People weren’t prepared for the rain, got caught out in it, didn’t realise that you couldn’t drink water from the taps either. Virginia Bergin book trailerMusic: Rain by Bishop AllenNote: the first clip with the paper catching on fire is merely symbolism. In fact, I'm not really sure why she was necessary to either plot. THE RAIN - UK AUDIOBOOK - Virginia Bergin Author THE RAIN UK AUDIOBOOK Narrated by: Avita Jay It has been two weeks, and now Ruby is totally alone. And Princess's story line was extremely vague. And while there was the beginning of a relationship between Ruby and Darius in the first book, it seemed really rushed here. I want to know what happened to her! She was a resourceful character. At first, it was nice to have Saskia show up and be a part of the story, but when she's taken to the hospital and then everyone accepts that she's dead without question is too rushed. kind of a flake which is putting it nicely - he hardly even seems to notice she's there or care what she's gone through, he's so wrapped up in Tilly, and he really fails at parenting Dan when he needs it most in interesting and not something normally done in YA.īut not everything was an improvement. And the introduction of the moral ambiguity of Xar and the fact that Ruby's father is.

Is it practical that she puts on makeup to make herself feel better? No, but that's probably what I would do too. One the one hand, I (still) liked Ruby and that her approach to her situation is basically 'everything sucks and I might as well use this as an opportunity to access all the makeup and clothes I never could before.' That feels realistic to me.

I'm split on whether or not this book is better than it's predecessor.

The Rain by Virginia Bergin