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Is this a wraparound cover for print? Because it looks a bit odd to me that she's looking at something outside the picture. And what is that thing she's holding?
Personally, I'd consider an illustration that sketchy maybe - and only maybe - OK for a short story, but not for a novel... And this is a novella. Huh. I don't know, at least a bit of shading rather than just outlines would be nice. Or at least a neck, and a bit more definition on the hand, and whatever it is she's holding.
The cartoony style makes me think it's aimed at younger teens, if not children (says the comic and manga reader, oddly enough)... "gritty" isn't exactly my first association, more "cutesy".
A detail problem I see is the place where the outline of the hair crosses the title - it makes the "Thieves" unreadable in the thumbnail to me. If I'd use that illustration, and there is enough to the sketch, I'd probably try to "zoom out" a bit, so the "Thieves" is placed on the hair. This might also get the elf ear uncovered, which I'd only noticed in full view.
The line at the very bottom is not very well readable even at full size.
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