Wednesday, July 20, 2011

SPELL BOUND has a cover!!

And lo, it is BEAUTIFUL!! Seriously, feast your eyes upon THIS:





Once again, the amazing people at Hyperion have hit it out of the PARK, if you ask me. I cannot WAIT to see this one next to the other two, even though the thought of that makes me kind of sad because once I have the final copy, it will mean the trilogy is *sniff* OVER. Yes, there are more adventures to come in the HEX HALL universe, but Sophie's story wraps up in SPELL BOUND. That meant that this book was probably the toughest book I've ever had to write. I wanted to give my beh-behs a fitting send-off, and while y'all can decided whether or not I've done that in March, for now I CAN say that the art department at Hyperion has DEFINITELY delivered on a gorgeous going away present. :)

As for the actual stuff happening on the cover...hmmmm....is that a SWORD Sophie is holding? Whoever could THAT belong to? And there in the bottom is that...is she...why, YES, I DO believe she's wearing a rather rumpled looking Hecate Hall uniform. What is THAT all about? Here are a FEW clues in the description from Amazon:

Hailed as “impossible to put down,” the Hex Hall series has both critics and teens cheering. With a winning combination of romance, action, magic and humor, this third volume will leave readers enchanted.

Just as Sophie Mercer has come to accept her extraordinary magical powers as a demon, the Prodigium Council strips them away. Now Sophie is defenseless, alone, and at the mercy of her sworn enemies—the Brannicks, a family of warrior women who hunt down the Prodigium. Or at least that’s what Sophie thinks, until she makes a surprising discovery. The Brannicks know an epic war is coming, and they believe Sophie is the only one powerful enough to stop the world from ending. But without her magic, Sophie isn’t as confident.

Sophie’s bound for one hell of a ride—can she get her powers back before it’s too late?



LET THE SPECULATING BEGIN. ;-)

Also, let's give one last final farewell to the cat who, as you can see, is taking a little break this go round. I like to think he's all, "Guuuurl, I am TIRED! And in this book you go to [redacted], and you meet [redacted], and you find out that [redacted] is [redacted], and [redacted] DIES. Aw, hell no! Sitting this one OUT!"

So cat or no, I hope y'all love this one as much as I do! Now come on March!!

XOXO!

102 comments:

  1. I love how all three covers tie in together. I'm excited now!

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  2. HOLY FRACK IT'S BEAUTIFUL!!!! What a way to close the trilogy. Those three books will look GORGEOUS together.

    <3
    V

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  3. I'm a big fan of the purple! Looks awesome!

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  4. SCREAMSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!


    POSTING ABOUT THIS NOW!!!


    Young Readers

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  5. C'mon March!!!! Hurry up and get here! LOL Very purdy cover. Love it!

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  6. I love the hex hall books and the covers and this cover is no exception. It's beautiful. :)

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  7. You are the queen of cliffhangers.! Just sayin.!

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  8. Girls with great big swords. We like!

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  9. OMG love the cover! :D Pretty pretty pretty. Super excited for Spell Bound!

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  10. you did not JUST TEASE US LIKE THAT AT THE END!!
    :O!!
    you're cruel!
    but I love it!! haha

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  11. Quick, random question... What does the cat have to do with anything? I am so lost about the cat, unless there is something I can't remember from the books?

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  12. OOOOOoooooh! Lovely! Great teasers - can't wait to read!

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  13. Absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the cover!!! That sword makes it, and it makes me think of John's comment about needing swords...

    Congrats on all of your success!

    C

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  14. OMGGGG so excited!! i lvoe the cover...even though all my copies are blank cause they are arcs lol

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  15. I love the cover and I'm so excited for this to come out!!

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  16. I absolutely love the cover and I love your books! I can't wait for SPELL BOUND, even though I'll be sad that it's over...but then I can be excited again for your new project! :)

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  17. I bet the sword is Archers because in demon glass he was holding a sword so he gave it to her

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  18. I don't even know if I care what this cover looks like. It looks good and all that. I'm just excited THAT IT LOOKS LIKE A REAL BOOK.

    Because dude I miss Sophie & Archer. A lot.

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  19. WHY is does this have to be the last :( But the covers really pretty!!!

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  20. I really want the 2 covers framed in a poster. They're just spectacular!!

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  21. Love the cover. All things in books end. I'll savor the last book in the Hex Hall series.

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  22. Hello,

    It is perfect. I need this book. I loved the first and second Hex Hall books.

    I will post it in my blog next monday ^^

    Kiss

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  23. Love, love, LOVE! :D Can't wait for it to come out!! :D

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  24. Sophie's mom is a Brannick!


    My speculations^

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  25. Which Hyperion web site to I go to contact them about reviews?

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  26. My daughters and I are BUG fans of the Hex Hall Series and we can hardly wait for Spellbound to come out in March 2012. It's super exciting to see the cover, too!!! It's Perfect! Thanks for sharing it with us!

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  27. hehehe! I meant BIG fans! Sorry. lol.

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  28. The cover is amazing. Now i am super dooper excited about the next book,. it is going to be so hard to wait so i will be counting every minute. when i was reading your post i could so smiling and my heart was skipping beats. so thanks for all the smiles that you have given to me with your blog and your AMAZING BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!! ;D

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  29. Okay, you can't just say someone dies and not at least give us a clue... i wonder who Sophie chooses? Archer or Cal? Can't wait for March!!!!

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  30. Oh my gosh! XD Love love love. Can't wait

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  31. Okay...so my eyes are all bloodshot from my marathon reading of 1 and 2 in the last 24 hours. Seriously...how am I supposed to wait until MARCH!!! I'm dying. Also dying because I have a 30 page goal to reach by October's Writer's Conference. With 5 loads of laundry pending and an expected eight, yes EIGHT, children in my house for the majority of the day...I'd say I'll have that knocked out by bedtime, right? Right????

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  32. so sad its ending!cat? i am so confused! And who dies!!!! I hope its not Archer or Sophie or Cal or Jenna! Cannot wait!

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  33. Eeep! I love this cover just as much as the other two :D

    Here's my five star review of DEMONGLASS:

    http://bookbreather4lyfe.blogspot.com/2011/07/demonglass-by-rachel-hawkins-review.html

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  34. I'm so anctious for the next book! Hrrrrggg!!!!!!!!! so frustrating
    im so glad to here there are different books coming up in hex hall! That thick rain cloud above me has just turned in to a rainbow

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  36. I hope she chooses Cal...or ends up with Cal! Am I alone in that? Does everyone love Archer? And I'm a little lost about the cat too...

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  38. Grrr now I'm desperately trying to fill in the blanks in that last sentence...
    Can't wait though :-)

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  39. The cover really is pretty and im also confused about the cat (its a nice touch though) but.... did anyone else notice that on this cover when you zoom in on the top her eyes are brown and in the water her eyes are blue???? You can see if you click the cover pic and then zoom in idk if its like that for the other HH book covers

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  40. I hate you. I mean how can you kill [redacted]?!?! I seriouly dispise you!

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  41. people notice things like that is archer's sword and the background in demonglass it was like the manor. the forests of hex hall in the first book now what could it be?

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  42. MARCH???!! Gah!! That's sooooooooooo LONG! I knew I should have waited longer to read them"/ [overly dramatic rant over] You write beautifully:) love the story, and your characters! Super eager for this next one!

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  43. I want to read this book so bad!

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  45. SO. BEAUTIFUL.

    If only that was the Australian. But so freakin. excited. for the third book!!!

    I'm sad to see it end, but I'm assuming we'll have another new MC after this trilogy is over?

    ~Ari Hart

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  46. szkoda że ta książka to trylogia...Pokochałam tą książkę :P

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  47. OMG March is too far away!! You need to give it to us readers faster!!! I need the book!! The cat is confusing me very much.
    Love you books a lot,
    Em

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  48. I meant your my bad. lol
    Em

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  49. what is up with the cat isn't she allergic to them, so why is it on all of the book covers. But the purple rocks my socks.

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  50. lllllllllllloooooove these bookes! (oops)cant wit for #3!!! btw nice cover and name ! please dont make Jenna die!!!!!!!!!!!! she is like my fave character!!!!

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  51. NOOOOOOOOOOO~! this can't be the end :( I'm in love with them don't break us apart D:

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  52. my least fav cover is book 1's hex hall my fav cover is spell bound and she looks so beautiful in spellbound not tht she not pretty in the covers though <3

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  53. Please tell me she is as stunned as I was that cal kissed her.* I knew he would sooner or later* but why then while all he'll breaks loose?

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  54. hi im a junior in high school and i confess that on my many trips to the book store, i would always find Hex Hall around but never havee i thot of exploring it a bit. now i am ashame forr i have judged a book by its cover....
    i truly hope for time to foward itself so that i shouldnt have to constantly ask for Spellbound....
    i highly admire your first and second beautiful book of hex hall trilogy....
    (sniff) heavens, i pray you continue your wonderful creations of love, literature and fantacy. Blessing upon you and your future novels <3 .

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  55. Oh. My. Goodness!!!! I just finished reading book two and I simply cannot wait till march!!! Best cliffhanger ever! :)

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  56. I NEED to get it once its out. In absolutely necessary...

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  57. IN LOVE WITH HEX HALL!!!!! Cannot wait for the other ones! You should add pictures of all of the characters. Then we'd know not only what they look like but if their face matches their personality or something like that. It would be so
    AWESOME!!

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  58. I am in LOVE with hex hall and let me tell you that reading this article has done bad things for me...now im MORE excited than EVER if that book doesnt come out SOON i think im gonna die.......PLEASE MARCH HURRY UP!!!!!

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  59. I am in LOVE with hex hall and let me tell you that reading this article has done bad things for me...now im MORE excited than EVER if that book doesnt come out SOON i think im gonna die.......PLEASE MARCH HURRY UP!!!!!

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  60. It's so close I can't wait yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  61. I have a feeling that when Sophie comes back from possibly rescuing her mom (that might be a Brannick, or possibly... an Eye?), She will use the sword.. which I think is Demonglass and kill Daisy and Nick.

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  62. Oh my god! March? Of 2012?! I'm gonna cry. That's way to far away to wait! I am way to freaking in love with these books to have to wait! lol By the way Cheer, there's no way that the sword is demonglass. Otherwise there would have been mention of it burning Soph's hand. Probably like "I felt the sword burn in my grasp, but I have to continue." Or something like that. I'm am a reader not a writer. lol :)

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  63. awww y does it have 2 b in march!!!
    that means 1)i cant get it for christmas! and 2) march is so far away!!!!!!! noooooooo!!!!!!!

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  64. slowly dieing here!!!! when well march get here?!
    btw i love how you gave sophie a sword, made her look kinda badass if you ask me. :)

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  65. Omg ... Just finished the First two books. Got them originally for my daughter but started reading them myself and i am sooo in love with the characters and the writing. Amazing books now if a can make it to March.... haha

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  66. OMG her mom is probably a brannick and her dad got mad at her for going out with the enemy
    He mated with one for gods sake
    !

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  67. OMG I seriously. Cant believe I have to wait until march I will die if I have to wait that long and I cant believe what happened to them. I am in love with archer and go Jenna. good for you girl :}

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  68. Love,love,love your books<3
    Can't wait for March!

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  69. I am like ur biggest fan I love books and I love the cover I also love archer I'm still reading demonglass and can't wait till march OMG ur my HERO. I LOVE UR WORK!!!!

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  70. I'm 13 and I already posted something on hear but I love ur work and ur my hero I love archer and omg ur the best I can't wait till march!!!!

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  71. Omg I am obsessed with ur books!! Please tell me this book is not the last one be

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  72. I'm 13 and I'm on the second book, man I love ur writing !! And like the other person said pleaseeeeeee don't let the third book be the last!! I can't wait till I read the third:)

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  73. is it crazy that i have been up from 8 im the morning reading both books. i just finished the both of hem today they are amazing. i am happilly awaitinng the third. so keep them coming .i am only in middle school.actually we have both in library they had a wicked long waiting list do i got super lucky when iwas able to check out both. they have the perfect combo of love mystery and danger oh yeah and awhole lota flirting.

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