UK vs THE WORLD (71)

UK vs. The world is a weekly meme I made up lol.

It's simlair to UK vs. US except the UK covers are battling it out with their foreign counterparts from all over the world, because who doesn't love judging books by their covers!

UK                         vs                  Bulgaria

Firebrand by Gillian Philip

Rebel angels book one.

('Непокорна кръв' translates to 'Rebellious blood.' - According to Google translate.)

Mist: I haven't read this book so I don't know which suits the story best but I prefer the Bulgarian cover. Even though they're both quite similar I like the real man as opposed to the drawn one and I like all the fire and castles in the background. Generally I just find the Bulgarian cover more striking and its the one I'd choose to have on my shelf.

Ninfa: These are very similar covers, almost like the same scene in a movie. I like the darker colours in the UK cover, but there's something heroic about the Bulgarian cover, with the horse galloping and the warrior ready to fight. I like the castle backdrop, and the village burning.
As I said, all the elements in both covers are very similar, but I think this time I prefer the Bulgarian cover.

Which do you prefer?

Wednesday worldly covers - week 5 and Guest Post

Have a lookie at this gorgous Brazillian cover of Darke Academy: Secret lives by Gabriella Poole (A.K.A Gilllian Philip) then read the special guest post from the author below!

Here's the cover for the brand new Brazilian edition of DARKE ACADEMY: SECRET LIVES. I love it - I really like the UK covers, too, but this is very different and sinister.

There's been a long pause after Book 3 in the series. When that episode concluded, Cassie and her friends were left stunned by the terrible turn of events. Everything changed in Istanbul - for everyone, even the mercurial principal Sir Alric Darke.

I've been contacted by many readers wanting to know what happens next - will Ranjit and Cassie defeat the forces working against them, and find happiness, or will their Few status part them forever? What about the star-crossed lovers Isabella and Jake? Will Katerina and her evil mother get their comeuppance? And as for Richard, a favourite character with so many... what will become of him, and might he in fact be the saving of Cassie?


The fact is, I wonder all those things too! And while Hodder haven't committed yet to a fourth book, the good news is that Hothouse Fiction (the series originators) have decided the story must have an ending, and we have to find out what happens to Cassie and Co. - so I'll be starting to write DARKE ACADEMY 4 very soon indeed...


So here's hoping for a definite decision on publication soon. Meanwhile, I'm off to the Darke Academy to catch up with the characters. Kenya sounds like a fabulous setting for a school...


Gillian Philip.

So, pretty awesome news ay! For those of you that haven't read or maybe even heard of the books here's the UK covers and synopsis for the first book.

Secret lives: The Darke Academy is a school like no other. An elite establishment that moves to an exotic new city every term, its students are impossibly beautiful, sophisticated and rich. And the more new scholarship girl Cassie Bell learns about the Academy, the more curious she becomes. What sinister secrets are guarded by the Few -- the select group of students who keep outsiders away? Who is the dark stranger prowling the corridors at night? And what really happened a year earlier, when the last scholarship girl died in mysterious circumstances? One thing Cassie will discover is that a little knowledge may be a dangerous thing, but knowing too much can be deadly...

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