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A review by linda_1410
Something Like Lightning by Jay Bell
3.0
I wanted to like this more and up until the end, it was close to 4 stars.
We met Kelly and William in Something Like Spring, and even Tim and Ben get cameo appearances, and a lot of other familiar faces pop up. It's as well-written as anything else Bell's done, but I was hoping for something completely new. We get a lot of time spent on Kelly's side of his and William's relationship and breakup, which fills in some blanks but isn't really necessary to understand anything we were told in the previous book. Then the second half of Part 2, after the breakup, feels more like a highlights reel as Bell zips past months and years as Kelly moves on and falls in love with Nathaniel. As a result, there wasn't nearly as much time spent on Kelly and Nathaniel's relationship and I couldn't really buy that he was the great love of Kelly's life or vice versa. Then Part 2 ends with the stupidest breakup I've read in a long time. The epilogue is four years later when they see each other again for the first time since breaking up and ends on a "cliffhanger" as we wait for Nathaniel to tell his side of the story, which is what Something Like Thunder will be about. Since I never really warmed up to Nathaniel, I can't really say I care that much to read about it.
We met Kelly and William in Something Like Spring, and even Tim and Ben get cameo appearances, and a lot of other familiar faces pop up. It's as well-written as anything else Bell's done, but I was hoping for something completely new. We get a lot of time spent on Kelly's side of his and William's relationship and breakup, which fills in some blanks but isn't really necessary to understand anything we were told in the previous book. Then the second half of Part 2, after the breakup, feels more like a highlights reel as Bell zips past months and years as Kelly moves on and falls in love with Nathaniel. As a result, there wasn't nearly as much time spent on Kelly and Nathaniel's relationship and I couldn't really buy that he was the great love of Kelly's life or vice versa. Then Part 2 ends with the stupidest breakup I've read in a long time. The epilogue is four years later when they see each other again for the first time since breaking up and ends on a "cliffhanger" as we wait for Nathaniel to tell his side of the story, which is what Something Like Thunder will be about. Since I never really warmed up to Nathaniel, I can't really say I care that much to read about it.