April 2024 - The Scent of Rain and Lightning

[Kristie, Moderator]

Sure seems like it, Jayme!

[Kristie, Moderator]

I'm up to chapter 16 (39%) (view spoiler)[ I really dislike Laurie. She's just a terrible, selfish person and it seems all the brothers have a thing for her. How awful.

I'm really interested to see where the story goes. I have some theories about things, but there is really too much going on behind the scenes to be sure about much so I am just going to read it and see how it plays out without trying to figure it all out ahead of time. I've been enjoying the ride so far.
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[Jayme, Moderator]

Kristie wrote: "I'm up to chapter 16 (39%) .."

Everyone so far who posted their theory - bust. I was pretty surprised because I thought I had it worked out. There is a part in the story where all you want to do is read because you're shaking your head in disbelief. Enjoy the story!!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Thanks! I can see that happening. lol

[Kristie, Moderator]

I just finished chapter 23 (58%) Not much else to report at the moment. (view spoiler)[ I agree that it was unbelievably terrible for Annabelle to find her son like that and it was very kind of her to go to the store and talk to Valentine in public making sure other people overheard her. I can't imagine how difficult it would have been for Collin growing up in that town.
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Side note - Did you all know that this was turned into a movie? In 2017. I think it is streaming on a few different platforms. I saw it on Amazon.

[Jayme, Moderator]

Kristie wrote: "I just finished chapter 23 (58%) to the s..."

Have you looked at the trailer for the movie? It is very dark and disturbing. I thought it was a completely different book if you go by the trailer.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I thought the same thing, Jayme. I haven't finished the book, but it doesn't give me the same vibe as the trailer.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I finished this one. I haven't looked at other reviews yet, but I'm guessing a few people lowered their rating of this one due to that ending. I was wondering why it wasn't higher, but (view spoiler)[ I was so disappointed at quickly it was figured out. Her aunt must have suspected his uncle to have figured it out so quickly. I mean, she found a piece of his tie and her aunt went straight to he had an affair and killed them both? Doesn't seem like if you loved and trusted your husband you would jump to that conclusion. Plus, she immediately recalled that he asked her to store a box and opened it up and knew what it was?? It had been over 20 years. That must have been eating away at her for some time for it to immediately come to mind.

I did like that it happened because of one of the items she found though. I thought that tied it together well. I just wish it took her aunt a half a minute before deciding her husband was the killer.

So, other than that happening a little too quickly for my taste, I really enjoyed this one. I suspected all three of the uncles at some point and even her mom. I felt like the author tried to make it look like it was one of his brothers, so I thought maybe not. I was happy with the reveal of who it was and how it happened.

I was really happy that Chase was open to welcoming Collin. It was only fair.
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I ended up giving it 4 stars. I thought it was a really enjoyable story and I liked the reveal, even if I didn't love the way the reveal happened.

[Jayme, Moderator]

Kristie wrote: "I finished this one. I haven't looked at other reviews yet, but I'm guessing a few people lowered their rating of this one due to that ending. I was wondering why it wasn't higher, but I was so di..."

I also thought (view spoiler)[ that the aunt must have suspected her husband was having an affair. She never seemed to like Laurie even before they got married and I think it might have festered with her for over twenty years. I agree that the ending was quick. It would have been realistic to ponder it over a couple of days. (hide spoiler)]
Glad you like it.

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[Jenn]

I finished this ages ago (earlier in the month) and totally forgot to check in here (face-palm). I loved it, (view spoiler)[ all of the twists and turns and misdirects, just wow! Totally did not see that coming! I had a pretty good sense of Laurie being a piece of work, but totally didn't see Merle coming. Some moments of amazing strength of character, and some that just proved the complete lack of good sense, and funny how the second are usually the ones that blow up the world, but am glad that Jody and Colin get a chance to see where it might go. (hide spoiler)]
I really enjoyed this one, great pick :D