Book Cover Fail: Tony (Shibari Auction House) by Sean Michael

Well, who knew that likely the scariest book cover you will come across would be for a book written by an extremely prolific writer in the m/m erotic romance genre. Sean Michael's new book Tony (Shibari Auction House) really takes the cake for most awkward and almost frightening cover you will ever see. Are those wax figurines? I'm not sure, but whatever they are, this is a perfect example of a book cover fail!!!
It honestly looks like the dolls that you see on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland.
Apologies for any nightmares that we have caused. :)

If you are looking for the book, which was released 2/23/15, click here: http://amzn.to/1MRhd7f

Book Cover Fail: Catching Memories by Kracken

So, here is today's cover fail, and we will admit it appears to be a BIG fail.  First, we have to take the opportunity to ask why someone would take a pen name that is named after a mythological monster. We did have trouble making that connection. I have added a fantastic image of what Kracken may have looked like. And now you can understand our dilemma. WHY would you do that????

On to the book cover fail, the reason we are all here.

Take note of the blurb first, as you begin to peruse this fascinating specimen of a cover.  

Blurb: 

Jaime Harper was at the top of his game as an elite agent in a special forces unit, but his personal life was running on empty. When he's given the opportunity to join a new team and realize a few lifelong dreams, he doesn't realize that one of those dreams has to do with a high school crush named Elijah Ito. Finding out that the dark and handsome man he had loved and lusted over was his new partner wasn't the problem. Understanding why the man seemed to hate his guts was.

We are just not sure how the above blurb and the cover itself match, but perhaps that will be shown to the reader shortly after beginning this 170 page book.

Why is this a book cover fail, you might ask?

First, you will notice that Blondie has had his arm completely photoshopped off. Now, perhaps he is one armed in the book, although if he is on the special forces team, it does seem unlikely. But to photoshop that crap right off the picture? No.

Second, are Blondie's eye color real? I believe those may be colored contacts, just sayin.

Third, how about that tattoo? It definitely looks...well, no other way to say it, but WEIRD!!! It's not a tattoo as much as one of those window clings you put up to catch the sunlight. But thank goodness you can still see his one nipple...because the other one was photoshopped off along with his arm.

Brunette guy...can't say a whole log about him, because it appears he might have two arms...yes, only one nipple, but we can hope...

Lastly, the necklaces are the final WTF! We are thinking A) would you see ANY special forces unit wearing those? and B) they are quite badly photoshopped in. It almost seems like Brunette guys are in 3D, just hovering over his body.

However, what we do like....the waves crashing behind them, just under the sunset. Definitely keep that.

 As always, the disclaimer is that we have no commentary on the book itself, as we have not read it, but if the cover and blurb are eye catching for you, check out the purchase link.

Amazon 

Today's Book Cover Fail is another Chuck Tingle special. I have a feeling, he may be making quite a few appearances on our blog.

My Billionaire Triceratops Craves Gay Ass not only has a triceratops with a TOP HAT photoshopped into Central Park (which buy the way has a frickin CRANE in the background...why????), but also has a guy who I am guessing is a typical New Yorker, probably Brooklyn, and he has armpit hair on the cover.

And if you look really closely at the triceratops--because why wouldn't you???--you will notice a random monocle on said triceratops. Um, because why???

If you want to purchase this fantastic book, please feel free to head to Amazon (it is on Kindle Unlimited if you do not want to pay $2.99 for 15 pages).

Purchase Link:

http://amzn.to/1Aoiyfe

 Contact the author: 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChuckTingle
Gmail: ChuckTheTingler@gmail.com

Book Cover Fail: Pounded by President Bigfoot by Chuck Tingle

We will always start our posts with the following disclaimer:

This is not about commenting on the author's work, or in the end, even the cover artist's work. It is merely our opinion that this is a cover fail.

What is wrong with this cover you might wonder?

Well, let's start with the cartoonish Bigfoot head, put on the body of what I am guessing is a man, but can't be sure based on the rather odd looking thumbnail on said President Bigfoot.

Then you have a random shirtless man in the foreground of the White House. Because, yeah, that happened.

I will also throw in a WTF for a portion of the blurb: "presidential beast love". Um, ok.

On the plus side, looks like they used a real picture of the White House. :)

Go forth and enjoy!

If you are interested in the book, here is a purchase link!

Amazon

Blurb:
Allen has been interested in politics his entire life, but when things don’t work out the way he’d planned, Allen settles for a fast paced carrier in political journalism.

It’s no surprise that Allen jumps at the chance to interview President Yuldok, a bigfoot, as well as the first non-human president of the United States. Allen also has his suspicions about the president’s sexuality, which come to a head during the interview.

Soon enough, Allen is making history by taking a gay pounding in the oval office from the first bigfoot president!

This erotic tale is 4,300 words of sizzling human on gay bigfoot action, including anal, blowjobs, double penetration, rough sex, and presidential beast love.

Why We Do What We Do

Why did we decide to create this blog?

Because, there are so many bad book covers out there! Some people think that if they have Photoshop and a mouse, they can create a good book cover. NO!

And honestly, we like to laugh at some of them, it's true. And don't you need to laugh once in a while?

This is not about commenting on the author's work, or in the end, even the cover artist's work. Often the cover artist is given info and told, "go create magic" and what they are given is fairly bad. Cover artists have a tough time of it.

So, just go forth, have a little fun with these, and let us know if you want more!!!

--Book Cover Fails Admin