There are some books that from the very first page shake you to your core—that feel like a shiver you don’t want to escape. 

What Beauty There Is by Cory Anderson is one of them.

Stark, haunting, and with some of the most beautiful writing we’ve ever read, Cory Anderson's debut YA novel is a powerful story about brutality, beauty, and broken people trying to survive. And we need everyone to read it. Immediately. 

Okay, while we can’t have everyone read it now (mark your calendars, it’s on sale April 7, 2021!!!), we’re so beyond excited about this book that we partnered with some of our bookstagram friends to reveal the mesmerizing cover.

Check out the stunning cover reveal photos below and make sure to read on to add What Beauty There Is to your 2021 TBR.

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What Beauty There Is by Cory Anderson

To understand the truth, you have to start at the beginning.

Winter in Idaho. The sky is dark. It is cold enough to crack bones.

Jack Morton is holding his breath. He and his younger brother have nothing—except each other. And now Jack faces a stark choice: lose his brother to foster care or find the money that sent his father to prison.

He chooses the money.

Ava Bardem lives in isolation, a life of silence. For seventeen years her father, a merciless man, has controlled her fate. He has taught her to love no one. Now Victor Bardem is stalking the same money as Jack. When he picks up on Jack’s trail, Ava must make her own wrenching choice: remain silent or speak, and help the brothers survive.

Choices. They come at a price.

Cory Anderson is a winner of the League of Utah Writers Young Adult Novel Award and Grand Prize in the Storymakers Conference First Chapter Contest. She lives in Utah with her family. What Beauty There Is is her debut novel. Follow Cory on Instagram.