Snow White and the Civil War--cover feedback on complete duology

I have here four covers that I'd like narrowed down to two:








Or with subtitle below:










I'm mostly interested in choosing between the two font arrangements, but if there's any other feedback, I'd love that as well. I need to give Deranged Doctor back the results within a week or so, though.


The only other important thing with these covers is that I'm really trying to give the impression that this is a single story told in two parts. (Part 1 ends in a serious cliffhanger.) I'm going to have something at the end of the blurb for book 1 as well--I suppose I might as well get your thoughts on that while we're here.


The story concludes in Snow White and the Civil War, Part II: Plot of Gold.


I don't want to baldly state that Part I ends in a cliffhanger--that just seems to lack finesse. Would the above line do, in concert with the covers?


And I'm going to release both books on the same day.


Thanks so much in advance to everyone who pops in.

Wow! Thanks, everyone. I love it when the choice is easy. We might play around with some gold font, and/or I'm thinking the swirls might look nice in gold.

ETA: We're probably all overthinking it, though. Supposedly, covers are often split-second decisions. They appeal to the "Ooo, shiny," reactions of your readers, and hitting genre is the most important thing. I don't know if the covers convey noblebright, but I think they at least evoke a classic fantasy vibe, and that should work, too.

DDD did such a good job with these that it has me wondering if I should just get out of their way in the future. I painted the flags on this one, but that was all.

Or maybe turn the whole thing over to them only for future novels? (Collections and novellas sell less.) I really wanted to paint my covers, but these are better than what I could do. Hmmmm...

Deranged Doctor Design did the covers, Marissa.

Just an FYI for anyone else using an American flag--apparently the American flag should only be shown on the left, or it's considered disrespectful: https://www.va.gov/opa/publications/celebrate/flagdisplay.pdf.

This'll be an easy fix (just reverse the flag image and make sure Union flag's staff is in front). But I thought I'd mention it because you never know if anyone else will have an issue like this, so it's good general knowledge to have.

I deliberately painted the US flag on the right, since I've always considered the Union position to be the correct one, but I guess I erred. Just passing it on.