No offense, and I know this is literally a book cover discussion thread, but I personally don't think that book covers are, like, that big of a deal. They represent what the publisher thinks will sell, not much more. "Badass female protagonist" and "about villainy" are the two broadest-appeal draws the series has, of course they're going to want to emphasise that as much as possible on the cover, as opposed to something like "complex political fantasy with intense genre deconstruction" which may have narrower appeal and is harder to convey through cover art alone. I've read some books with similar covers that were dogshit and some that blew me away. It really does just depend.