"The world building here is lush and full of Dogon mythology, making you feel like a world you'd want to get lost in. This is an Afrofuturist tale that will have you rethinking how you see beauty."
- Book Riot

"A thrilling, accessible and endearingly hopeful novel, Where it Rains in Color is an uplifting read and an important addition to the Afrofuturist genre."
- ETHEREA SFF Australian magazine

"Largely a statement about black women and their collective self-image, the novel contains messages of empowerment."
- BLAC Detroit magazine

"A remarkable, literary achievement. The land of Swazembi sparkles."
- Pulse Beat Media/910 am Superstation WFDF

Where it Rains in Color is a great novel...the universe painted is amazing.
- Reddit Fantasy

"A technicolor Afrofuturist fever-dream of a book. Debut author Denise Crittendon has created a world and characters that are deep and weird, rich and beautiful, fully human and far beyond."
- R.W.W. Greene, author of The Light Years

"A beautiful, expansive new world."
- Publishers Weekly

"Mysteries lurk beneath the candy-colored surface of this novel, just as they do on Swazembi, the richly detailed and marvelously inventive setting of this luminous tale. A captivating story about trusting received wisdom, challenging the status quo and owning one's power. I loved it."
- Khan Wong, author of The Circus Infinite