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[[image:http://img1.imagesbn.com/p/9780545224918_p0_v2_s260x420.JPG width="286" height="436" align="left"]]**The Scorpio Races**
This cover shows a lot of good movement. It captures the moment with the horse breaking the water's surface and it almost appears itself to move.While not many colors were used the darker reds played a good role and made the scene more dramatic than it would if the cover was many different colors or just black and white. The value is also very good, able to show an image as if it's fully in 3D while there is actually very few colors used. There is very good depth to it as well.

The typography was also played in very well. With the author being a NY Times best seller she was able to put her name in big and bold lettering while creating a unique and interesting font to put the book title in. The size of the lettering was also well spaced out and laid out so that the title got your attention without taking it away from the rest of the cover.

The book grabs attention by using so much red. Red is a color that the human eye is drawn to right away and by using so much it really brings you in. Also the text is unique, long, and very flowy that indicates that this isn't your everyday horse book and makes people want to read it to find out why a blood red horse is diving head first into a swirling current. http://maggiestiefvater.com/the-scorpio-races/the-scorpio-races/

This cover uses emphasis very well. A darker background lightens into the text as well as on the lone plane in the back. This one also uses color in a unique way that is used for creating drama which could let onto the content and theme of the story.
 * Unbroken**

The typography in this book isn't super fancy but it stands out and is well sized for the kind of book it is. The white and bold text stands out against the dark gold and black beautifully and the space is well used so that it isn't pulling away from the back image. Last the size variation is also good and it keeps the cover from looking boring.

The cover of this makes it interesting as it's so dramatic. There's this huge text which draws you in right away and then there is an image of a single B-25 Liberator flying into a storm over darkened seas. This also sets the tone for the book and does a good job at holding the attention of someone looking at it. http://www.npr.org/2010/12/01/131724901/the-unbroken-spirit-of-an-ordinary-hero

[[image:Mortal instruments cover for wiki.jpg width="284" height="427" align="left"]]**The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones**
This cover makes very good use of color. The above city being warm and has the sun rising over it, and the one below in darker colors back lit by the moon. there is also good balance. It's split almost right down the middle and depicts something that could almost be folded over itself. Finally there is subtle but good use of emphasis. there is a thing glow coming from the symbol where the o in 'of' is which draws your eye away from the New York skyline and to the hidden city under it.

There best thing the text has going for it is the the font and that fact that it's shiny. It could have been sized better and placed a bit better but the letters look really good.

The contrast between the halves of the cover are what makes it so interesting to look at. Plus it's an overall very nice looking cover. Also the distorted look of the lower city in the water draws people in to look at it more.

http://tmisource.com/the-mortal-instruments/city-of-bones-movie/movie-related-merchandise/