Reading Still Waters

It's been a rough day. In addition to alienating friends (things are fine now, though), I somehow twisted my back (while sleeping? I don't know) and have felt like a hunchback all day. Due to my broken swamp cooler, I'm a sweaty hunchback. Ugh.

In reading news, I am halfway through Deanna Lee's Still Waters. Since it's a futuristic story about a female cop, it invites comparisons to the In Death series, but it's quite different from the IDs both in world-building and characterization. I'll blog about it more once I'm finished.

The first thing that attracted me to the book was the cover. Then I noticed that it's by April Martinez, an artist whose covers I've liked in the past. I really like her artwork. I'd probably buy chocolate ice cream (which I hate) if she created art for the packaging. However, once I printed the cover of Still Waters, something jumped out at me (pun intended). It looks like his pants might be partially undone, so either (A) his belt is hanging in an awkward spot, (B) he has something in his pocket, or (C) he is very, very happy to see the heroine.