Smart Bitches Trashy Books | All of the romance, none of the bullshit.

Candy’s Commentary: You know, I was surprised at the number of beautiful covers we got for this contest. I thought most of the entries would be deliberately-campy-bad, though granted, most of the covers had a tongue-in-cheek air to them. In all: pleasantly surprised. Bitches got skillz, yo. When it was time for me to throw in my vote, I had a hard time deciding whether I’d go with the cover that made me laugh the hardest or whether I’d pick the cover that would actually grab my attention in a bookstore, and I finally went with the latter.

Sarah’s Commentary: I was so impressed with the quality of the covers, particularly in the sense that many of them easily conveyed that they were romances, and paranormal ones at that. There were several as well that were very sexy without overt and blatant use of man-titty. And since so many of the voters said how much they’d like to read a book housed within their chosen cover for this contest, it seems a well-designed cover can go a long way towards pushing sales. And Candy’s right - bitches got l33t skillz, yo.