Lisa Lutz's debut, The Spellman Files was one of my favourite books of last year and I finished it already anticipating the sequel (and a movie - surely there must be a movie!).
So I actually went "Ooh! Ooh!" out loud when I saw that the sequel - Curse of the Spellmans - is already out.
And then, because I'm me, I got caught up in the different covers. The cover on the left is the US cover. There's no UK cover on Amazon yet. But there is a new UK cover for The Spellman Files and I don't know how I feel about it... which is where you come in!
So on the left we have the US cover. Again, it seems to me that the US cover isn't primarily aimed at women, which is a good thing. I think.
The centre cover is the one on the book I read - the UK large format paperback. It doesn't thrill me and it seems like it's perhaps aimed at Janet Evanovich fans.
On the right is the new, small format, UK cover. Clearly aimed at
chick lit fans. You may remember that Daphne Unfeasible, Maureen
Johnson's agent, said that The Spellman Files "fits no one's idea of
chick lit" and, while I disagreed, I'm not sure the cover entirely suits
the book. I'm not even sure if I like it. I do like the combination of
illustration and photography illustration (squinting at it, I'm not sure that is a photo of a dog!). It may just be the
pink (or lilac). It's really not a pastel type of book.
What do you think?
