The Rain

Title: The Rain (The Rain #1)
Author: Virginia Bergin
Type: Paperback
Read: 21st January - 23rd January 2016
Rating: 4/5
Published: 17th July 2014 by Macmillan Childrens Books

It's in the rain...and just one drop will kill you.

They don't believe it at first. Crowded in Zach's kitchen, Ruby and the rest of the partygoers laugh at Zach's parents' frenzied push to get them all inside as it starts to drizzle. But then the radio comes on with the warning, "It's in the rain! It's fatal, it's contagious, and there's no cure."

Two weeks later, Ruby is alone. Anyone who's been touched by rain or washed their hands with tap water is dead. The only drinkable water is quickly running out. Ruby's only chance for survival is a treacherous hike across the country to find her father-if he's even still alive.

I won this book via instagram a while back. I've never read anything by this author before and the blurb seemed interesting.

The book is set in the UK, Ruby is at a party with her friends and the hottest boy she knows. When suddenly they're all dragged inside. The radio says nothing but it's in the rain, stay in doors and keep calm. One drop of rain on you and you're dead. It makes you bleed and there is no cure. So how do you survive when everyone around you is dead. How do you live when you need water but you can't drink whats in the taps, you can't wash or anything.

This book is very much aimed at teens. It will probably actually annoy some as well. Ruby is selfish but she's young, she's lost her best friend, her mum and baby brother and now her step dad. What can she do? She decides to set off to London to find her real dad. He will be there he would have survived and he will keep her safe.

Throughout all this Ruby discovers she's not the only one to survive. She's stubborn though. She doesn't want help until she gets to a police station and realises there's people locked in the cells. When help comes from the biggest nerd she knows, Darius, together with a small child, they release the prisoners and animals. Careful to never be caught in a downpour, Darius, Rugby and the child are on a journey to get to London. Whilst routing around in abandond shops to find anything thats left to drink. They must contend with anything and everyone that comes in their way.

Ruby is your typical teenager though. She's always felt like she's been restricted from everything and finally having freedom she's able to do everything from dying her hair to putting on a crazy amount of makeup. To wanting her phone to work and dressing up the the fanciest of clothes.

It sad as well though. Ruby is alone. She wants to be but then never wants anyone to leave her. She's a tough little cookie. The book is written as if Ruby is writing a diary or a movie. She's narrating it and its' quirky. It can distract you often from the storyline, the world is pretty much ending and yet this girl only cares about make up or kissing.

Overall its a good book, its sad as well, especially near the end. I'm certianly going to aim to read the sequal - The Storm.  

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