Omg, Love Is Blind’s Monica used to model for book covers and here are the piccies to prove it

I knew I liked Love Is Blind’s Monica Danús, and now, after learning that she used to model for young adult fantasy books I can totally see why Joey Leveille is as smitten as a kitten.

Joey and Monica are easily the most stable couple in the experiment, and though they have weathered a few storms such as Monica’s sister, I’m pretty certain they will be tying the knot. The same cannot be said for Lauren and Dave.

We know quite a bit about Monica already: She’s an incredibly light sleeper, absolutely adores Joey’s long hair, and she’s like really good at yoga. But Monica left one crucial detail out that I simply can’t get over – she once posed for SEVERAL fantasy book covers.

Love Is Blind’s Monica features on the books of Rachel Morgan

In the bowels of Reddit, beneath Lauren’s ex creating a Love Is Blind headshot and several memes about Devin taking 20 Ibuprofen, someone shared a blurry picture of books on Monica’s shelf. Looking into her reading tastes, which also included The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, I spied a book model that looked eerily similar to Monica.

As it turns out, the reason it looks like Monica is because it is – in fact – Monica!

The book series in question is Rachel Morgan’s Creepy Hollow series which follows protagonist Violet on her quest to become a fairy guardian. It’s got magic, an inter-species relationship, and is very A Court of Thorns and Roses coded.

There are a whopping nine books in the series: The Faerie Guardian, The Faerie Prince, The Faerie War, A Faerie’s Secret, A Faerie’s Revenge, A Faerie’s Curse, Glass Faerie, Shadow Faerie, and Rebel Faerie.

How did Monica land a book cover?

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After initially using stock images for her book covers, which meant other people could legally copy them, author Rachel Morgan contacted graphic designer Regina Wamba for some original artwork.

“So I decided my Creepy Hollow babies deserved some custom photography. I contacted Regina Wamba of Mae I Design (if you haven’t come across her work, she’s a fabulous photographer AND cover designer), gave her a whole lot of instructions, picked a model I thought could pull off Violet’s look, and voila! Regina did her magic!” she said in a blog post.

“I can’t tell you how excited I was when she sent the proofs from that photo shoot. I spent AGES combing through them to pick just three for these covers!”

In the comment section, when some inquired about the model on the front cover, Rachel added: “The model for Violet is Monica Danus. I’m glad to hear you think she’s perfect for Violet.”

How has this not come up??

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Featured image credit: Rachel Morgan/Netflix