I was on Dovegreyreader‘s book review blog the other day, and was scrolling down the list of books she has featured under her 2010 reads when one cover caught my eye – even as a thumbnail. It was The Boys in the Trees, by Mary Swan.

Those daubs of red stood out against that emerald background and, when viewed as a thumbnail, looked quite beautiful. When I enlarged the picture, that beauty turned into something more haunting, but equally effective. I like the seemingly haphazard, crooked placing of the text. It gives the cover that sense of unease which, reading the blurb, certainly seems to fits with the story.

Chiara Priorelli, Publicity and Online Marketing Manager

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