{"id":1514,"date":"2013-05-30T10:34:29","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T16:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sherrythomas.com\/blog\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2013-05-30T12:04:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T18:04:00","slug":"a-new-cover-for-the-burning-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sherrythomas.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/30\/a-new-cover-for-the-burning-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Cover for THE BURNING SKY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Huh?<\/em> you say. <em>But it already has a fantastic cover.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I know. \u00a0Tell me about it. \u00a0I love, love, love the original cover to bits. \u00a0But covers change all the time&#8211;at least in YA it does. \u00a0The good\u00a0folks at Harper reconsidered the cover and decided that they wanted an approach that more strongly evoked the epic fantasy-adventure feel of the story.<\/p>\n<p>And I have to say, the final cover blew me away just as much.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherrythomas.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/30\/a-new-cover-for-the-burning-sky\/burningsky_new_cover\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1515\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1515\" title=\"BurningSky_new_cover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sherrythomas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/BurningSky_new_cover-e1369929619381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sherrythomas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/BurningSky_new_cover-e1369929619381.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.sherrythomas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/BurningSky_new_cover-e1369929619381-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.sherrythomas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/BurningSky_new_cover-e1369929619381-397x600.jpg 397w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The same artist, so definitely all the same epic feel. The image this time illustrates rather than contradicts the title. \u00a0Both ways work great: one magnifies the message, the other raises intriguing questions. \u00a0I&#8217;m just fortunate to have received not one, but two magnificently evocative covers.<\/p>\n<p>And here, as promised, the snippet from the book that encapsulates the tipping point of the romantic arc.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">But his expression, after an initial shock, turned grim. He pushed the sheet aside and struggled to get up. \u201cWhy did you not tell me sooner?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">She gripped his arm to steady him. \u201cI thought you were drawing your last breath.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">He swayed, but his scowl was fierce. \u201cUnderstand this: you will never again care whether I live or die, not when your own safety is in danger. My purpose is to guide and protect you for as long as I can, but in the end, only one of us matters, and it is not me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">A bright pain burned in her heart. She might yet save herself from falling in love with him, but she would never again be able to truly despise him.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If that is not a Sherry Thomas romance, I don&#8217;t know what is. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>What do you think about the new cover?<\/p>\n<p>You can read an excerpt <a href=\"http:\/\/sherrythomas.com\/the-burning-sky.php\">here<\/a> and order your copy from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Burning-Sky-ebook\/dp\/B00BATIMO6\/?tag=sherthomhistr-20\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-burning-sky-sherry-thomas\/1114298576?ean=9780062207296&amp;cm_mmc=AFFILIATES-_-Linkshare-_-QCqKja28gIw-_-2%3a9780062207296&amp;r=1&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">B&amp;N<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/the-burning-sky\/id599863440\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Sherry_Thomas_The_Burning_Sky?id=TNYhp6pHOZkC\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a>, &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780062207296\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">IndieBound<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huh? you say. But it already has a fantastic cover. I know. \u00a0Tell me about it. \u00a0I love, love, love the original cover to bits. \u00a0But covers change all the time&#8211;at least in YA it does. \u00a0The good\u00a0folks at Harper reconsidered the cover and decided that they wanted an approach that more strongly evoked the &#8230; <a title=\"A New Cover for THE BURNING SKY\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherrythomas.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/30\/a-new-cover-for-the-burning-sky\/\" aria-label=\"More on A New Cover for THE BURNING SKY\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sherrythomas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sherrythomas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sherrythomas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sherrythomas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sherrythomas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1514"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.sherrythomas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1518,"href":"https:\/\/www.sherrythomas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions\/1518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sherrythomas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sherrythomas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sherrythomas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}