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A review by sam_riccio
Rain City Lights by Marissa Harrison
4.0
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
This book is mostly a romance, with a hint of a murder mystery thrown in to keep it interesting.
Monti and Sasha grew up as neighbors in time it was even worse to be a person of color, gay, or a woman and Monti just happened to be two of these things by birth. They fall in love and neither really come to the conclusion that the other is also in love with them until everything has fallen apart around them and then long after that.
The good thing though, is that if you like the childhood-friends-to-lovers and mutual pining, slow-burn trope this book is really great for you!! It has all of that! There is a minor focus on music, and the rock 'n roll lifestyle.
I found myself easily reading this in about two days once I got past the first few chapters, really enjoying the side characters more than anything and wishing we got a little more urgency in solving the case surrounding the murders but I could have been satisfied with the story being just the romantic coming of age if need be.
Another thought that crossed my mind often is that this would be great if portrayed as a movie or a television series. Seattle has such a vibe about it that even if I don't like to sit down and watch TV often I would make a point to recommend this or watch it with someone else.
The trigger warnings for this listed by the author include; profanity, rape, suicide and death, and abuse.
I feel that she should include the use of slurs, homophobia, police brutality (chapter nine), and drugs. While some of these should be obvious for the time period and even with the events of today, a person can be caught off guard by seeing any of these things and after three pages I needed to take a break from this book and really mentally prepare for the rest.
This book is mostly a romance, with a hint of a murder mystery thrown in to keep it interesting.
Monti and Sasha grew up as neighbors in time it was even worse to be a person of color, gay, or a woman and Monti just happened to be two of these things by birth. They fall in love and neither really come to the conclusion that the other is also in love with them until everything has fallen apart around them and then long after that.
The good thing though, is that if you like the childhood-friends-to-lovers and mutual pining, slow-burn trope this book is really great for you!! It has all of that! There is a minor focus on music, and the rock 'n roll lifestyle.
I found myself easily reading this in about two days once I got past the first few chapters, really enjoying the side characters more than anything and wishing we got a little more urgency in solving the case surrounding the murders but I could have been satisfied with the story being just the romantic coming of age if need be.
Another thought that crossed my mind often is that this would be great if portrayed as a movie or a television series. Seattle has such a vibe about it that even if I don't like to sit down and watch TV often I would make a point to recommend this or watch it with someone else.
The trigger warnings for this listed by the author include; profanity, rape, suicide and death, and abuse.
I feel that she should include the use of slurs, homophobia, police brutality (chapter nine), and drugs. While some of these should be obvious for the time period and even with the events of today, a person can be caught off guard by seeing any of these things and after three pages I needed to take a break from this book and really mentally prepare for the rest.