Publish Date |
September 24, 2024 |
Category |
Fiction / Romance |
Price |
$26.99 |
ISBN: 9781668015247
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: September 24, 2024
“Marissa Stapley's The Lightning Bottles is a vivid and steely-eyed view of the music scene of the 1990s, an industry that sanctified its golden boys and took strong women down. It's a page-turner, for sure, but it's also an absolute heartbreaker about two damaged souls who find and lose each other, and how sometimes the thinnest thread of hope is all you get to try to claw your way back to happiness. I'm envious of anyone who hasn't yet read this gorgeous, deeply felt novel.”
— LAUREN FOX, New York Times-bestselling author of Send For Me“It’s hard to write a rock’n’roll novel that’s both authentic and entertaining. Marissa Stapley has nailed it with this one.”
— ALAN CROSS, radio broadcaster and writer“Be still, my 90s-music-infatuated heart. I knew three pages into this glorious book that The Lightning Bottles would be a new favourite. What a journey it took me on—from the euphoria of first love to the dizzying heights of fame to rock bottom and back again. I fell completely in love with these characters, with their adoration for each other and for music, their imperfect grasping at happiness, their resilience. A nostalgic, exciting, heartbreaking read. I'm obsessed with The Lightning Bottles—both the novel and the fictitious band therein.”
— SUZY KRAUSE, bestselling author of Sorry I Missed You and I Think We've Been Here Before“Part mystery, part love-story, part ode to a great era in music, The Lightning Bottles is a heart-wrenching page-turner about addiction, loss, and the high price of fame.”
— ROBYN HARDING, internationally bestselling author of The Haters“A fiercely visceral, exquisitely written ode to rock and roll, the 90s, and the power of music to hurt and heal in equal measure . . . both a beautiful love story and a singularly unique mystery . . . The Lightning Bottles [will] take up permanent residence in your head, and in your heart.”
— LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNN, author of Till Death Do Us Part and The Girls Are All So Nice Here“A hopeful and heartbreaking tale of love and loss . . . The Lightning Bottles is a rollercoaster ride of emotions. From the thrilling rise to stardom to the high price of fame, Marissa Stapley vividly brings the nineties rock scene to life.”
— ASHLEY ELSTON, New York Times bestselling author of First Lie Wins“Marissa Stapley’s The Lightning Bottles is a passionate story about the driving urge to create, the ferociousness of love, and how it all can disappear beneath the chaotic terror of fame and fandom. Be careful: once you start, you won’t turn away from this thrilling tale of music, madness, love and forgiveness.”
— JESSICA ANYA BLAU, author of Mary Jane“In this must-read for lovers of Daisy Jones and the Six and A Star is Born, a golden couple achieve a meteoric rise, only to find their dreams shattered by the price of fame. Stapley’s latest is a deep dive into the treatment of women in the music industry, as well as a delicious mystery featuring an international scavenger hunt. A wild ride of a novel that will leave you breathless.”
— FIONA DAVIS, New York Times bestselling author of The Spectacular“Marissa Stapley’s The Lightning Bottles is a riveting journey inside the ’90s grunge scene, where soulmates Elijah and Jane skyrocket to stardom before Elijah’s sudden, suspicious death. The novel is part love story, part mystery, and a sharp commentary on the price of fame. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough!”
— CARLEY FORTUNE, New York Times bestselling author of This Summer Will Be Different “Perfect for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Lightning Bottles speaks to the pitfalls and perils of fame. Full of nostalgia and angst, and peppered with sharp insights and beautiful simplicity, Stapley has penned both a tender romance depicting tingle-inducing young love and a treatise on the dangers and complexities of the ever-moving targets of success. The women in this story lived in my thoughts even when I put the book down, and I was sad to say goodbye. A truly captivating read!”
— CHARLENE CARR, author or Hold My Girl and We Rip the World Apart