Scattered Showers Stories

Rainbow Rowell — 2022

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.

Reviews

Denaiir@denaiir

Oct 3, 2023

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

jen@seastruck

Aug 25, 2023

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

debbie <3@debbiereadslittle

May 31, 2023

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!!

Cici Pearson@cocoisabird

Feb 3, 2023

just really love rainbow rowell

Nora de Jong@nora_xje

Dec 16, 2022

3.5

Floofyflower@jusalilfloof

Nov 17, 2022

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.