In Mercy, Rain
Ratings21
Average rating3.7
I read Every Heart a Doorway for the first time last year and I wrote a review for it which you can read here. I did a reread of it this year and read the rest of the books that are currently out including the short stories. I read them back to back so they kind of all got scrambled in my brain so I thought I would just write a review on the series as a whole. These books are weird but in the best way. You definitely have to suspend disbelief but if you can do that I guarantee you will have fun with this series. I love how many worlds we get to learn about in this series. Some sound delightful and some no so much. I loved the characters some more than others of course. These are all novella length. For the most part I felt like we got a full story and I wasn't left feeling like I was missing something but at the same time I wanted more from each of the stories. Not because I felt like I was missing something I just wanted to know more about the characters and what happened after the ending of the book. We do get that answer for some of the characters in proceeding books so that was good. I've enjoyed each of the stories equally. I don't think I could pick a favorite but I do have favorite characters some of which I am still waiting on stories for so I hope those are coming. Overall I had fun reading these with Destiny and I can't wait for the next release.
For the short interim between the larger books that this is it was pretty good. The same writing that I always love and more information about how Jack and Alexis fell in love was great. Although it did slightly lack a story, I felt. Especially considering Seanan can often make such a beautiful self-contained story with so few pages I expected a little more story and a little less fluff. It was still very enjoyable though.
4.5 stars
This short story was just what I needed to hold me over until the next book. Love that we finally got the whole story of how Jack and Alexis met, and how she was resurrected.