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* In a strange inversion, the [http://hollowtreetales.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/tithe.jpg 2004 paperback] of Holly Black's ''Tithe'' looks more Twilight-y than the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130726144238/http://www.blackholly.com/youngadult.html recent re-design]. Perhaps that was intentional...
* In a strange inversion, the [http://hollowtreetales.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/tithe.jpg 2004 paperback] of Holly Black's ''Tithe'' looks more Twilight-y than the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130726144238/http://www.blackholly.com/youngadult.html recent re-design]. Perhaps that was intentional...
* Compare the current cover of ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0738703915 Blue Is For Nightmares]'' with the [http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/0738703915/ original 2003 edition]. Though not vastly different, the composition is very clearly Twilight-ish.
* Compare the current cover of ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0738703915 Blue Is For Nightmares]'' with the [http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/0738703915/ original 2003 edition]. Though not vastly different, the composition is very clearly Twilight-ish.
* The ''[http://harperteen.com/search/index.aspx?kw=hell From Hell]'' anthologies. Of course, [[Stephenie Meyer]] contributed a story to ''Prom Nights From Hell''.
* The ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130207153931/http://harperteen.com/search/index.aspx?kw=hell From Hell]'' anthologies. Of course, [[Stephenie Meyer]] contributed a story to ''Prom Nights From Hell''.
* Alex Flinn's ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/006087418X/ Beastly]''
* Alex Flinn's ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/006087418X/ Beastly]''
* Maggie Stiefvater's [https://web.archive.org/web/20110624120321/http://maggiestiefvater.com/novels.php#faerie Books of Faerie]''.
* Maggie Stiefvater's [https://web.archive.org/web/20110624120321/http://maggiestiefvater.com/novels.php#faerie Books of Faerie]''.
* The teaser poster to ''[http://cinemablend.com/gallery/previews/Cirque-du-Freak-The-Vampire-s-Assistant-3663.html?tid=22564 The Vampire's Assistant]'' (based on the first [[Darren Shan]] book). Because, hey, vampires!
* The teaser poster to ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20090810010112/http://cinemablend.com/gallery/previews/Cirque-du-Freak-The-Vampire-s-Assistant-3663.html?tid=22564 The Vampire's Assistant]'' (based on the first [[Darren Shan]] book). Because, hey, vampires!
* Even modern classic theological texts aren't safe! [[C.S. Lewis]]' ''[http://ebooks-imgs.connect.com/product/400/000/000/000/000/165/529/400000000000000165529_s4.jpg Words to Live By]''.
* Even modern classic theological texts aren't safe! [[C.S. Lewis]]' ''[http://ebooks-imgs.connect.com/product/400/000/000/000/000/165/529/400000000000000165529_s4.jpg Words to Live By]''.
* Carrie Adams's ''[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SV0BOg8-zyk/SadFWkGTwuI/AAAAAAAABsY/pJQYT_TlUbU/s400/415SQ5+A54L._SS500_.jpg The Stepmother]''.
* Carrie Adams's ''[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SV0BOg8-zyk/SadFWkGTwuI/AAAAAAAABsY/pJQYT_TlUbU/s400/415SQ5+A54L._SS500_.jpg The Stepmother]''.
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* Other Philippa Gregory examples: [http://pics.librarything.com/picsizes/08/58/08588f326b984bf5979646859674141414c3441.jpg The Queen's Fool], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160221020249/http://www.likesbooks.com/coverballot/2004/HST-04i.jpg The Virgin's Lover]
* Other Philippa Gregory examples: [http://pics.librarything.com/picsizes/08/58/08588f326b984bf5979646859674141414c3441.jpg The Queen's Fool], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160221020249/http://www.likesbooks.com/coverballot/2004/HST-04i.jpg The Virgin's Lover]
* This [http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/ranews/sep2009/johnson.html article] discusses this trope in regards to historical fiction novels starring heroines. "Elizabeth Chadwick, a prizewinning British novelist who writes biographical fiction about the medieval English nobility, found that her sales more than quadrupled after her publisher commissioned a redesign with what she personally termed the "headless bodice" look."
* This [http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/ranews/sep2009/johnson.html article] discusses this trope in regards to historical fiction novels starring heroines. "Elizabeth Chadwick, a prizewinning British novelist who writes biographical fiction about the medieval English nobility, found that her sales more than quadrupled after her publisher commissioned a redesign with what she personally termed the "headless bodice" look."
* [http://literatehousewife.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/Cover-of-the-Last-Wife-of-Henry-VIII.JPG The Last Wife of Henry VIII]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110809110331/http://literatehousewife.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/Cover-of-the-Last-Wife-of-Henry-VIII.JPG The Last Wife of Henry VIII]
* [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ivA9xljScUk/TCJIWJeLuKI/AAAAAAAAA_Q/9GC8u3-9HC0/S240/LQ+cover.jpg The Last Queen]
* [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ivA9xljScUk/TCJIWJeLuKI/AAAAAAAAA_Q/9GC8u3-9HC0/S240/LQ+cover.jpg The Last Queen]
* [http://changehere.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/alchemists-daughter.jpg The Alchemist's Daughter]
* [http://changehere.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/alchemists-daughter.jpg The Alchemist's Daughter]
* [http://literatehousewife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Cover-of-Her-Mothers-Daughter1.JPG Her Mother's Daughter]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110510015356/http://literatehousewife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Cover-of-Her-Mothers-Daughter1.JPG Her Mother's Daughter]
* Has even extended past the Renaissance era royalty/nobility genre. [http://content.hclib.org/perl/syndetics/syndetics.pl?isbn=0446500127/MC.GIF&client=hennp The Widow of the South]{{Dead link}}
* Has even extended past the Renaissance era royalty/nobility genre. [http://content.hclib.org/perl/syndetics/syndetics.pl?isbn=0446500127/MC.GIF&client=hennp The Widow of the South]{{Dead link}}