When it Rains

When it Rains
by Mark Allan Gunnells

The book centers on a group of people all in a campus bookstore, waiting out the rain.
The rain is no ordinary rain.... It's slimy and no one knows anything about it except that it is raining the same rain all over the world. No one knows if it is safe... No one knows what will happen to the people who got the rain on their skin...
The tension starts to rise when those who did get wet and the ones who didn't, are at each other's throats. Are the people who got wet in danger? Are the people around them in danger too?

This one was just ok for me. It was a little slow in places and honestly it could have done with a lot less points of view. The only people I connected with were Helen and Eugene. Such a sweet couple but the rest of the characters felt massively undeveloped, which I understand being that it's a novella but it was a little one dimensional.

Loved the concept of the rain and the unknown. I would have liked some theories on what it could have potentially been but I can overlook that. I felt the whole premise was quite clever, I just needed more. Less points of view and more about the people that were focused on. More newsy articles would have been great too. While I hate not getting satisfactory answers on where the rain came from and what it was, the twist at the end was very well done.

3.5 stars for me.

If you like a little horror with a twist then this book is a must read!

Thank you Netgalley and Booksgosocial for this ARC in exchange for my honest review