Friday, October 28, 2011

Friday Face Off: Hex Hall series


Hex Hall is another one of the books that I wanted to cover for this year's Helluva Halloween, but just wasn't able.  In fact, I was hoping to cover both Hex Hall and sneak in Demon Glass, if I liked them enough.  Oh well, I'm sure I'll get to them sometime.  In the meantime, I thought we'd have a little face off with the US and UK versions of the first two books in the series.  (I would actually have liked to include the spanish and german versions as well, which each have interesting covers - but that was just a few too many choices...)
So, what do you guys think?  Personally, the UK versions remind me of movie posters for The Craft, and I love the split covers on the US version.  How about you?  Which would you reach for on the shelves?
Which one did it better?





Last Week on FFO: The UK and US versions of Jana Oliver's Hex Hall went head to head, with the US version coming out the clear winner.
Winnah --------->


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15 comments:

  1. AshleyOctober 28, 2011 at 12:16 AM

    I totally love the US covers. I keep seeing them & it makes me want to read them even though nothing else about the series really calls to me. But I do NOT like the UK covers. It looks like its trying too hard to be Mean Girls or something.

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  2. Reading WolfOctober 28, 2011 at 1:37 AM

    The US covers hands down. I like the duality of them. The UK covers look too fluffy and just don't pull me to the story the way the US covers do.

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  3. UnknownOctober 28, 2011 at 5:24 AM

    I like the US covers. For me the UK covers look way too much like the cover of the movie "The Craft."

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  4. Bookish BrunetteOctober 28, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    Oooh I really like both!!! I think the US covers are my FAV though!

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  5. NinaOctober 28, 2011 at 1:59 PM

    Us are my favourite, but I have the UK cover of the first book. Why? They only had that one in the bookstore, so sad! :)

    US!!!

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  6. UnknownOctober 28, 2011 at 3:41 PM

    I like the US version and yeah the UK also reminds me of the craft lol :))

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  7. Sierra AbramsOctober 28, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    US, most completely and definitely :)

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  8. Jill the OWLOctober 28, 2011 at 10:09 PM

    US all the way!!!! They fit the series and the feel of it so much better :)

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  9. Jessica BOctober 28, 2011 at 11:36 PM

    US so hard. The UK looks like The Clique with magic, which so does not fit the series.

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  10. ham1299October 28, 2011 at 11:43 PM

    The US covers for sure. The others look like something I wouldn't even glance at twice on the shelf.

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  11. Tales of WhimsyOctober 29, 2011 at 12:03 PM

    US. You're right about the UK covers being too "The Craft".

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  12. Lisa Richards/alterlisaNovember 4, 2011 at 2:18 AM

    US for sure. Don't like the to Disney(not a thing against Disney), sparkly look of the UK covers.

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  13. Heather G.November 4, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    Wow! Those UK covers are silly. Totally do look Disneyish. Weird. Love the US covers.

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