A review by sami_leigh
Downpour by Maggie Gates

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
🌶️🌶️🌶️.5/5

‘Do you know what it sounds like when seventy thousand people fall silent at the same time? I do.’

“I’d wait lifetimes for you, if only to find you once.”

“During the moments when you can’t find your light, I’ll be here to give it back to you.”

🌄 Second in a series (characters from previous series)
🌄 Dual POV
🌄 Grump Sunshine — He hates everyone but her
🌄 Age gap 
🌄 Former bull rider / At home carer
🌄 Beauty & the Beast vibes
🌄 Forced proximity; under one roof
🌄 Protective MMC 
🌄 FMC without a family or a clear path 
🌄 MMC pushing his family away after his accident
🌄 He falls first — both fall fast
🌄 Banter
🌄 Nickname 
🌄 Spicey…they get knotty 😏
🌄 “Who did this to you?”
🌄 Meddling family 
🌄 Sketchy roommates 
🌄 Well established secondary characters: Becks & Nate (The Stars Above Us), Christian & Cass (Book 1), Claire & Silas, Bree, Gracie, CJ (Book 3).
🌄 MC growth: Communication, risking a relationship, self worth, trust/leaning on someone, mending relationships/owning past behaviour, major life and career changes.
🌄 No third act break up
🌄 Disability rep
🌄 Epilogue 

⚠️ Injury/injury detail (explicit), medical content/trauma (explicit), death of a parent (past), mental health, disability representation (quadriplegia, paraplegia), gun violence (moderate), violence (moderate).
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