I’ve spoken about my talented and generous friend Christa Desir before. Her debut novel, Fault Line, came out a few weeks ago and I reviewed it HERE. It’s a difficult book, but an incredibly important book, and that’s what I’ve come to expect from Christa: unflinching and compelling stories that speak not just to teenagers, but to readers of all ages.
Christa’s sophomore novel is called Bleed Like Me. It’s due to release Fall, 2014 from Simon Pulse. I read an early version awhile back and it is fantastic. Fearless and tragic and intense, a little bit romantic and a lot horrifying, Bleed Like Me is a story about two damaged teenagers who find an obsessive sort of love in each other. It’s everything a dark YA novel should be. I’m thrilled that its cover so perfectly reflects its tone and quality. But first, Bleed Like Me‘s summary…
Seventeen-year-old Amelia Gannon is overwhelmed. Her parents are pre-occupied with her high-needs adopted brothers, her best friend is more interested in bumming cigarettes than bonding, and her job at the hardware store feels more and more like a life sentence. She finds an escape in troubled new guy, Michael Brooks. He’s obnoxious, possessive, and addictive. Gannon lets him insert himself into her life, and Brooks is just as addicted to her as she is to him. Swept into an intense relationship, their passion ultimately becomes dangerous to them both.
And beautiful the cover…
What I love… The stark white background. The clean font (which matches Fault Line‘s). The tagline: Their worst addiction is each other. The bold red heart, and the way it’s broken in half. And the blood-like drip-drop. Mesmerizing.
Gorgeous, right? This cover is going to stand out on bookstore shelves everywhere. If you want to give Christa some cover love, her blog is HERE (she’s a brilliant blogger — I recommend following if you’re not already!). Find Christa on Twitter HERE. And add Bleed Like Me on Goodreads HERE.
What do you think of Bleed Like Me‘s cover?
What’s your favorite recently-released cover?
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Sounds like another great YA contemp to add to my list, thanks for sharing!
Of course! I can’t wait for the world to meet Brooks and Gannon!
This is beautiful and sounds exactly like the type of contemporary YA I like to read 🙂 Thanks for sharing and for reminding me about Fault Line–need to pick it up!
Hope you love FAULT LINE, Liz, and I so cannot wait for BLEED LIKE ME to release. Christa rocks dark YA.
Oh my gosh, this is such a striking, stark cover, and I love it! Even though this doesn’t sound like my type of book, I would totally pick it up off the shelf. Love the clean sans serif, modern-looking font and the white space that makes the red of the 3D heart pop out even more. S&S did a fantastic job on this cover!
I agree, Yahong! I adore everything about this cover, and it would definitely catch my attention in the store. Hope you get a chance to read BLEED next year!
I love this cover…but I am also biased because IT’s on my blog today too! 😉 I love how striking it is and how similar it is to FAULT LINE (which btw just read…wow!). I’m excited to read BLEED LIKE ME (jealous you have!) because Christa and I joke I’m the only one who will get this book as I also wrote an obsessive love YA. 😉 I can’t wait for fall!!!!
I do love a well-told obsessive YA love story. Can’t wait to REread Christa’s, and get my hands on yours one of these days!