TTT: Top Ten Kick-ass covers

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Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. 
This week's theme: Top Ten Kick-ass covers

I wanted to feature covers that feature badass leading ladies, awe-inspiring worlds, cool technology, and basically anything else that makes me think a book is going to be full people/characters you don't want to mess with :D

1. Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff
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JUST LOOK AT THAT THUNDER TIGER IN THE SKY. And you really don't want to mess with Yukiko.

2. A Gathering of Shadows by VE Schwab
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Lila Bard is armed and ready, the world(s) had better watch out!

3. Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear
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Temur is literally riding a stallion through a sky full of spirits and stars. Banshe has got to be one of the most badass horses I've ever read about!

4. Empire of Storms by SJ Maas
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Long live the queen! Enough said.

5. Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
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I guess Jay Kristoff just has badass leading ladies in the bag, because Mia Corvere is absolutely terrifying on this cover!

6. The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
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You know who you really don't want to rub the wrong way? RONAN LYNCH. Especially when he's dreaming...

7. The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow
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Just look at that subtitle: One wrong move could kill you. That throne is terrifying, as is most of this book!

8. Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley
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There is bloody rip in the fabric of the world. Trouble is coming.

9. Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
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There's something just ominous about that title and the mysterious robot/alien/who-knows-what symbols in the center...whatever is coming can't be good

10. Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear
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Karen has a shotgun. Run!  


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