January BCOTM Finals!

There aren’t really words to describe how stoked I am at how this contest has gone.  This bracket is currently number three on Brackify.com. This round was legendary!  We had 1,434 votes for this round alone! (so far. There’s still about 25 minutes to go as I prep this post).  The bracket sits at 3,488 votes. Thank you. I know the authors and artists all appreciate it.

Here are the stats:

The Closest Contest:
Either way you look at it, the match between The Unleashed by Bentz Deyo vs Loveless by Marissa Howard was a nail biter. Howard pulled off a last minute win with just nine votes! Talk about a close call.  (NOTE: I was preparing this, and Howard came back with about 4 minutes to go. She was down by 2 with 20 minutes to go, and BOOM! Last second of last second surges.)
The Largest Victor:
Marked by Jordan-Paige Sudduth started off strong and gained a big lead on A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab, but then everything exploded. Schwab’s followers came out of the woodwork and launched this whole bracket into high gear. More than 400 votes later, Schwab earned a 164-vote victory over Sudduth.

Most Voted On Contest:
Each bracket had nearly 700 votes! It was insane, but Schwab’s match edged the other contest with 704 total votes. (The other match had 696).

Most Votes:
Unleashed and Loveless still have the lead in total votes, and that should really speak to the level of support these covers have received. Those two have each received more than 560 votes each, but this round’s CLEAR winner for most votes was A Gathering of Shadows. In one round, Schwab’s cover has earned 434 votes, which makes her total 547. Fans of The Unleashed may be upset by this, and no one likes losing, but you have to win your match to move on.

Fear not! Your support of Deyo and Sudduth still means something. Both covers will get another chance to make it to the Book Cover of the Year bracket by being placed in the BCOTM bracket for February, so you still have a chance to support those covers next month.

The Finals last until midnight of Feb. 21. (That’s about 48 hours).

 

Please comment if there’s not enough time. I can shift things around. Given how close Deyo’s and Howard’s match was, I may have to consider that anyway. But let me know your thoughts on the finalists. Did your favorite make it?

Head over here and vote!

Thanks for reading,

Matt