Eek, gross no thank you sorry. This was not the book for me and in my humble opinion, was not well written to boot.

This psychological thriller is not for the faint of heart. It tells the dark, compelling story of the abduction of two teenagers and gives a peek into the underbelly of the dark web where rich powerful people can watch vile, violent acts for a price. It was a lot! But I read it until 3 in the morning because I had to know the ending. It’s unputdownable!

Admittedly, a big Mia Sheridan fan. I love how she can write dark and disturbing as well as write a good romance.
This was dark, very dark, It would make a great thriller movie. There are twist that I didn't see coming. Trigger warning are there for a reason on this one.

I really enjoyed this book. It was different than anything else I've read recently. I couldn't put it down! I will keep an eye out for this author's future work!

This wasn't my favorite read. It starts off brutally graphic and disturbing. It really had me on edge. I was stuck with everything happening from the crime scenes to the investigation aspect. I feel that the story started on a high note, but slowly simmered off. The romance was nice, with surprises along the way.

I loved the premise for this book and the writing was really immediate. I loved these two characters and how they were pulled together. This was a good thriller!

J’avais ce livre à lire depuis un petit moment dans ma liseuse et je me suis enfin décidée et quelle claque! Nous ne sommes pas dans une romance contemporaine mais bien un thriller qui va vous tenir en haleine du début à la fin!
Noelle et Evan vont être kidnappés et devoir survivre pendant un mois ensemble, ils arrivent à s’échapper et ils se retrouveront des années plus tard pour tenter de résoudre le mystère de leur kidnapping…

Ohlala, quelle claque ce livre! C’est haletant, mystérieux parfois dérangeant mais tellement bien écrit ! J’ai adoré cette intrigue qui nous tient en haleine jusqu'au bout du livre et qu’elle soit allégée par cette petite romance! Les personnages sont très touchants du fait de leur passé, de leur vécu mais ils arrivent à se reconstruire ensemble!

En bref, un excellent thriller et j’espère qu’il sera traduit un jour en français!

I really enjoyed the plot of this book. It was very unique and gave me Saw vibes. I liked the romance aspect and I loved the collectors perspective. I liked that he was trying to help them escape. It kept it interesting and I liked that they were not in the cages for the whole book. I loved reading the after part, and I loved that the ending was tied up with a nice bow. It was a dark and twisty read that I thoroughly enjoyed and I’m glad that I read I will say though it did feel really long and there were parts that were a little slow but overall this was an interesting book

Amazing book!
I was thoroughly engaged throughout this book and I didn't want to put it down! The author captured my attention from the get go! Five stars from me :)

I’m not sure how I feel about Mia Sheridan’s turn towards dark suspense stories. I fell in love with her storytelling with Archer’s Voice, but this one is SO FAR away from that.

All the Little Raindrops starts with two high school students discovering they’ve been kidnapped and locked in separate cages. The first 35% of the book is their horrifying time as prisoners and their harrowing escape. (I want to make readers aware that while what happens to the hero and heroine isn’t described in graphic detail, you’re given enough to know what they experienced during their time in captivity). Then we get a couple quick chapters of post-escape and one year later. The final 60% takes place seven years later, when the hero - who has become a personal investigator - learns that what happened to him and the heroine may still be happening and he reaches out to the heroine for help with his investigation into who was responsible for their abduction and why. From there, such a convoluted and complicated plot unraveled that it made we wonder what the author is eating/drinking/smoking to have her come up with such a disturbing story.

But I have to admit, even though dark stories aren’t my usual jam, I am willing to read them if Mia Sheridan is the author. Especially if there’s a romance storyline and one of my favorite tropes (not sharing what that is so I don’t spoil anything). However, I feel like this book could have used a little more romance to balance out all the rest of the book's icky parts (as she did in Where the Blame Lies).

I’m not sure if I’m going to keep reading Ms. Sheridan’s thrillers/suspense novels. I have to get in the right frame of mind and real life is enough of a dumpster fire. I seldom open my Kindle with the desire to read something sinister and unsettling - even if I have confidence the author will deliver writing that is fantastic and engaging. Reading is how I unwind after a long day, how I relax, how I empty my mind so I can fall asleep quickly at night. Books like this don’t help with that!

*thank you to NetGalley and Montlake for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review

All the Little Raindrops | Mia Sheridan | ⭐⭐⭐⭐.75

**The following review of the e-ARC provided by @netgalley is completely honest, original and voluntary**

Yes, it's disturbing, unsettling and full of sick and depraved characters and incidents.
Also, a resounding Yes, it's as good as you have heard it is, all over on Bookstagram.
This is as good as a thriller gets, but you need to have the stomach for it.

It deals with very serious issues like human trafficking, abuse, abduction and it showcases these evils in all their raw, naked, harrowing splendour.

However, it also has the sensitivity, sensibility and much required vulnerability to balance and offset what otherwise could have been just a gory, gruesome narrative.

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Evan and Noelle, both in their senior years, are abducted and find themselves caged up like animals, next to each other, in an utterly dark dungeon, cut off from the world.

Evan's influential father is suspected to have had an illicit affair with and eventually murdered Noelle's mum and their abduction together must imply its not just a simple case of kidnapping for ransom.
Also they are being rented out like commodities and are being made to play against each other.

But shared trauma has its way of uniting people and Evan and Noelle have but one mantra, "We leave here whole, we leave here together."

Can they really escape? What kind of sick, depraved and perverse forces are at play? What do they want?
And when and how do they stop?
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With this most intriguing premise, Mia Sheridan works wonders to create a most riveting and entrancing roller coaster. You root for Evan and Noelle; find the deepest empathy for them in your heart and cringe at the audacious atrocities they need to survive.

Fast paced, unputdownable and gritty, this engrossing read has as much heart as finesse. It's not totally unpredictable but the ending seems almost improbable untill Sheridan swoops in to create the most clever backstories to tie up all the loose threads.

Highly recommended if the trigger warnings and some of the explicit content don't creep you out.

Based on the content matter, I had to DNF at 35%...while I enjoy "dark" content this was entirely too triggering for me.

Thank you NetGalley and Mia Sheridan for the eARC!

Wow, wow, wow. This was so good!! This was quite unexpected for me as I had only ever read one other novel by Mia Sheridan, which was a cutesy romance (Archer’s Voice), so I fully expected this to be a fun, lighthearted romance. I was wrong.

While this is a bit of a romance, it’s mainly dark, twisty, and suspenseful. This book is NOT going to be for everyone. It has some HEAVY and intense content that some readers may find triggering, so I highly recommend looking up content warnings for this book before beginning. That being said, I thought it was INCREDIBLY well written. One of my favorite books is Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter, which I would very closely relate All The Little Raindrops too. It’s very tough to read at times, but it is so heartbreakingly beautiful.

I enjoyed this book immensely and would 100% recommend reading his book AFTER checking content warnings.

This book was just “meh” for me. I felt like I was reading it because I had to finish it instead of reading it because I wanted to finish it. I can’t quite put my finger on what it was.

okay hear me out. i really wanted to like this book. but unfortunately, it just did not work for me. which is okay. you should still check it out and thank you so much to netgalley!!!!

I guess I should probably start reading the synopsis before i pick up books haha

Mia Sheridan is an auto-buy author for me -- I've loved Archer's Voice and Grayson's Vow by her. I didn't even know that she dabbled into the thriller/dark romance genre but now i know!

I'm fine with darker books and even seek them out most of the time! But, this one started out right in the action, with little to no background on the characters. Again, fine, but I don't think they ever were really fleshed out and the characters became increasingly more annoying as the book went on.

This was sometimes a struggle to get through and I HATE the miscommunication trope and this had a ton of miscommunication. I'm so sorry it didn't work for me because like I said, i love this author!!

This was a sludge to get through lol I should have stopped when the two main characters were getting it on after they were captured.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC

This was such a wonderful and enjoyable read!!!! I loved this book and highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys this genre. Thank you so much to the publisher and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Mia Sheridan is known mostly for her romance Archer's Voice. While that is one of my favourite romance books of all time, this book All The Little Raindrops couldn't be more different.
This book is dark and philological thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire time. I devoured it so quickly. The story is addictive. While off putting at times, this was an interesting read.
Mia's writing was amazing as usual full of well written characters and well developed plot.

SYNOPSIS
- Two seniors in high school, Noelle & Evan, have been kidnapped. They are locked in cages, and they are part of a sadistic game. It also turns out that Noelle & Evan know each other, and their families don’t have the best past. This portion covers about the first third of the book.
- After they get out, some time passes in the book, and they reunite to try to figure out who was behind it all.

MY THOUGHTS
- This was actually pretty bad. I wouldn’t call it a psychological thriller. It fits more in horror genre mixed with romance.
- Definitely check out trigger warnings because this book is A LOT.
- If you’re into gratuitous violence & torture, this one may be for you. That’s not my thing, so I didn’t enjoy it.
- There isn’t much character development either. Characters felt very one-dimensional. Overall, the whole book fell flat for me. Not a satisfying ending. The romance between Noelle & Evan is just weird & based on trauma they went through together.
- So many tropes & cliches in this one.
- About 99% of the plot is completely unbelievable.
- I also have a personal pet peeve with how many times the author used the phrase “took her virginity” re: Noelle. Virginity is a social construct. I mean, JFC, can we please stop using this phrase in 2024, particularly in reference to a teenage trafficking victim being raped?!

TL;DR: ⭐️⭐️skip it, unless you’re into gratuitous violence & misogynistic writing.

Thanks to Montlake and Netgalley for this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. This book is out now.