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sixphanel's review
4.0
I liked this book better than the 1st one because it didn't make me as frustrated with Rayne... I mean, I get what she was going through in the 1st one... but I felt like she didn't make much progress. That improved here, so... yay! :D
elvang's review
4.0
Full disclosure: I was one of the beta readers for this novel and happy to participate in the early read. I was impressed with the growth I see in Ms Cain’s writing in this second novel in the Chambers of the Heart series.
Choices made, Rayne struggles to come to terms with her new reality in It Pours. She has driven Sam out of her life but her feelings for the woman still linger. She resents the manipulations of her overbearing mother and now fiancé Grant yet fears losing all she holds dear in her home town and beloved bayou. Fortunate for Rayne, she meets Jazlyn and finds in her a friend, one she badly needs. She is introduced to free spirited Mo, a deejay and rolling stone and slowly begins to accept her attraction towards women. Along the way she begins to believe in herself and in her own judgement.
Like floating down a lazy river, reading one of CD Cain’s books forces you to slow down, lay back and let the author catch you up on Rayne’s life. The pace is Louisiana slow and easy. The dramatic events of When It Raynes are replaced with a more introspective Rayne beginning to think for herself. She is no longer satisfied with the life Grant and Charlie Grace have assumed she will accept. As impressed as I was with the growth I see in the author’s writing skills, I was equally impressed with Rayne’s growth. She still faces many challenges but there are two more books in this saga to hopefully bring her back to Sam. Thanks to the spine she grows in this satisfying read, I am confident that true love will (eventually) prevail.
3.5 stars
Choices made, Rayne struggles to come to terms with her new reality in It Pours. She has driven Sam out of her life but her feelings for the woman still linger. She resents the manipulations of her overbearing mother and now fiancé Grant yet fears losing all she holds dear in her home town and beloved bayou. Fortunate for Rayne, she meets Jazlyn and finds in her a friend, one she badly needs. She is introduced to free spirited Mo, a deejay and rolling stone and slowly begins to accept her attraction towards women. Along the way she begins to believe in herself and in her own judgement.
Like floating down a lazy river, reading one of CD Cain’s books forces you to slow down, lay back and let the author catch you up on Rayne’s life. The pace is Louisiana slow and easy. The dramatic events of When It Raynes are replaced with a more introspective Rayne beginning to think for herself. She is no longer satisfied with the life Grant and Charlie Grace have assumed she will accept. As impressed as I was with the growth I see in the author’s writing skills, I was equally impressed with Rayne’s growth. She still faces many challenges but there are two more books in this saga to hopefully bring her back to Sam. Thanks to the spine she grows in this satisfying read, I am confident that true love will (eventually) prevail.
3.5 stars
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