ㅤ⏜︵ ㅤׁㅤWelcome to the Frozen Echoes Awards. In this chapter, we have given the reviews of the category of Best Cover. After careful consideration, we are pleased to share our reviews and ratings for each cover. Let's dive into the reviews and see which covers have made a lasting impression on our judges !

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Judge - pertroliumjk

Behind the locks || ONC 2024 by LiamMcMarsha

Creativity: (13/15)
The cover falls in with the title,, although it lacks relevance to many things in at least the description of the book

Visual Appeal: (19/20)
It includes lots of colours and is very eye catching

Relevance to the Book's Theme or Genre: (7/10)
Although it is relevant to the title it lacks being relevant to the genre of horror which seems to be the main genre

Clarity of texts: (15/20)
Although the text is nice it is blocked by the same colour in some places

Type - (7/10)
It is normal

Colour sense, contrast, colour scheme, blending: 20/25)
I think that the colour scheme could be fixed, the blending is extremely good though

Total : 81/100

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He is Beautiful by honeyrose22

Creativity: (13/15)
Although it may just look like a picture taken from somewhere, the font matches the energy and feeling, the little quote was also something that is very creative to put in a cover

Visual Appeal: (16/20)
Eye catching although lacks a bit of detail

Relevance to the Book's Theme or Genre: (8/10)
Although it could include different types of things to help with the theme (example, instead of a full boy, half boy half girl) but as the title is HE is beautiful it does match the theme nicely

Clarity of texts: (18/20)
Very clear, the audience can see the text perfectly, it's a good size and the font isn't hard to read

Type: (6/10)
It isn't really unique

Colour sense, contrast, colour scheme, blending: (23/25)
Blending and colour scheme are excellent and have the right amount of contrast

Total: 84/100

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Cassandra de Ville by lupe6583v

Creativity: (12/15)
Very good creativity, the designs are unique

Visual Appeal: (18/20)
Eye catching, includes lots of detail

Relevance to the Book's Theme or Genre: (17/10)
Gives a rich and royal type of vibe but still concludes with a scary mafia vibe

Clarity of texts: (18/20)
The text is clear and fonts are easy to read

Type: (9/10)
It is unique

Colour sense, contrast, colour scheme, blending: (24/25)
Lots of contrast, the colour scheme and sense was very good as well

Total: 98/100

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Arranged Marriage by kimchiAera

Creativity: (10/15)
The edges are nice (looks like ripped paper with black water paint added to it)

Visual Appeal: (12/20)
Not very eye catching, although it looks really good

Relevance to the Book's Theme or Genre: (9/10)
Quite relevant, includes main characters

Clarity of texts: (8/20)
Not very clear, some parts are cut off and it mixes in with the background

Type - is it unique or the same as normal covers: (4/10)
It's normal
Colour sense, contrast, colour scheme, blending: (20/25)
The colour sense is very good although blending needs some work

Total: 63/100

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Raven and Rue by ella_rowan

Creativity: (14/15)
It is very creative and includes lots of detail
Visual Appeal: (18/20)
Very eye catching

Relevance to the Book's Theme or Genre: (10/10)
It's relevant and includes many elements needed

Clarity of texts: (19/20)
Very clear, contrasts through the cover and is easy to read

Type - is it unique or the same as normal covers: (9/10)
Unique

Colour sense, contrast, colour scheme, blending: (25/25)
Everything is good, contrast, colour sense/scheme, and blending

Total: 95/100

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My Storm Cloud - 84.5/100 by LAJoyner

Creativity: (14.5/15)
Creative, looks excellent. It doesn't look like a bunch of images are just put together but has nice contrast and looks perfect

Visual Appeal: (19/20)
Quite eye - catching

Relevance to the Book's Theme or Genre: (10/10)
It is very relevant to the book's theme/genre

Clarity of texts: (19/20)
Easy to read, quite clear

Type - is it unique or the same as normal covers: (7/10)
Some concepts of the cover are unique

Colour sense, contrast, colour scheme, blending: (25/25)
It is full of dark colours, excellent blending and has perfect contrast.

Total: 80.5/100

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Judge - Ansha_Writes

Total Eclipse Of The Heart by strawberry1d

Creativity: (12/15)
I appreciate how the title chooses to be in two different; and fitting fonts. Also the 'red string of fate' runs over the title without spoiling clarity adds to the element. It's a little thing often not talked about, but I appreciate how the faces of the characters match the lighting of the environment. The placement of elements such as title, author's name, stickers and such extra elements is well done.

Visual Appeal: (15/20)
The cover is most definitely appealing, readers may be compelled to take a second glance. Though the quality is a bit low, Fault of the apps, I guess.
Despite all that, it is a good cover and easily above average.

Relevance to the Book's Theme or Genre: (10/10)
After reading the blurb and the first chapter, I can safely say that the cover suits the theme the book intends to express. It wonderfully sets the vibe of the narrative without needing to glance at even the blurb.

Clarity of texts: (19/20)
The enlargement of texts certainly helps in visibility, and nearly everything is visible even when we just look at the cover without clicking at the story. The author's name kind of blends in with the white heart, but it's still visible nonetheless. And the fonts are easy to read and decipher. Despite the cover's slight overall blur, I didn't face any problem reading the texts except the author's name. Maybe writing it in a bit darker colour would help.

Type - is it unique or the same as normal covers: (5/10)
The character cutouts are placed exactly like they are in 90% of covers on wattpad (though most choose an image and write the titles over it). So that definitely takes away from its distinctive qualities.
The font usage is pretty common too, a cursive font and a straight font, though I'm not saying that matters much.

Colour sense, contrast, colour scheme, blending: (24/25)
The second most well done thing about this cover is the overall colour scheme of the cover. It feels cohesive, the cutouts' brightness matches the background and texts. The colour scheme is pretty wise, only the characters have black clothes that have been brightened to match the yellow/orange theme.

Total : 85/100

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Tarot by NabiHiraeth

Creativity : (14/15)
- Visual Appeal: (19/20)
- Relevance to the Book's Theme or Genre: (2/10)
- Clarity of texts: (19/20)
- Type - is it unique or the same as normal covers: (10/10)
- Colour sense, contrast, colour scheme, blending: (25/25)

Review: I absolutely love the color scheme and the text is clear, the graphics are amazing even with wattpad lowering quality. One criticism I have is that the cover gave me sci-fi genre feels when I first saw it, when it really is crime and horror, which can be misleading for readers, the girl holding a camera and photographs were a nice touch and was a subtle hint at the crime mixed in, but in my opinion it gave of a sci-fi vibe more than the actual genre.

Total : 89/100

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SHS by _Baby_A_A_

Creativity : (10/15)
- Visual Appeal: (15/20)
- Relevance to the Book's Theme or Genre: (10/10)
- Clarity of texts: (18/20)
- Type - is it unique or the same as normal covers: (5/10)
- Colour sense, contrast, colour scheme, blending: (20/25)

Review:I love the color scheme since it corresponds well to the theme of the book since it's a dark vibes and aesthetic book. I would've like the "S" to be a different color since the money isn't contrasting well to the light color. Another thing is that the money doesn't look like money when wattpad lowers quality, it looked like flowers to me at first glance so please keep that in mind!

Total: 78/100

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LOVER: LOST IN LOVE PART 5 by Ay_Princess
Creativity: (7/15)
- Visual Appeal: (18/20)
- Relevance to the Book's Theme or Genre: (10/10)
- Clarity of texts: (19/20)
- Type - is it unique or the same as normal covers: (2/10)
- Colour sense, contrast, colour scheme, blending: (19/25)

Total: 75/100

Review: The cover matches the romance genre well but it's basic in a good way. I like the simplicity of it but since "being unique" is one of the categories I cannot give you much score for that. On thing i'd change is the text of "LOST IN LOVE PART 5" because the "n" in the word 'IN' is too close to the "I" so it looks a little more like "Im". You can just space it out or change the text!

Overall great cover but it's pretty simple, books are judged by covers no matter how much people say "Don't judge a book by its cover." So the low creativity would make it look like it isn't a good book until someone reads the blurb etc!

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SAVING MICHAEL by KalliopeAdair

- Creativity: (9/15)
- Visual Appeal: (18/20)
- Relevance to the Book's Theme or Genre: (5/10)
- Clarity of texts: (20/20)
- Type - is it unique or the same as normal covers: (2/10)
- Colour sense, contrast, colour scheme, blending: (23/25)

Total: 77/100

Review: It's a pretty cover, simple yet classy, but doesn't match the genre. At first glance I thought the man was a CEO or maybe the book was a royalty trope. So while the text, graphics all is amazing, the cover doesn't sit right with the genre for me.

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WOODS by _KimAes_

- Creativity: (14/15)
- Visual Appeal: (15/20)
- Relevance to the Book's Theme or Genre: (8/10)
- Clarity of texts: (14/20)
- Type - is it unique or the same as normal covers: (8/10)
- Colour sense, contrast, colour scheme, blending: (22/25)

Total: 81/100

Review: I love how the cover is so simple yet has many intricacies to it. Though the background is blur (on purpose I know) it looks good with the Felix picture. I only have one critique for this, the text. It's a little too small and since its color is similar to the background of the cover, it hides easily.

What would help is maybe enlarging the text or placing it on top, or maybe trying a different color, texture. Since the color suits the theme so well i'd prefer it to be enlarged!

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