Talk:Jubilee Chase/@comment-79.68.128.19-20200214214826

I absolutely adore this trilogy+the extra novella. As an adult reader i was absolutely jubilant (ha!) that young adults have stories like these to get lost in. I've recommended them to everybody, and my son who is a typical guy and is into typical guy things totally surprised me as he's been hooked since first listening to the audiobooks at 15yrs old. He's 18yrs old now and still enjoys them. I have a question though about the cover artwork on the 2nd book. Jubilee is described as having dark skin by Flynn when he first takes her hostage, and she is described several times as having Chinese in her blood as it's her mum who is responsible for teaching her basic Mandarin which is an almost lost language. Why does the cover art not show Jubilee to be as she is described? All of the other main characters from each of the other books are truly represented on the covers. Did the publishers think it wouldn't sell as well if a character on the front cover was a person of colour? They should've had more faith. It was so refreshing to read a YA sci-fi/romance story where one of the main female characters was not the usual, and it made my heart glad to know that other female readers like me would be able to relate even more to a character who has an ethnic/mixed ethic heritage. When a female is being strong and feirce and is funny and desirable and confident and proud and vulnerable and everything else a brilliant main character should be - it's extremely important especially for the age of the target audience to know that it's not just a possiblity for girls with white skin, blonde/brunette hair but also females who look like us too. It's inspiring. When i read that Lilac had red hair i felt the same way abbot her too, as even a white girl with red hair is unusual for a YA lead character.