Take a photo of a barcode or cover
shona_reads_in_devon 's review for:
The Ninth Rain
by Jen Williams
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
𝑩𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒆𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔, 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔
𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆. 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚.
__________________
This was so great. I'm not even sure I could summarise it as it's so unusual and wild.
Told from multiple POVs Ninth Rain is set in a really unique and weird world. We've got some really great characters here - a fire-wielding witch, an eccentric human and an Eboran (kind of like an elf? but drinks blood.) We have a witch prison that harvests the power of their fire to make a drug. We've got BATS that are big enough to ride.
There are parasite spirits that turn people inside out, and the history of the Jure'lia - who are TERRIFYING. Like stuff of nightmares (bugs that crawl inside you and eat you from the inside and turn you into a drone).
There's a dead tree god that births dragons and gryphons in times of peril.
Honestly, it's totally wild. And brilliant!
The characters are strong and funny and soft and grumpy and curious and sad. There's a little bit of romance.
I felt a slight laaaag across a part of the middle but it's barely noticeable really.
Such a strong opener to this trilogy and I am absolutely going to read the next one, the last 70 or so pages of this were CRAZY.
𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆. 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚.
__________________
This was so great. I'm not even sure I could summarise it as it's so unusual and wild.
Told from multiple POVs Ninth Rain is set in a really unique and weird world. We've got some really great characters here - a fire-wielding witch, an eccentric human and an Eboran (kind of like an elf? but drinks blood.) We have a witch prison that harvests the power of their fire to make a drug. We've got BATS that are big enough to ride.
There are parasite spirits that turn people inside out, and the history of the Jure'lia - who are TERRIFYING. Like stuff of nightmares (bugs that crawl inside you and eat you from the inside and turn you into a drone).
There's a dead tree god that births dragons and gryphons in times of peril.
Honestly, it's totally wild. And brilliant!
The characters are strong and funny and soft and grumpy and curious and sad. There's a little bit of romance.
I felt a slight laaaag across a part of the middle but it's barely noticeable really.
Such a strong opener to this trilogy and I am absolutely going to read the next one, the last 70 or so pages of this were CRAZY.