Title: Downpour
Series: Standalone
Author: Christopher Hawkins
Publisher: Coronis Publishing
Publication Date: October 3, 2023
Genre: Adult, Horror, Science Fiction
Reading Source: Edelweiss
Length: 245 pages
Format: e-book
Cover Art: 5/5
Overall: 4/5
A sudden storm appears above an isolated farmhouse in rural Illinois, bringing with it a relentless and unnatural rain. A rain that eats away at everything it touches. A rain that turns people into monsters.
Trapped inside his crumbling home, a father must do everything he can to keep his family from falling apart. But the rain calls to them, and not everyone wants to stay inside.
Haunted by memories of loss, he must put aside his painful past and find a way to keep them all safe. But the rain shows no signs of stopping, and time is running out.
Review:
Downpour is a novel set-in rural Illinois on a farmhouse that is under attack.
When a mysterious raincloud comes into view the citizens think it’s nothing special, just your run of the mill thunderstorm but it’s actually much worse. When the rain touches anything it erosions away the houses and it changes not just people but also pets. Once they get wet something changes in them, they turn into wild, strange monsters.
From the cover I thought this book was about something else entirely, (because I am a horrible person who judges books by their covers; I didn’t read the synopsis of the book) with the “roots” covering the walls, but I was surprised when it wasn’t. Downpour is a mix of science fiction and horror that I think works very well together. There was an eerie feeling while reading but I kept coming back to it. (it was like a wreck that I couldn’t look away from). It was part Bird Box part The Rain from Netflix.
Normally I read YA or fantasy or romance novels where the MCs are young-ish/er, almost always female (not that I’m against male MCs or anything) but Scott, an older adult man, was a very refreshing character. I enjoyed the other characters as well. Tallie, while understandable whiny, she is only a little girl, but she was brave as well. Jason, the older brother; a typical teenager, rebelling against his father in the beginning but he soon grows up some. He (Jason) is helpful to his Scott when he needs to be though.
If I had to nit-pick, the ending was a little rushed, I didn’t read to get the satisfying end that I felt it needed.
Thank you to Coronis Publishing and Edelweiss for this early review e-arc in exchange for my honest opinions.
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