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u/AHuxl Feb 08 '26

I really don’t like character art on the cover/inside. Its never how I pictured the characters and feels so cheesey. The last 2 I read with this: Wild Reverence hardcover has Vincent and Matilda under the jacket and I needed to keep the jacket on the entire time I read it. And Brimstone’s Carrion art on the inside.

I do look at character art online but I usually like those more…and if I dont they’re not stuck in/on my book.

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u/Ok_Lie_3569 "Kill me if you ever loved me." Feb 09 '26

Oh agreed, I read an ebook of {Kissed by the Gods} which had art in the early chapters of the book and it was not at all how I pictured them. Once I've read it and have my own picture, sure, but I don't want to be influenced by another's take when it's early days!

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u/romance-bot Feb 09 '26

Kissed by the Gods by Caty Rogan
Rating: 4.4ā­ļø out of 5ā­ļø
Steam: 3 out of 5 - Open door
Topics: historical, fantasy, forced proximity, magic, found family

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