Reviews

The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams

ninon_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

lottie1803's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

justjudyy's review against another edition

5.0

This was an amazing beginning to a fantasy series.
The characters were amazingly fleshed out, the plot was interesting and just everything about it is so insanely unique in my opinion. It also has some interesting sci-fi-ish elements which I absolutely adore.

schnemelflie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

zaravive's review against another edition

4.0

Put a pro-active intelligent woman in your books and I’m here for them. Especially if they are analytically minded, clear-headed and well…. grown-up (aka 30+). I connected to Vintage’s character from her first chapter and I wish this book were even more from her perspective. Maybe the next one is, which I am going to pick up right away. A feat not many book series have managed to evoke in me lately or recently. I love that feeling when I’m so immersed in a world/story that I want to know what’s going to happen next right now and cannot wait.

caitibeth's review against another edition

Not sure why this one didn't really work for me. There are elements I adore (older lesbian archaeologist adventurer is, like, tailor-made for me, and I usually love stories that straddle the scifi/fantasy line), but for some reason they didn't make me love this one. I guess vampires are always a hard sell for me, and age-gap relationships, so vampire elves didn't appeal, nor did Tor/Noon.

But really the whole story left me cold, and I don't know why... I don't think it's necessarily the book's fault, as it's well-written and I can't lay my finger on an actual fault. No doubt others will enjoy it.

No official star rating from me (would be 2 stars personally). I'll leave the series to others.

tabularasa's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

teacupinmylap's review against another edition

4.0

3.5
It started off so strong and cool! But story-wise it got quite weak at the end and I'm very unsure how to feel about the main cast...
Cool setting and world-building though

garrettcz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

rockandvulcan's review against another edition

3.0

3,5 stars