Aug 12
Click for full imageArt Direction: A normal lion! That’s right, not a man lion or even a lion holding a laser rifle. You see, that guy by the water cooler was a genius! Why change a winning formula? Expect this time, leave off the sword and instead we’ll have lots of magical glowing. Magical… purple glowing!
Published 2011
(Average: 5.30 out of 10)
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August 12th, 2011 at 9:59 am
“Wait – do you smell something lion-y?”
August 12th, 2011 at 11:45 am
Magic Bleeds. Magic Slays. Is there anything magic CAN’T do?
August 12th, 2011 at 1:08 pm
My art direction: “Hot chick with a sword in that magical, glowing moment before she gets eaten by a lion.”
BEHIND YOU!
August 12th, 2011 at 1:10 pm
The previous novel featured on this illustrious site was Magic Burns.
Rumors that the next outing in the series will be entitled “Magic Itches” are unconfirmed at this time.
August 12th, 2011 at 1:13 pm
“Fans of urban fantasy will delight in Ilona Andrew’s alternate universe Atlanta.”
I know that the words ‘alternate universe Atlanta’ certainly give ME goosebumps! I just cannot get enough fantasy novels set in the capital of Georgia.
August 12th, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Wait, what is wrong with her chest? She seems to have a football stuffed into her tank top.
August 12th, 2011 at 4:17 pm
I hope she never has to run anywhere.
August 12th, 2011 at 6:06 pm
You’re sort of scraping the barrel if you think the Andrew’s covers are bad enough to skewer. In the grand scheme of things, they’re totally benign. At least the object on the cover have something to do with the book, and the series is quite good if you enjoy urban fantasy.
August 12th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
My good sir or ma’am,
The issue at hand it not whether this is good urban fantasy series, or whether Ms. Andrews is a good author, or whether the cover is representative of the story. The issue is, rather, is it enjoyable to poke fun at the fact this cover is so very, very shiny.
August 12th, 2011 at 7:48 pm
Why is she giving her knee the Iron Claw?
August 12th, 2011 at 8:47 pm
Somewhere — somewhere close — a publisher is developing an embossed cover that is so shiny, you’ll go blind looking at it.
August 12th, 2011 at 9:31 pm
I don’t think those are her own legs.
August 13th, 2011 at 1:37 pm
I’m surprised no one made any Narnia jokes.
August 14th, 2011 at 4:50 am
I’m with you, dangermom:
what’s with the glowing purple right boob? Is that where the magic burned her last time?
August 15th, 2011 at 7:45 am
Are ANY book covers more generic than these “Urban Fantasy” covers?
They are exactly the same! Woman with tight pants and tribal tattoo + totem animal, holding some knife-ish weapons.
January 9th, 2017 at 4:30 am
I can’t figure out her chestal area at all. Basketball? No. Rugby ball? It’s not pointy enough for an American/Canadian football. But at least it distracted me from her right hand.
The lion is pretty good, although he seems a bit bemused as to why he’s on this cover (as well he should be).
January 9th, 2017 at 5:46 am
Perhaps her accessories help her walk with a straight lion
May 25th, 2022 at 3:10 pm
The edgy reboot of the Narnia series featured Aslan cautioning a bipolar Lucy not to stab her popular older sister Susan.
May 26th, 2022 at 2:16 am
And who can forget Killer Klipper, the ill-advised follow up reboot to Voyage of the Dawn Treader, where Lucy escapes her cabin prison and takes vengeance on the captain and crew…
May 26th, 2022 at 5:04 am
@JJ, Emster: Your edgy Narnia is something I’d read.