Late post, as I’m just back from my official University of London graduation! Those reading here regularly might remember I attended a ceremony last month; that was from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, for the same degree. This was the more formal occasion, complete with a bow to and nod of acknowledgement from the deputy vice chancellor of the university, so I have now properly officially fully received my MSc (to add to my BA, MA and BSc).

Please don’t ask me what’s next. The only thing that’s next right now is my TTT post, and after that, bed! I will probably study again, but not soon. I had a rough time last year and need recovery time.

So without further ado, this week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is a freebie, and I decided I’d focus on book covers again: I’d hoped to do that last week, because it was kinda fun when I recently spent time focusing on book covers (which spawned a post about them!)… so here we go!

Let’s take a look at some covers which beautifully showcase the main relationships of the books in question:

In order, these were: Xie Lian and Hua Cheng, Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji, Shen Qingqiu and Luo Binghe, Li Yu and Mu Tianchi, Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan, Istvhan and Clara, Kate Daniels and Curran Lennart, Fu Wanqing and Yu Shengyan, Nicolas-Marc, Comte de Valois de La Motte and Titus Pilcrow, and Cassian, the Duke of Severn and Daizell Charnage. I wouldn’t cross any of these characters alone, and certainly not when they’re united!

I could’ve picked a lot more covers to show off, especially because there are a bunch of danmei covers that are just gorgeous (many more than just the five showcased here). Really, there’s an embarrassment of riches out there for covers which show off the strength of relationships — though for my money my favourites here are Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation and The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System, for the intimacy and tenderness they convey between the characters.