A little while back I was contacted by the amazing team at Bloomsbury Spark with an offer to work on one of their upcoming paranormal young adult titles, and I may or may not have fallen out of my chair in my haste to respond with a resounding YES. What followed was an opportunity I'm ever-so grateful for, and I couldn't be more excited to share with you today the cover for debut author Vanessa Barneveld's This is Your Afterlife.
This Is Your Afterlife releases October 21st, and I hope after seeing the cover below and checking out the blurb you guys will be looking forward to this one as much as I am!
THIS IS YOUR AFTERLIFE
When the one boy you crushed on in life can't seem to stay away in death, it's hard to be a normal teen when you're a teen paranormal.
Sixteen-year-old Keira Nolan has finally got what she wanted—the captain of the football team in her bedroom. Problem is he’s not in the flesh. He’s a ghost and she’s the only one who can see him.
Keira's determined to do anything to find Jimmy's killer. Even it if means teaming up with his prickly-yet-dangerously-attractive brother, Dan, also Keira's ex-best-friend. Keira finds that her childish crush is fading, but her feelings for Dan are just starting to heat up, and as the story of Jimmy’s murder unfolds, anyone could be a suspect.
This thrilling debut from Vanessa Barneveld crosses over from our world to the next, and brings a whole delightful new meaning to "teen spirit".
Sixteen-year-old Keira Nolan has finally got what she wanted—the captain of the football team in her bedroom. Problem is he’s not in the flesh. He’s a ghost and she’s the only one who can see him.
Keira's determined to do anything to find Jimmy's killer. Even it if means teaming up with his prickly-yet-dangerously-attractive brother, Dan, also Keira's ex-best-friend. Keira finds that her childish crush is fading, but her feelings for Dan are just starting to heat up, and as the story of Jimmy’s murder unfolds, anyone could be a suspect.
This thrilling debut from Vanessa Barneveld crosses over from our world to the next, and brings a whole delightful new meaning to "teen spirit".
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If you want to see more of my work, including some fun fan art posters, you can check out my full portfolio online at Seedlings Design Studio!
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ReplyDeleteLate last week, I just removed the left sidebar because I was bad at updating the covers:)
DeleteOoooh, so awesome! Big congrats on being contacted by Bloomsbury Spark! I hope it'll be the beginning of more and more publishers contacting you!!
ReplyDeleteAnd the cover is absolutely wonderful! I love the colours and the fading guy that is there but not really, going with the summary, I'd say it captures the book very well! Brilliant job as always!
THANK YOU!!! I'm really hoping we'll continue working together on additional projects:)
DeleteOh it's a great cover! I really love the colors. Great work!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I absolutely love how it turned out:)
DeleteAnother stunning cover! Your work is amazing and I wish you only more continued success
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you:) *fingers crossed*
DeleteThanks so much Felicia! I love the colors on this one too:)
ReplyDeleteTwo flourishes in one week!! Yesss, please, I can't get enough of these cover reveals of yours. I'm totally in love with the font you used here for "afterlife". Super, super pretty!
ReplyDeleteI'm on a roll Aylee! I'm a really big fan of this font as well, we went back and forth for a while, but I had my fingers crossed we'd end back up at this one:)
DeleteI'm not at all surprised you were contacted by Bloomsbury Spark, Jenny--I'm only surprised it took them this long! You are unbelievably talented and I adore this cover. Here's hoping for a long and prosperous partnership, dearest--you deserve it!(:
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU KEERTANA!!! I had a blast working on this one, so I've got all my fingers and toes crossed that they're interested additional collaborations:)
DeleteJenny! I'm crazy about my cover! Everything about it just sings to me. It suits the story so well. Thank you a thousand times!!!
ReplyDeleteI nearly fell off my chair when Bloomsbury contracted me too! Here's to many more of those moments!
*HIGH FIVE VANESSA!!!!* I definitely had to read through the initial email from Meredith multiple times just to make sure it said what I thought it said. I'm so glad this first project was for THIS IS YOUR AFTERLIFE, it's fun to share firsts with someone else!
ReplyDeleteOnce again GORGEOUS!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, perfectly executed design, beautiful colors and highlights, and to top it all off it's one of the prettiest type fonts I've ever seen. Simply incredible cover design, Jenny! Pam
ReplyDeleteLove the font and the dappling sunlight!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Jenny! I'm not surprised that Bloomsbury contacted you. Your work has been beautiful and fitting for the stories! Love the fonts and the coloring. :)
ReplyDeleteDamn, Jenny! You are seriously rocking these covers. It seems to really go with the synopsis, which sounds great!
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful, Jenny! I think this is my most favorite cover of yours to date. I may or may not have said that in your other reveals but whatever. :P And that color palette! Love it! Super congrats that Bloomsbury contacted you. Hoping for more cover deals for you in the future. :D
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh Jenny this is gorgeous!! I absolutely love the typeface (or font or whatever it's called), and the cover image is breathtakingly lovely! As you probably know I'm a total cover whore and I would totally pick this up without even reading the back, but the story sounds great too - win win! I love ghostly mysteries and add in some romance and I'm sold. :-)
ReplyDeleteCover is amazing!!
ReplyDelete*New meaning to teen spirit* lol - can't wait to read this!!
ReplyDeletereally do love the cover and the books good too I will be doing a Review post on my blog on the 21st Oct (Release Day) http://www.katsbookpromotions.com/ hope you come check it out on the day Kat
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