Review: Wonderful
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 25, 2013
This was, by far, one of the sweetest short stories I have ever read. What surprised me were the moments of laugh-out-loud hilarity that I was so not expecting. 'Raincheck' is a sweet story about looking beyond the outside and valuing what is inside.Rodney is a hundred and fifty year old gargoyle. He's a little worried because the base he rests on during the day is cracking. If it falls during the day with him in his stone form, he will die. Once his base is gone, Rodney will have nowhere to return at the end of the night and he will cease to exist. One night he meets David, a tenant in the building. Rodney thinks David is the most beautiful man he's ever seen. He knows, though, that he can't show himself to David because that will end their burgeoning friendship. Until the night that Rodney rescues David from a mugger, and everything changes.David is the oldest son of a wealthy developer. His first conversation with the "guy", Rodney, he meets on the roof convinces him to tell his dad the truth and break free from the family obligations he doesn't want. When Rodney rescues him from a mugger, David's first thought is that Rodney looks like Yoda on some serious steroids. His second thought is who knew they made gargoyles so anatomically correct? Hmm.I really enjoyed this story. My only complaint? I wanted it to be longer. I would have liked to see more of Rodney and David. And, by the way, I'm not telling the ending because that would ruin it. Buy the book. It's worth it.NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews