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A review by alga96
After Rain Falls by CE Ricci
4.0
this duet was such an emotional read. during the second part though i mostly felt anger (if we exclude all the tears for poor bb River) - the stupidity of just not talking things through really got to me and let’s not even get into Roman, I really don’t think i’ll be able to read his book because he just felt so so so selfish and i can’t bear the thought of reading any more River slander coming from his mouth.
in the first book, we meet Rain and River and it’s so easy to build a strong connection with them as their consistent clashing allows us to understand them quite quickly. i think that Rain’s story arc was quite foreseeable although well built, i felt for him a lot and his issues with his identity felt very understandable due to what had happened to him.
River is such a sweet labrador baby angel, always wearing his heart right on his forehead and continuously trying to get Rain to allow him “in”. Seeing him break was probably one of the saddest things i’ve read lately.
I loved reading of their time at the cabin once they opened up to each other, it was very tender and very very spicy. then once that third act breakup hit, cc ricci really turned the volume up on the pain.
I think of this story there are 3 things i didn’t like
- the whole enclave thing, too messy and too useless at the end of the day: if the elders were so worried about Senator Child Rapist ratting them out on the whole sex ring thing they were running, why didn’t they just get rid of him? it doesn’t make sense to me that they would want to protect him
- the blurred lines (sometimes even crossed imo by both) on consent between Rain and River, i read a lot of dark romance so usually this doesn’t phase me too much, but given that i didn’t expect the darker turns going into the book at times I have felt uncomfortable
- the fact that we didn’t see more of them being together and truly happy, i wish there had been a few chapters between their reconciliation and the big plot twist to allow us to see them strong in their relationship, they deserved it after all the shit they went through :(
even with these points though I was fully captured by the story, it made me feel all the feels and cry all the tears bc sweet angel River just didn’t deserve all that pain
in the first book, we meet Rain and River and it’s so easy to build a strong connection with them as their consistent clashing allows us to understand them quite quickly. i think that Rain’s story arc was quite foreseeable although well built, i felt for him a lot and his issues with his identity felt very understandable due to what had happened to him.
River is such a sweet labrador baby angel, always wearing his heart right on his forehead and continuously trying to get Rain to allow him “in”. Seeing him break was probably one of the saddest things i’ve read lately.
I loved reading of their time at the cabin once they opened up to each other, it was very tender and very very spicy. then once that third act breakup hit, cc ricci really turned the volume up on the pain.
I think of this story there are 3 things i didn’t like
- the whole enclave thing, too messy and too useless at the end of the day: if the elders were so worried about Senator Child Rapist ratting them out on the whole sex ring thing they were running, why didn’t they just get rid of him? it doesn’t make sense to me that they would want to protect him
- the blurred lines (sometimes even crossed imo by both) on consent between Rain and River, i read a lot of dark romance so usually this doesn’t phase me too much, but given that i didn’t expect the darker turns going into the book at times I have felt uncomfortable
- the fact that we didn’t see more of them being together and truly happy, i wish there had been a few chapters between their reconciliation and the big plot twist to allow us to see them strong in their relationship, they deserved it after all the shit they went through :(
even with these points though I was fully captured by the story, it made me feel all the feels and cry all the tears bc sweet angel River just didn’t deserve all that pain