Cover Feedback – Contemporary Romance

[Evi AeschlimannParticipant]

Hi everyone,

Last week, I got the first draft of the cover of my Contemporary Romance cookie back. I like the design, especially how the designer incorporated the wine glass. I‘m a newbie to book design though, so I‘d be happy for second opinions about the cover.

Any feedback about the design, color or font? Any help is much appreciated. 😄

https://i.imgur.com/0x3I903.jpg

Side note: I‘m aware of the typo in the subtitle.

[Jodie CarterParticipant]

Hey Evi,

I don’t read Romance so take what i saw with a gain of salt. It reads very well and is clear with the imagery. it comes across as it will be a very sweet romance. Hope this helps.

[Evi AeschlimannParticipant]

Thanks Jodie 🙂

[Trisha MessmerParticipant]

I’ll be honest, if you hadn’t mentioned the wine glass I don’t think I would have picked up on that–but that’s probably only me and I’m stupid. My eyes zeroed in on the part where the wine is pouring in and it’s on the guy’s head–and before my dumb butt figured out it was wine pouring in, I thought, “Why does he have something coming out of his head?” LOL  The border around it might be dating it a bit (I’m wondering how many contemporary romances use a border–even for illustrated/vector covers)–also I think the top of the border is distorting the shape of the bottle so it looks curved and maybe that’s what threw me off that it was a bottle. I don’t know.  The font is legible (which is great). The hearts and couple communicate the romance–and the pose of the couple suggests sweet romance–so those are pluses. I’m not sure about the colors, though. Did you compare the colors of comparable books to see what is generally used? Have you asked to see it without the border?

[Evi AeschlimannParticipant]

Hey Trisha,

Thanks for taking the time to give me this feedback. It helps me a lot. You’ve made some great points which I will pass on to 100Covers. 😄

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