What the community thinks
summary of 9 ratings (see reviews)
Content warnings
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Death (3 reviewers), Mental illness (3 reviewers), Grief (3 reviewers), Panic attacks/disorders (2 reviewers), and Car accident (1 reviewer)Moderate
Car accident (1 reviewer)Minor
Child death (1 reviewer), Suicidal thoughts (1 reviewer), and Violence (1 reviewer)Moods
mysterious 60%
reflective 60%
dark 40%
tense 40%
challenging 20%
hopeful 20%
sad 20%
Pace
slow 20%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 75% | A mix: 25%Strong character development?
Yes: 100%Loveable characters?
Yes: 75% | No: 25%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 100%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 100%Average rating
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Rose Colter is almost home, but she can't go back there yet. When her car breaks down in the Nevada desert, the silence of the night is broken by a radio broadcast of a voicemail message from her best friend, Gaby. A message Rose has listened to countless times over the past year. The last one Gaby left before she died.
So Rose follows the lights from the closest radio tower to Lotus Valley, a small town where prophets are a dime a dozen, secrets lurk in every shadow, and the diner pie is legendary. And according to Cassie Cyrene, the town's third most accurate prophet, they've been waiting for her. Because Rose's arrival is part of a looming prophecy, one that says a flood will destroy Lotus Valley in just three days' time.
Rose believes if the prophecy comes true then it will confirm her worst fear--the PTSD she was diagnosed with after Gaby's death has changed her in ways she can't face. So with help from new friends, Rose sets out to stop the flood, but her connection to it, and to this strange little town, runs deeper than she could've imagined.
Debut author Rebecca Mahoney delivers an immersive and captivating novel about magical places, found family, the power of grief and memory, and the journey toward reconciling who you think you've become with the person you've been all along.
Buy The Valley and the Flood
United States
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Other countries
Bookshop UK
Blackwell's
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Rose Colter is almost home, but she can't go back there yet. When her car breaks down in the Nevada desert, the silence of the night is broken by a radio broadcast of a voicemail message from her best friend, Gaby. A message Rose has listened to countless times over the past year. The last one Gaby left before she died.
So Rose follows the lights from the closest radio tower to Lotus Valley, a small town where prophets are a dime a dozen, secrets lurk in every shadow, and the diner pie is legendary. And according to Cassie Cyrene, the town's third most accurate prophet, they've been waiting for her. Because Rose's arrival is part of a looming prophecy, one that says a flood will destroy Lotus Valley in just three days' time.
Rose believes if the prophecy comes true then it will confirm her worst fear--the PTSD she was diagnosed with after Gaby's death has changed her in ways she can't face. So with help from new friends, Rose sets out to stop the flood, but her connection to it, and to this strange little town, runs deeper than she could've imagined.
Debut author Rebecca Mahoney delivers an immersive and captivating novel about magical places, found family, the power of grief and memory, and the journey toward reconciling who you think you've become with the person you've been all along.
What the community thinks
summary of 9 ratings (see reviews)
Content warnings
Graphic
Death (3 reviewers), Mental illness (3 reviewers), Grief (3 reviewers), Panic attacks/disorders (2 reviewers), and Car accident (1 reviewer)Moderate
Car accident (1 reviewer)Minor
Child death (1 reviewer), Suicidal thoughts (1 reviewer), and Violence (1 reviewer)Moods
mysterious 60%
reflective 60%
dark 40%
tense 40%
challenging 20%
hopeful 20%
sad 20%
Pace
slow 20%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 75% | A mix: 25%Strong character development?
Yes: 100%Loveable characters?
Yes: 75% | No: 25%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 100%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 100%Average rating