* *ĭistinctly British dystopian survival thriller. Tense, scary, and high emotion, The Rain will have you on the edge of your seat and afraid to step outside. The characters were likable and flawed and it was realistic in the events that befell them all, no super powers to save them here! * NetGalley * Overall I found the concept interesting, there is a flood (no pun intended) of zombie apocalypse books out at the moment but the idea of the rain being poisoned was different.

Publisher: Pan Macmillan ISBN: 9781447266068 Number of pages: 400 Weight: 272 g Dimensions: 197 x 128 x 25 mm Edition: Unabridged edition MEDIA REVIEWS Īfter rescuing all the neighbourhood dogs, Ruby sets off on a journey that will take her the length of the country - surviving in the only way she knows how. Ruby knows she has to get to London to find her dad, but she just doesn't know where to start. Even a drop of rain would infect your blood, and eat you from the inside out. People weren't prepared for the rain, got caught out in it, didn't realize that you couldn't drink water from the taps either. That was two weeks ago, and now Ruby is totally alone. They turn on the radio to hear panicked voices - 'It's in the rain. Not cool.Īs she and Caspar shiver in the kitchen, it starts to rain.

One minute sixteen-year-old Ruby Morris is having her first proper snog with Caspar McCloud in a hot tub, and the next she's being bundled inside the house, dripping wet, cold and in her underwear. An apocalyptic thriller, The Rain by Virginia Bergin is a coming of age story of survival in a scary, weather-beaten world.