“Around one corner an alcove housed a few Roy DeCarava photographs; from the ceiling a wash of etched glass spires hung to suggest the Portland rain.  It was a magnificent house and Morgan coveted it.”

Betwixt by Tara Bray Smith

I first heard about this on io9.com it is about three teenagers in Portland and some interesting times they have together.  I have this in my to be read pile, and am looking forward to reading it, and finding out why if you live in Portland you would need glass spires to suggest the rain, when it happens so consistently during the winter.