3.51 avg rating — 31,611 ratings

"Novel set in 1912, dress would appear to be from the early 1870s."

3.63 avg rating — 1,233 ratings

"Agree that this dress look medieval. Dude, where's my stomacher?"

3.92 avg rating — 2,445 ratings

"Blurb says 1575, dress says somewhere in the early 19th century."

3.91 avg rating — 1,387 ratings

"Definitely not Elizabethan...this is one of those dresses that seems to belong to no particular era. Vaguely 18th century (looking at the sleeves) but is that a SEAM down the middle of the bodice? "

3.82 avg rating — 305,245 ratings

"Blurb says Jazz Age Paris, pic shows a young woman in the 1950s...and is it me, or is there a floating sandwich in the picture?"

4.09 avg rating — 1,298,411 ratings

"Oh woah did S&S suddenly get moved a century forward?"

3.69 avg rating — 23,605 ratings

"I would agree this is hardly 1803. But then neither is the writing!"

3.78 avg rating — 3,151 ratings

"Regency-era setting, 1950s-ish ballgown."

3.49 avg rating — 3,431 ratings

"'Tis a very nice 18th century dress, but the novel's set in 1885."

3.32 avg rating — 497 ratings

"Novel is set in 1906: dress is Victorian."

3.86 avg rating — 9,736 ratings

"Yeah, remember thinking this looked like a modern-day prom dress. Love the color, though."

3.86 avg rating — 6,303 ratings

"This novel is set after the Chicago Fire, i.e. in the 1870s, and the dress looks more like an 1850s or 1860s dress. I have issues with this cover design in general--looks like nothing at all in thumbnail, and in print the figure of the woman looks a bit blurry and not at all part of the backdrop, which is overlaid in a sort of glittery effect. I can see what the designer was going for, but it didn't work for me. Still want to read the book, though."

3.55 avg rating — 2,518 ratings

"Setting: Home Counties, 1913. Dress: David's Bridal, 21st century."