The Lightning Bottles
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Marissa Stapley
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER The author of New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club pick Lucky returns with a spellbinding story of rock ’n’ roll and star-crossed love—about grunge-era musician Jane Pyre’s journey to find out what really happened to her husband and partner in music, who abruptly disappeared years earlier.He was the troubled face of rock ’n’ roll…until he suddenly disappeared without a trace. Jane Pyre was once half of the famous rock n’ roll duo, the Lightning Bottles. Years later, she’s perhaps the most hated—and least understood—woman in music. She was never as popular with fans as her bandmate (and soulmate), Elijah Hart—even if Jane was the one who wrote the songs that catapulted the Lightning Bottles to instant, dizzying fame, first in the Seattle grunge scene, then around the world. But ever since Elijah disappeared five years earlier and the band’s meteoric rise to fame came crashing down, the public hatred of Jane has taken on new levels, and all she wants to do is retreat. What she doesn’t anticipate is the bombshell that awaits her at her new home in the German countryside: the sullen teenaged girl next door—a Lightning Bottles superfan—who claims to have proof that not only is Elijah still alive, he’s also been leaving secret messages for Jane. And they need to find them right away. A cross-continent road trip about two misunderstood outsiders brought together by their shared love of music, The Lightning Bottles is both a love letter to the 90s and a searing portrait of the cost of fame.
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Author
Marissa Stapley
Pages
304
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2024-09-24
ISBN
1668015242 9781668015247
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"4.25 stars<br/><br/>The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley is one of the latest books that reimagines what life must be like for rock stars behind closed doors, but this time, instead of 70s rock and roll, it's 90s grunge rock. What makes this story unique, as Stapley puts it in the letter to the reader, is how it analyzes the complicated narrative of the adored male rockstar and his hated female counterpart.<br/><br/>The story's premise makes it addictive: two ordinary and broken kids find comfort in each other and in music, then become overnight sensations, only to have a mysterious downfall that leads to one of the duo's disappearance.<br/><br/>The writing is good, and has the potential to be great. There are a lot of beautiful lines. However, there are times where it feels like there is too much telling of how characters feel, and not enough showing. And sometimes, the language can be trite or a bit predictable.<br/><br/>But with that being said, the depth of the two main characters, as well as the story itself, keeps you invested in The Lightning Bottles, and it makes you hope things turn out well for them, even when things might not seem to head in that direction.<br/><br/>If you are a sucker for deep dives into the lives of fictional celebrities, and for "living for the hope of it all" (in the words of T. Swift), then pick this book up.<br/><br/>Special thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for this e-ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.<br/><br/>The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley is available now wherever books are sold."
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