Review: Sweet, clean romance with a fun concept, likeable characters, exotic locales, quality product
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 21, 2014
This is a fun concept, expertly executed!  It never gets dull because the magical umbrella works differently on different people.  Learning its tricks is part of the fun.The romance is sweet and clean.  The book is well-written and well-edited, and it has a very attractive design.  I am grateful to the authors for the review-copy.We follow the four adult grandchildren on their umbrella-and-love-discovery, and we also follow the late-romance of the executor of the grandmother's estate.What about the morality of magically making people love you?  That is dealt with too, but the grandchildren are all moral people, so as they discover the power they have in their hands, then make the right decisions.The characters all feel like people one would want to know in real life.This is light reading divided into chapters that make for nice sized reading bites, that each tell a complete story.  Together, the chapters tell a bigger story.It's Raining Men (and women) is a romantic comedy, but heavier on the romance than on the comedy.  This quote from one of the grandchildren explains the quest of each of them:"A deep feeling of satisfaction coursed through me.  I knew I had found my place in the universe.  And suddenly, I knew I could tell her my whole story, without reservation, and she would understand."