Hmm, tough to give an opinion. Though I do wonder if it’s done by AI, given it’s become so popular these days. 

Even if I was a fan of these new covers (which I’m really not, though I agree with most on here about the HHB cover), I’m still keeping the copies I’ve had since as a ten year old girl. I don’t really think there’s any sense to have multiple copies of the book series. 

I would rather have Pauline Baynes’ illustrations on the front cover and in the book. I think that the fiftieth anniversary edition had them that way. The set I own has cover illustrations by a different artist, and they are okay, but I prefer Baynes’ artwork for the entire book.  Baynes was by far the best artist for Narnia.

Sounds like many of us are on the same page. They're beautiful, I think kids will want to read them. HOWEVER the cover doesn't always match the interior art, and that could be confusing. My LEAST favorites are LWW and LB. The covers I like the most are HHB and MN and SC.

LWW

I like most things about this, even though it's stylized and not an actual scene. I dislike that the girls have armor and that Lucy has long hair and a sword. I like the stone table with lilies growing. 

PC

I love the colors and the action, and I don't mind the uneven ground. The only thing I don't like is NO CASPIAN?!?! on the book called "Prince Caspian." Couldn't he have been in the background watching the fight or something?

VDT

Again, it's a beautiful cover, but I WANT CASPIAN! Could he not draw one more character?

SC

This one is very nice, very reminiscent of the illustrations in the book. Jill's ponytail does throw me off a little, but it's ok. The back cover with Puddleglum and the city and earthmen really provokes the imagination. 

HHB 

Yes. It feels like a combination of several other covers. 

MN

I like it. It seems to be the moment they run from temptation in the garden. The rings are ok. I like Aslan on the back cover. I do wish Polly's hair was blond and Digory's was brown. 

LB

Why only two characters? Is it Jill and Eustace or Jill and Tirian? Can we have all three, please? What is Jill doing? What is she wearing? Why is Boromir on the back cover?  

Posted by: @anfinwen

HOWEVER the cover doesn't always match the interior art, and that could be confusing.

That's a fair.point, but it's also true of every set of Narnia cover illustrations that's ever been, even arguably the Baynes illustrations arent always 100% accurate to the text.

Therefore as someone who grew up with Green Haired Rilian on my book covers, I'm more than a little flexible on absolute fidelity in the artwork.

Posted by: @anfinwen

Why is Boromir on the back cover?

Oh, but isn't there that legendary scene where he cautions our heroes, "One does not simply walk into the Stable"...???  

These are overall fine. Some of them I like way more than others, but they aren't awful. The art style isn't my favorite, due to the fact that they look like they are AI generated, but there are some good points in all of them. I like that each book has its own colour palette.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

This one is ok. There is nothing that I don't like about it. There are some consistency errors from the books, of course, such as all of the Pevensies fighting together against the Witch, and Lucy's sword, but I'll let it pass. I really like the stone table with the lilies growing around it on the back cover.

Prince Caspian

This one I do like, although I agree with @anfinwen that is strange to have no Caspian on the cover on the book that is named after him. This cover also feels the least dramatic, (probably because of the colours) which is strange because of the sword fight in the middle. 

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

I'm not a huge fan of this one, because of how dramatic and dark it is. Lucy is a warrior again (but this time with an axe instead of a huge sword), and Caspian, the king of Narnia, doesn't even appear in the background. Narnia is not just about the English people who visit. All of these covers have the main problem of putting the focus on the children, not Narnia itself and its inhabitants. 

The Silver Chair

This cover is fine, in my opinion. I am sad that Puddleglum only made it on the back cover, especially as he was such an important part in defeating the Lady of the Green Kirtle. (way more than Jill, for instance, who is on the front cover) The serpent looks good and so do the Earthmen. You do get the sense that you are underground, from the stalactites and the darkness of the colours.

The Horse and His Boy

This cover is my favorite! I like the contrast between the warm colours and then the frightened, galloping horses & Aslan, who certainly does not look tame in this artwork. If I had to choose one of these covers to hang on my wall, this would be the one I would pick. The artist captured the essence of this book.

The Magician's Nephew

When I first saw this cover, my eyes were drawn to Jadis and then the rings which looked to me for a second like a green snake. That and Jadis's green make-up and snake crown made me immediately think that the artist was making the implication that Jadis and the Lady of the Green Kirtle were the same person, which irritated me. When my brain finally figured out that those were the rings, I liked it a little better, but still don't love it. I wish the artist had flipped the hair colors for Digory and Polly. Digory's hair and outfit makes me think of young Coriolanus Snow from the Hunger Games, which is not the way I imagine Digory looking. I really like the portrayal of Fledge flying and Aslan on the cliff.

The Last Battle

This one is interesting. It makes me uneasy to not know who any of the characters are. I suppose it is Jill (Probably not Lucy, right) and Eustace on the front and Tirian dying on the back? Why is he dying? (Or, to answer our questions, it's just Boromir ) Why did Jill's hair colour change? I do like the despair you feel in the artwork, like the despair you feel in the book.

Edit: I'm sorry to anyone who thinks I am being too critical. I feel like these covers are trying to make Narnia into a generic middle-grade fantasy series, which is why I have been so critical of the artwork.

Posted by: @whiteswan

Lucy is a warrior again (but this time with an axe instead of a huge sword),

I actually don't have a problem with that per se. It seems fairly consistent with Lucy in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. It just bugs me on the cover of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Likewise, I wouldn't have a problem with Jill fighting on the cover of The Last Battle. I might actually like it since, for once, the action hero pose of the character would relate to the story. But it rubs me the wrong way on the cover of The Silver Chair or, at least, for the specific scene it depicts. 

Posted by: @whiteswan

Digory's hair and outfit makes me think of young Coriolanus Snow from the Hunger Games, which is not the way I imagine Digory looking.

I hadn't noticed this before but now you've pointed it out I can't unsee it. His clothing does look extremely similar to the academy uniform in the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes film and 'Digory Kirke academy student in the capitol of Panem' isn't quite the impression I'd like to come away with 

@whiteswan I forgot to say that while I like the Last Battle cover better than you do, I think, your description of it entertained me greatly.  

As an artist, I think these new covers are... OK. They don't really knock it out of the park for me. My favorite is Prince Caspian, which is odd because it's my least favorite book. The composition is strong, there's no unnecessary detail, and the color range is good. I really feel the action and the dynamic nature of the scene here. Even though the title character is not on the cover (and to be fair, on a lot of PC covers over the years, he isn't) it conveys the plot nicely -- old Narnia vs. new Narnia. And when you think about it, Caspian himself is a very passive character. He's almost a bystander in his own book. The Caspian of Voyage of The Dawn Treader was more active and truly was the main character.

I did some research on the artist, Owen Richardson, and his background is in fantasy illustration. He did the artwork for the Warrior Cats series, the middle school books about clans of feral cats. He also did a lot of work for trading card series, e,g, Magic: The Gathering. I can see that in the Narnia covers.

A lot of fantasy art these days is done on the computer, not by hand. I don't mean it's AI, just that the illustration is built in Photoshop or a like program, with layers of effects and different elements that can be swapped in and out, making it easy to adjust for the client. The basic sketches are likely done by the artist and scanned in. It can appear very overdone. There's a lot of it around on the net which the AI generators have been trained on, and thus they default to this "look." (This doesn't mean the artist doesn't have talent -- he obviously does.)

Here's my opinions on the rest.

LWW: It's OK, but having all the Pevensies fighting the Queen together, armed with weapons even, is a bait-and-switch. It doesn't happen in the book!

PC: I really like the contrast and the range of colors.

VotDT: That ship looks much smaller than what's described in the book, but I've got no complaints about that choice of scene.

SC: I'm not comfortable with the chair being so HUGE. On first glance, it looks like a Medieval cathedral. I do like how the artist paid homage to Baynes' original illustration though. Jill doesn't look like she has a sword to me -- it looks more like a poker from the fireplace she's picked up to defend herself. Though that's not in the book.

HHB: It's OK. I prefer the covers showing Tashbaan because that's where the main action takes place. Having a lion chase two people on horses just seems so ordinary. Though in the picture it looks more like the lion is guiding them. Also there's no sandstorm in the book.

MN: It's OK. I don't have much to add.

LB: Too. Much. Red.

@cobalt-jade 'no unnecessary detail' -

Ahem, apart from homage to Roman gods and a theorist who linked each book to one of them.