Redesigning Historical Romance Book Covers to be Actually Historical PART 2!

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The thing about generic covers is, I feel like a lot of people would be more intrigued by a unique cover than a generic one.

It’s hilarious that once “Wicked and the Wallflower” became period appropriate, it instantly became much more saucy.

13:40 "But consider this: waistcoats." YEAAAH YAYAYAH waistcoat supremacy! Have you ever seen someone look bad in a waistcoat? No, no you have not, they are just too cool for that

To be honest, I feel like the generic covers have less to do with appealing to the mass market, and more to do with not wanting to pay illustrators... Lovely video as always!

She should….theoreticallybewearingabonnett Bernadette is entering her Micarah era 💀

Aaah that first one, sounds like putting Tommy in a dress is a complete misrepresentation of what... readers... should expect! Your cover would certainly attract MY interest!

I feel like a lot of these have just gone 'hey, Bridgerton's popular, let's make it look like that' regardless of the period in which the plot is actually set.

I LOVE how Bernadette takes into account who the characters are (personality, social status, occupation) when redesigning their clothes. It just adds really nice detail

'More hinged than others' is my new favourite phrase. I will be using it regularly from now on. Thank you.

Was not expecting to get a sapphic historical romance recommendation out of this but I'm not complaining in the slightest, ahaha

As a writer of romance & erotica you've no idea how frustrating the issue of covers is! The heroine of my erotica series is plump & in her 40s. All the covers show a slim, 20ish woman. The publisher gave me limited choice, I ran with it. But I'm going independent for my medieval romance. Even then, when I got the cover back from the graphic designer, the woman was wearing a satin cape & had long fingernails with blue nail polish on! I had to send him images of medieval women. So, so difficult, especially as readers DO judge books by their covers!

Bernadette, I cannot express (but obviously I can) how pleased I am to see the multicultural nature of this video. So few presenters realize that the historical period included more than white people. Not to get on a soapbox, but it pleases me and makes this so much more enjoyable (even though I don’t read romance novels) to see your representations and actual photos supporting your suggestions of more appropriate illustrations for these types of novels. Thank you so much.

ill say it again, these redesigns help sell the "romantic" aspect. They don't look trashy and generic. The Wicked and the Wallflower redesign in particular i liked because it made it look more fun, campy, and...well...WICKED!

Your covers aren't just more historically accurate, but honestly also way more aesthetically pleasing! They're actually so pretty <3

Unrelated, but those black nails you have in some shots are fabulous

As someone half black and Chinese, seeing historical pictures of both majes my heart swoon! Love it! Also, I think I now have a thing for garters 😂

Ah, once again, I find the more historically accurate re-imaginings so much more appealling! Idk, maybe it's because of the demographics of this channel, but I just feel like wouldnt someone who wants to read something set in that point in history want something more immersive? A picture so modern looking really takes away from it and i personally would be less interested in it

Interesting how the stockings and petticoat make the second one MORE sexy in the redesigned version

You should totally get hired to design book covers because these are great! It's easy to say "never judge a book by its cover" but most people definitely do just that.