A review by novahkiin
The Rain Is a Lie by Gennifer Albin

4.0

This one was definitely an interesting novella, and it once again had some familiar faces slotted into the words, only revealed as you read along. If you haven’t read the Crewel books and decide to read these shorts first, I think it still works, it would just have a different impact on you when the characters show themselves. I almost wish I had read the novellas first, to get a sense of how strange this world is (an how the rain is a lie, though it’d be all that more confusing without a little background given, which you get in the novels themselves), but I’m not disappointed in reading them after. They definitely still give the same feel that the series does, with the added effect of getting a better insight on some of the rules that Arras has. I really enjoyed this one.