The rain in Aloisville is never-ending, and no one can remember when it started. There's not much they can remember. With every drop that hits their skin, a bit of memory is washed away. Stay too long in the wet, and you'll lose everything you used to be.
By the time Laverne begins keeping a journal, the small town she calls home has been irreparably changed. Every drop of water is dangerous, from leaky faucets to the near-constant rainfall, and a careless trip outside can mean a life down the drain. With mysterious forces preventing escape, calls for rebellion seem to be on every resident's lips. But Laverne has no interest in fighting. She has no interest in rebellion. She just wants to survive.
Compelling in every way
Nothing But The Rain is a trip into a forgotten town that's forgetting itself. Told through the eyes of a woman in her 60s, the reader is given a glimpse into a nerve wracking reality where the very thing humans need to survive is the source of an idiopathic amnesia.
Salman develops a compelling reality with a looming unknown threat that plagues every moment of the character's lives. Had me hooked the whole way through.
Ellie, 25/11/2023
