When I was at school, each vacation called for a customary visit to my uncles’ and aunts’. It was during one such visit, my aunt gifted me with a copy of Magyk, the first book of a series called Septimus Heap authored by Angie Sage. She got it from a second hand book sale, and its front cover had been ripped of. But it still was the prettiest book in my collection.
Why? Because it was gorgeously illustrated. The typeface was really pretty and went well with the theme of the book and it’s misspelt title. And looking at the back cover, I concluded that it had had a very well designed front cover.
It took me a few years to realise that it was a part of a septology. I searched for the second book in countless bookstores but nobody had it. Back then, internet was a luxury where I lived and online shopping was out of the question. I had to give up my hopes.
I had forgotten all about the series when last year, I found another hard covered copy of Magyk at a second hand book sale near my workplace. I didn’t have to think twice about buying it – the front cover was prettier than I had imagined. I got the second book – Flyte – too from the same sale.
Now I turned to internet for rest of the books in the series. All of them were available in Amazon. But their cover design was very different from the ones I owned and I didn’t quite like it. I decided not to spend money on them. After all, the covers had a great part to play in my love affair with the series.
Last month, I got the next four books with matching covers from Amazon itself. I still have to get the last book, and I am patiently waiting for Amazon to stock it up.
Do not judge a book by it’s cover they say. But here I am, judging an entire series. And I am not ashamed of it, not even a little bit. These pretty covers make me happy and that is enough for me.
Do you have books in your bookshelf which got there just because they have gorgeous covers? Come on, I know I am not alone in this!
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