Welcome to today’s cover reveal, YABCers!
Today we’re celebrating the cover for VERY BAD THINGS by Susan McBride, releasing October 14, 2014 from Delacorte Press. Before we get to the cover, here’s a message from Susan:
If you could see me now, you’d be watching me do a happy dance (so it’s probably good you can’t see me since I’m a pretty bad dancer!). You’d also hear me shrieking because I’m so psyched about this cover for Very Bad Things…and so excited to be revealing it here on YABC. Yaaay!
When I first wrote this mystery about a girl named Rose who disappears and a girl named Katie who receives a very gross package, I was imagining a Gothic-looking cover with creepy images. Only the story isn’t purely creepy: it also has an edge of dark humor. So I was thrilled when Heather Daugherty, an amazing designer at Random House, came up with this cover. I think it’s brilliant and captures both the wicked humor and the sense of mystery. Very Bad Things isn’t just about whodunnit, it’s also about who can be trusted. How well do we really know anyone else? How far can we be pushed before we stop believing in someone? I hope this to-die-for cover makes you itch to pick up VBT and, once you do, I hope the story inside will keep you turning the pages! Thanks so much for sharing this moment with me. And thank you, YABC, for hosting my cover reveal. Now back to my very awkward happy dance….
Cheers,
Susan McBride
(Very Bad Things, Delacorte Press)
Ready to see?
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VERY BAD THINGS
About the book
Katie never thought she’d be the girl with the popular boyfriend. She also never thought he would cheat on her—but the proof is in the photo that people at their boarding school can’t stop talking about. Mark swears that he doesn’t remember anything. But Rose, the girl in the photo, is missing, and Mark is in big trouble. Because it looks like Rose isn’t just gone . . . she’s dead.
Maybe Mark was stupid, but that doesn’t mean he’s a killer. Katie needs to find out what really happened, and her digging turns up more than she counted on, not just about Mark but about someone she loves like a sister: Tessa, her best friend. At Whitney Prep, it’s easy to keep secrets . . . especially the cold-blooded kind.
“I’ll read anything by Susan McBride.” — #1 New York Times Bestseller Charlaine Harris
“A compelling mystery that will suck readers in and keep them turning the pages….” — Joelle Charbonneau, New York Times Best Selling author of The Testing
About the Author
Susan McBride is the award-winning author of mysteries, women’s fiction, and young adult fiction. She lives in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, with her husband, daughter, and two cats who think they’re dogs. You can visit her at SusanMcBride.com and Facebook.com/SusanMcBrideBooks.
Giveaway Details
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Five US/Canada winners will receive a hot-off-the-press signed ARC of Very Bad Things
Entering is simple, just fill out the entry form below. Winners will be announced on this site and in our monthly newsletter (sign up now!) within 30 days after the giveaway ends.
During each giveaway, we ask entrants a question pertaining to the book. Here is the question they’ll be answering in the comments below for extra entries:
What do you think about the cover and synopsis?
Thank you so much, YABC, for letting me reveal my cover for Very Bad Things here! You guys rock!!!
Cheers,
Susan
I’m very excited to hear about “Very Bad Things”! The cover is beautiful and I can’t wait to get my grabby hands on a copy! I love a good mystery and this sounds fabulous. Congratulations, Susan McBride!
I’m very excited to hear about “Very Bad Things”! The cover is beautiful and I can’t wait to get my grabby hands on a copy! I love a good mystery and this sounds fabulous. Congratulations, Susan McBride!
I’m very excited to hear about “Very Bad Things”! The cover is beautiful and I can’t wait to get my grabby hands on a copy! I love a good mystery and this sounds fabulous. Congratulations, Susan McBride!
I’m very excited to hear about “Very Bad Things”! The cover is beautiful and I can’t wait to get my grabby hands on a copy! I love a good mystery and this sounds fabulous. Congratulations, Susan McBride!
Looking forward to reading Very Bad Things! Scarily enough, my daughter is now old enough to read it with me!
Sadly, I’m one of those readers who judges a book by its cover. This cover would definitely get me to pick up this book!
Thanks, Teresa! Susan, I hope both you and your daughter enjoy VBT! Stacy, oh, I judge books by their covers, too. I think that’s natural! So happy you like this one (I do, too!). 😀
Ooooh love the cover!!! Excited for this!!!
Sounds intriguing!!!
Breanna, yaaay! I love hearing that! Thanks, Flo!
It looks incredible!
It looks incredible!
It looks incredible!
It looks incredible!
It looks incredible!
Oooo, I am loving the cover!
It looks incredible!
It looks incredible!
I read everything Susan has done from her first publication! Cover makes me think of all kinds of possibilities and who knows which direction her story will go and THEN there’s a surprising twist! Can’t wait to read Susan! Congratulations!
Thanks for the giveaway. I love the cover.
Thanks, Catherine, Vivien, and Amy! I can’t wait ’til five of y’all win ARCs and read VBT early. I’m so hoping you love it! And, Donna, you are too sweet! Hugs!
So very excited for this book! I love Susan McBride’s books and this one sounds amazing!
I love the cover. The colors are so vibrant and it leaves a lot to the imagination. The synopsis leaves me intrigued and even more anxious for the book to come out! 🙂
The cover is beautiful and from the synopsis, it is going to be full of interesting plot twists; just like all of Susan’s fantastic books.
I love boarding schools and mysteries, so I can’t wait for this! And such an awesome cover as well! ^_^
Thanks, Shalena, Sherry, and Breanna! I can’t wait for you all to read VBT. I hope it keeps you on the edge of your seats! 😀
First and foremost: congratulations, Susan! I’m the photographer that shot and retouched the image used in Heather’s design and wanted to say a quick hello. Although I’m a bit partial, I think the cover looks amazing. I couldn’t be more proud of the final design and am delighted to read how happy you are with it. I look forward to working with Heather again and hope it’s even half as much fun as this was. Good luck with the book!
Best,
Dean
It’s an incredible cover. Unique in its own way 🙂
It’s an incredible cover. Unique in its own way 🙂
It’s an incredible cover. Unique in its own way 🙂
It’s an incredible cover. Unique in its own way 🙂
It’s an incredible cover. Unique in its own way 🙂
It’s an incredible cover. Unique in its own way 🙂
It’s an incredible cover. Unique in its own way 🙂
It’s an incredible cover. Unique in its own way 🙂
It’s an incredible cover. Unique in its own way 🙂
It’s an incredible cover. Unique in its own way 🙂
It’s an incredible cover. Unique in its own way 🙂
It’s an incredible cover. Unique in its own way 🙂
Dean! Thanks so much for the brilliant work you and Heather did! I really do love this cover. I want a big poster of it so I can hang it on my writing room wall. 😀
Agustina, thanks! I agree that it’s unique and incredible! So happy you like it!
This books looks amazing….I so hope I win and the cover reminds me of the show Pretty Little Liars and I think its gorgeous. It fits the story well 🙂
This books looks amazing….I so hope I win and the cover reminds me of the show Pretty Little Liars and I think its gorgeous. It fits the story well 🙂
This books looks amazing….I so hope I win and the cover reminds me of the show Pretty Little Liars and I think its gorgeous. It fits the story well 🙂
This books looks amazing….I so hope I win and the cover reminds me of the show Pretty Little Liars and I think its gorgeous. It fits the story well 🙂
This books looks amazing….I so hope I win and the cover reminds me of the show Pretty Little Liars and I think its gorgeous. It fits the story well 🙂
Dean, it does look amazing! You and Heather both rock!!!
The cover is amazing and it sounds like a read I will love!!
Thanks for the chance to win!
Awesome!! Can’t wait to read it
A mystery that takes place at a boarding school, I’m in. Love the red roses on the cover, so dramatic.