Friday, July 19, 2019

Cover Lust: The Secret Horses of Briar Hill by Megan Shepherd

Cover Lust is something that I do every other week where I feature a book cover that I absolutely love!
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There are winged horses that live in the mirrors of Briar Hill hospital. In the mirrors that line its grand hallways, which once belonged to a princess. In those that reflect the elegant rooms, now filled with sick children. It is her secret.

One morning, when Emmaline climbs over the wall of the hospital’s abandoned gardens, she discovers something incredible: a white horse with broken wings has left the mirror-world and entered her own.

Tucked into the garden’s once-gleaming sundial, Emmaline finds a letter from the Horse Lord. He is hiding the wounded white horse, named Foxfire, from a dark and sinister force—a Black Horse who hunts by colorless moonlight. If Emmaline is to keep the Black Horse from finding her new friend, she must collect colorful objects with which to blind him. But where can Emmaline find color when her world is filled with gray?




Why did I pick this cover? 
Middle-grade books just get the best covers. I love the different shades of blues and how, with the white, it creates a majestic outdoor scene in the shape of a horse's head. All of the illustrated elements together show that this book has magical realism elements, but also hints at the sadness in the book (but maybe I'm just remember the sadness in this book). All in all, this is a gorgeous cover.
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