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First reviewed 11/20/09, this standout series features one of the most awesome girl protagonists I've encountered in middle grade fantasy. Stephanie/Valkyrie is smart, brave funny and not afraid to get beat up, which happens from time to time as she fights evil alongside Skulduggery Pleasant, the coolest, skeleton detective out there! A trilogy in the US, this series is actually an 8 book series
The Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy, illustrations by Tom Percival, despite the fact that it is currently only three books long, has had three different cover designs as well as a title change since book one, Scepter of the Ancients (the new title of the first book in the series) was published in 2007. Since I often judge a book by it's cover, this phenomenon caught my eye right away.
To those who are interested....<br />Here in New Zealand there are a new series of covers for the books. They are mainly black and white with spots of themed colours around the place. The graphics feature both Skulduggery and Stephanie (or Valkyrie as you may call her). They are far less disturbing! Being the fantasy fan that I am, I quite enjoyed the graphics.<br /><br />Just putting it out
Wow! That is so interesting to think that there are all these different covers out there. I tried to find the covers you described - I wonder if they are the same ones on the website when you choose UK or Australia/NZ? The US link to the site shows the boring covers without images of Skul & Val. Thanks for sharing. I wish they published the books in the US at the same time as the rest of