Bethany Bee's Reviews > The Ninth Rain

I am but a simple woman: give me body horror and some apocalyptic rumblings and some not-quite-vampires, and I shall feast! The Ninth Rain gave me all of this, and more, so this was quite an enjoyable read.

There's a wonderful sense of history running through the book, thanks to one of the main characters (the wonderful and wonderfully self-serving Vintage) being an obsessive scholar; there are so many tantalizing hints of all the wars fought with the Jure'lia that I was craving every single bit of information -- I would read an actual history of this world, and how much it's gone through.

It's creepy, well-paced, and full of stunning visuals (the corpse moon was a particular favorite). My main complaint is that the character relationships felt a bit weak, overall, but that may be fixed over the rest of the series. Definitely a fun, intriguing dark fantasy, and I look forward to reading the rest!