The one I mostly think about (great cover/horrible book) is the Gallow and Ragged series by Lilith Saintcrow (an author that I’ve read and enjoyed in the past). I loved the covers, but I just didn’t love the books. I finished the first book, but didn’t really like it. I wanted to give the second book a try and couldn’t finish it.
Mechanica has one of my all-time favorite covers! But yeah, the story was quite disappointing. I liked it, but….I wanted more out of it.