It’s not very original, and it’s probably the biggest disappointment of the edition for me. The castle on the top of the shield also appears on both covers, and the natural feature at the bottom, though not the same, is still similar. It bears a striking resemblance to the design on the UK cover of Empire of the Vampire, complete with the shield in the middle and the characters and animals around it. New York Times bestselling author (since 2011) of dark fantasy, gothic, PNR & contemporary romances BC summers/LA winters Neurodiverse Links2Books. The reverse dust jacket cover, though, has me raising my eyebrows. I suck at color evaluation, so I won’t get technical (pfft, if I can even do that) but I will say I like the color. It was already a beautiful cover and didn’t need a redesign, in my opinion. When 24-year old Hanna Heikkinen’s estranged father dies, she reluctantly makes the trip to Northern Finland for his funeral. Some cover redesigns are not to my liking I won’t rehash some of the disasters, but I’m glad Book(ish) Box left the cover alone and just played with the color a bit. River of Shadows is an adult dark fantasy romance based on Finnish mythology and the underworld of Tuonela. It is an exclusive, not a redesign, which is amazing, and it is modeled after the paperback cover of the indie version, not the hardcover.
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