Galya Popoff and the Dead Souls

Oh, I found their review. If you click on the link, you’ll see a far better version of the cover there. Same thematic elements, but done far more competently.

Nope, I’ve never heard of them; although now that you show it to me, that site does look rather professional. Something always worth remembering when designing a cover is that review sites are a dime a dozen these days, and not a lot of casual browsers are familiar with the “who’s who” of the indie publishing industry. Splashing more than one endorsement from a review site on your cover mostly just looks kind of desperate.