One of the things that first attracted me to Kara Swanson's Dust is the cover, which captures the story so well. Enclave Escape publishing regularly creates beautiful, stunning covers for all of their books, effectively capturing the book in the cover, and this one is no exception.
First, a little about the book, so you can understand why this cover captures it so well (or you can scroll to the bottom to see it first, no judgement 😉).
Can Mara survive in a world where the fire in her veins is worth killing for?
In a frozen wasteland suffocating beneath a dying sun, Mara is a young phoenix raised by her father to explode at his command. He's the only one who can help her control her fire, and Mara desperately follows his orders to protect their phoenix family from relentless human hunters.
 Her sheltered existence is shattered when her family mysteriously vanishes, thrusting Mara into a perilous quest to find them. Along the way, she unravels a devastating truth: her people may not be the innocent victims she's been taught to believe.
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When she comes face-to-face with the kindhearted Eli, she begins to wonder if the humans aren't the monsters she's always feared. What if the greatest danger doesn't lie in the icy world outside—but in the truth of who Mara really is?
I have never read a book about phoenixes, so this could be interesting... But enough chit chat, let's get to the cover!
(None of these graphics are mine, by the way. Being a part of launch teams and getting access to all the pretty graphics is so fun!)
Ahhhh, isn't it beautiful! This book is going to be good, guys.
You can preorder your hardback copy of Ignite on Amazon and Barnes n Noble and have the chance to get preorder goodies! You can also see the book trailer on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3XsvsBLx9m/?igsh=MXFieWk3eml2bmZ3Nw
Ignite is officially releasing in August 2024!
As a side note, I didn't post a review of Dust on here, but it was such a good YA fantasy novel and all the raving reviews about it were right, haha. I'm looking forward to reading Shadow, the sequel, before this book comes out, and I think it could be even better than Dust was.
Well, thanks for stopping by and taking a look at this beautiful cover!
Until the next blog post, may you be blessed,
Abby