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- Title: A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
- Author: Roseanne A. Brown
- Genre: Fantasy
What I love about the Cover
I first saw this book cover as I was scrolling through twitter and it jumped out at me.
What immediately drew me in was the richness of colors in this cover and, I admit it, that gorgeous font. (I’m a bit of a font addict.) The accent work done around the book title is incredible. I’ve created a number of book covers and can tell you fonts do not automatically look this dimensional, with so much depth and light. What the artist has done here is breathtaking.
The font also shows on the inside of the book:
This cover has incredible color balance. The beautiful tapestry in the background and the detailed outfit the woman on the cover is wearing are balanced perfectly with the simpler, green tones of the fabric billows and everything on the cover is the perfect frame to bring your focus to the emotion captured in the beautiful woman on the front. Her expression holds pain and resolve.
The woman on the cover comes across like a warrior queen: regal, powerful, determined. When I read the description, it meets all the expectations this gorgeous cover has set. Take a read for yourself and enjoy!
About the Book
The first in a gripping fantasy duology inspired by West African folklore in which a grieving crown princess and a desperate refugee find themselves on a collision course to murder each other despite their growing attraction—from debut author Roseanne A. Brown. Perfect for fans of Tomi Adeyemi, Renée Ahdieh, and Sabaa Tahir.
For Malik, the Solstasia festival is a chance to escape his war-stricken home and start a new life with his sisters in the prosperous desert city of Ziran. But when a vengeful spirit abducts his younger sister, Nadia, as payment to enter the city, Malik strikes a fatal deal—kill Karina, Crown Princess of Ziran, for Nadia’s freedom.
But Karina has deadly aspirations of her own. Her mother, the Sultana, has been assassinated; her court threatens mutiny; and Solstasia looms like a knife over her neck. Grief-stricken, Karina decides to resurrect her mother through ancient magic . . . requiring the beating heart of a king. And she knows just how to obtain one: by offering her hand in marriage to the victor of the Solstasia competition.
When Malik rigs his way into the contest, they are set on a heart-pounding course to destroy each other. But as attraction flares between them and ancient evils stir, will they be able to see their tasks to the death?