The Rainfall Market

The Rainfall Market

You Yeong-Gwang

Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 3.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 3.5
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If you could swap your life for a better one, which would you choose? On the outskirts of Rainbow Town, there is an old, abandoned house. They say that if you send a letter detailing your misfortunes there, you could receive a ticket. If you bring this ticket to the house on the first day of the rainy season, you'll be granted entrance into the mysterious Rainfall Market—where you can choose to completely change your life. No one is more surprised than Serin when she receives a ticket. Lonely and with no real prospects for a future, Serin ventures to the market, determined to create a better life for herself. There, she meets a magical cat companion named Issha and they search through bookstores, perfumeries, and fantastical realms while Serin tries to determine what her perfect life will look like. The catch? Serin only has one week to find her happiness or be doomed to vanish into the market forever. And all the while, a shadow follows quietly behind them…


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    I received this book as an ARC from Netgalley, however all opinions are my own.

    So the reason I wanted to read this book is because the I saw it on Netgalley and the synopsis sounded so cool! Friends, this book was literally magical. I have not read something so sweet and heart-warming and whimsical as this in a long long time. This book gave me such a feeling of nostalgia as it genuinely reminded me of the movies I used to watch as a child in the 90s early 2000s (Think spirited away/The Labyrinth). This is very much advertised as adult on Goodreads however personally I do think this would be perfectly fine to be in the YA section too. I loved the simplicity of the writing because it genuinely made me not want to put this book down as it was easy to follow along, however was still able to fully immerse me in the world and the story that I was following. I would 100% love to pick up another book by this author, and would definitely recommend this to anyone who wants some nostalgic fantasy vibes!

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