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A review by caitcoy
Pray for Rain by Ed Brubaker
4.0
3.5 stars, rounded up. This volume wraps up Jo’s past and finally brings everything full circle with Nicolas Lash.
Present Day - Nicolas Lash is in jail awaiting trial for the murder of the woman who stole the manuscript from him in volume two. Then the book appears in his jail cell, apparently having been published since it was stolen from him. But then he realizes pieces are missing from it and is on a mad hunt to figure out what the hell is going on. A hunt that will bring him into the path of an unbalanced man who appears likely to become fully insane at the drop of a hat.
Seattle, 1995 – Lance, a member of a one-hit-wonder band, Amsterdam, finds a young amnesiac woman wandering along the road. He takes her to the mansion he can now barely afford so that she can recover both her health and her memory. The entire band plus one of the bandmate’s girlfriends lives in this mansion while they try to make sure they don’t stay a one hit wonder. Meanwhile, a psychotic killer learns that the woman he had finally captured after years of pursuing her has escaped. It quickly becomes clear to the band members that the woman Lance rescued is unusual to say the least. And her allure sets more than one against another at the same time that she’s acting as muse to their song writer as well as their singer. Things spin out of control quickly and finally Jo’s memories are brought full circle back to the present day and Nicolas Lash.
At this point so many men have come through Jo’s life and been destroyed by contact with her that’s it hard to still feel a connection with or empathy for them. But it was really interesting to see just how much her influence affects the men around her. I liked that this one focused more on the long lasting effects rather than just the immediate “Let’s have sex until you go crazy and/or kill yourself” effect that she seems to have on them.
I especially love that we finally get to see the loose ends being connected. The suspense has been building throughout this series to get to the point where Nicolas Lash finally finds out why Jo involved herself with him and I can’t wait to see what unfolds.
I didn’t love this one quite as much as volume three but I liked seeing the full force of Jo’s effect on the men that come into her life and I’m very curious to see how Brubaker and Phillips will bring this awesome series to a close.
Present Day - Nicolas Lash is in jail awaiting trial for the murder of the woman who stole the manuscript from him in volume two. Then the book appears in his jail cell, apparently having been published since it was stolen from him. But then he realizes pieces are missing from it and is on a mad hunt to figure out what the hell is going on. A hunt that will bring him into the path of an unbalanced man who appears likely to become fully insane at the drop of a hat.
Seattle, 1995 – Lance, a member of a one-hit-wonder band, Amsterdam, finds a young amnesiac woman wandering along the road. He takes her to the mansion he can now barely afford so that she can recover both her health and her memory. The entire band plus one of the bandmate’s girlfriends lives in this mansion while they try to make sure they don’t stay a one hit wonder. Meanwhile, a psychotic killer learns that the woman he had finally captured after years of pursuing her has escaped. It quickly becomes clear to the band members that the woman Lance rescued is unusual to say the least. And her allure sets more than one against another at the same time that she’s acting as muse to their song writer as well as their singer. Things spin out of control quickly and finally Jo’s memories are brought full circle back to the present day and Nicolas Lash.
At this point so many men have come through Jo’s life and been destroyed by contact with her that’s it hard to still feel a connection with or empathy for them. But it was really interesting to see just how much her influence affects the men around her. I liked that this one focused more on the long lasting effects rather than just the immediate “Let’s have sex until you go crazy and/or kill yourself” effect that she seems to have on them.
I especially love that we finally get to see the loose ends being connected. The suspense has been building throughout this series to get to the point where Nicolas Lash finally finds out why Jo involved herself with him and I can’t wait to see what unfolds.
I didn’t love this one quite as much as volume three but I liked seeing the full force of Jo’s effect on the men that come into her life and I’m very curious to see how Brubaker and Phillips will bring this awesome series to a close.