Here it is:
And here's the description from the book jacket:
There's death all
around us.
We just don't pay
attention.
Until we do.
The last time Lex was happy, it was before. When she had a family
that was whole. A boyfriend she loved. Friends who didn't look at her like she
might break down at any moment.
Now she's just the girl whose brother killed himself. And it feels
like that's all she'll ever be.
As Lex starts to put her life back together, she tries to block
out what happened the night Tyler died. But there's a secret she hasn't told
anyone-a text Tyler sent, that could have changed everything.
Lex's brother is gone. But Lex is about to discover that a ghost
doesn't have to be real to keep you from moving on.
From New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Hand, The Last Time We Say Goodbye is a
gorgeous and heart-wrenching story of love, loss, and letting go.
So there you have it! A cover! A description! A release date: February 10, 2015! It's all coming together!
I feel that I hit the jackpot with this cover. It's gorgeous, first of all --the colors, the image!--but beyond that, I feel it truly reflects what happens in the book. And that is a rare thing. Covers, you see, are meant to be advertisements--their sole purpose to to get some poor unsuspecting reader to pick up the book and then buy it. So often what's on the cover is more a reflection of marketing than what's at the heart of the book. That's okay--it's meant to be like that. I mean, I loved my covers for UNEARTHLY, but at no time did my main character Clara ever stand around outside in a formal gown. But the covers did their job--they got people to buy my books.
But this cover does both so beautifully. It is pretty and enticing and just begs to be picked up. And it FEELS like the story. I can feel Lex in that room, looking at that note.
Happy sigh.
So what do you think?
