Rainbow Rowell

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell comes her first short-story collection, Scattered Showers

Rainbow Rowell has won fans all over the world by writing about love and life in a way that feels true.

In her first collection, she gives us nine beautifully crafted love stories. Girl meets boy camping outside a movie theater. Best friends debate the merits of high school dances. A prince romances a troll. A girl romances an imaginary boy. And Simon Snow himself returns for a holiday adventure.

It’s a feast of irresistible characters, hilarious dialogue, and masterful storytelling—in short, everything you’d expect from a Rainbow Rowell book.

Stories

Scattered Showers

Denaiir

Midnights – .45 Stars
I've read this story several times and loved it, I didn't care for the narration (it wasn't bad at all but very neutral). I liked the story a bit less this time around

Kindred Spirts – 4 Stars
Read this one before as well, it's very cute

Winter Songs for Summer – 4 Stars
I really liked it, it made me think of Fangirl and I loved Benji's character. Summer was a tad annoying, but RR's female characters are always a bit grumpy and unlikeable

The Snow Ball – 2 stars
This one didn't do anything for me and the femal characters was just annoying, nothing to redeem her in a few pages.

If the Fates Allow – 4 stars
I didn't really want to know what happened to the characters after Fangirl, it made me a bit sad, but other than that the story itself was nice.

The Princess and the Troll – 2 Star
£I didn't get it, I don't know what it's supposed to represent

Mixed Messages – N/A
potential pregnancy story = zero interest, and I haven't read Attachments so I skipped half of this.

Snow for Christmas – 4.5 stars
Loved that little Snow/Baz Christmas story

In Waiting – 4 Stars
The concept was so original, I loved it, but it was a bit long

cute!! very quick read, enjoyed the dynamics a lot

there is something about the way rainbow writes her male characters, even this day and age, i will put the book down to scream and continue reading, she has zero Ls, only Ws, waiting for Eleanor and Park sequel!!

debbie <3

Cici Pearson

Nora de Jong

The first short-story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell

Rainbow Rowell has won fans all over the world by writing about love and life in a way that feels true.

In her first collection, she gives us nine beautifully crafted love stories. Girl meets boy camping outside a movie theater. Best friends debate the merits of high school dances. A prince romances a troll. A girl romances an imaginary boy. And Simon Snow himself returns for a holiday adventure.

It’s a feast of irresistible characters, hilarious dialogue, and masterful storytelling—in short, everything you’d expect from a Rainbow Rowell book.

Most of the short stories in here were wonderful and heart warming and well written. There were a couple stories that fell flat for me compared to the others in the book. Simon and Baz’s story was the reason I bought this, and it was incredibly sweet. I loved getting a glimpse back into Beth and Lincoln’s life together. And of course getting to know Reagan on a deeper level was amazing. The last story in the book was one of the best short stories I have ever read, and it has me wondering if Rainbow has given us a sneak peak into her next novel. 

Scattered Showers Stories

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