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I expect this review is going to show you why it is imperative to write your review, or at the very least some notes about how the book makes you feel, within a day of finishing the book. That way you’re not stuck trying to find the words to tell anyone who will listen what an incredible book it was that you finished reading almost seven weeks ago! So here goes …

Even this long after I finished reading, the story and characters have stayed with me. I loved the mystery of the house across the street that has no doors and may have some strange connection to the over abundance of lightning nearby.

“Outside, a dark figure drifted down the street, cloaked in shadow. Approaching the house with no doors, it touched the rain-soaked wall and melted through in a flash of light.”

How can you read that quote and not want to read the entire book?!

I loved the relationship between fifteen year old twins, history geek Malcolm and science geek Valentine, and the gentle exploration of their grief, particularly how it’s affecting them personally and in their relationships. I love that when describing herself and her twin Valentine comes up with “Loner, bookworm, geek”. These are my people!

I loved their new friends - conspiracy aficionado Winter, supposedly superficial Fred (the party’s at his house!), bubbly Brynne, holder of the gossip Carly and John, man of mystery. I love that we don’t have to suffer in the presence of the cool kids in this book. In this book we hang out with the newspaper team!

I loved that the kids go to Emmett Brown High School! The Back to the Future obsessive in me adores that cute time travel Easter egg. Maybe I was looking for BTTF references that weren’t intended after learning the name of the school but I also came across references including a clocktower and Copernicus, plus the obvious one - countless bolts of lightning with their glorious 1.21 gigawatts striking all around the town.

My favourite characters were the oldies. Oma Grace is practically your dream grandmother; supportive, adorable and beyond cool. I loved their crotchety neighbour Walter Crane. Walter became (and remains) my absolute favourite character.

I enjoyed the adventure and mystery, I felt part of the friendships, I laughed and I ugly cried. Glancing through my highlighted passages I’ve gotten hyped up about these characters and their adventure again. I can’t believe I haven’t started the second book yet. I have to know what happens next because … holy cliffhanger, Batman!


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The Year of Lightning The Time Shift Trilogy Ryan Dalton Books Reviews

Couldn't put it down--the characters and plot pacing are fantastic! Perfect for both young and old alike--no language or innuendo, but still a great read for crusty old souls like myself. If you just want to enjoy a good yarn with some twists and turns, you can't go wrong with the adventures of Malcolm and Valentine in The Year of Lightning. The only issue I have is waiting for the second book!
The Year of Lightning does what other books of this YA filled world fail to do. It builds a real thunderous (pun intended) villain. Something/someone to be truly afraid of. If you love time travel, get this book. Genuine unique time travel ideas and concepts accompany the equally original main characters. The story is told from the perspective of twins- Malcolm and Valentine, which makes for a good multi camera view of the world being built. Solid and excellent to the end, this story is only going to get better. Looking forward to the next one!
As an adult I like reading YA SF for a few reasons fast paces, tight stories, fun ideas, and characters that pop. In a world that's a bit saturated with YA SF, Ryan somehow hits all of these marks in this book. The story moves along, the "time shifting" and contraptions are fun, and the characters never start to get boring or feel like a copy/paste of characters from other novels. Ryan also somehow manages to walk the incredibly fine line of celebrating pop-culture references without winking too hard at the audience. It's age appropriate without feeling like a 50's sitcom, and I honestly can't wait for my older kids to dive into this one.
Year of Lightning straddles the line between fantasy and science fiction, in that the Gilbert twins discover that the strange meteorological occurrences happening in their new town are connected to this weird doorless house in their lane that no one notices. Now, I don't know why this blurb says they are 13 year olds or why it has been shelved as middle grade, for the twins are 15 year old high schoolers in this book, which definitely puts it in young-adult category. Anyway, moving on - both of them are new to the town, escaping the grief from the loss of their mother to her sickness, and a dad who is lost in his own grief. Malcolm is the one who notices the weirdness first, and is a boy of action, but after one encounter with the mysterious owner of the house, he decides to back down. Valentine, however, is much more angry and worried about the town and convinces her brother to help her investigate. Meanwhile, the weather keeps getting weirder and weirder, and soon they have to bring in their friends, who were also affected along with them in a freak accident.

Now, a lot of the plot hinges on the 'magical' nature of the tech brought in from the future, so I would classify it more as paranormal than science fiction. There are also many other elements like the twin's resistance to mind control and the 'time shield' that makes this a little out there, so if you can suspend disbelief and treat it more as a paranormal novel, it goes down much easier. Malcolm and Valentine have this easy-going relationship with each other, but it is also not like the are attached at the hip. They have polarizing tastes in subjects, and personalities, but they both share a fierce love for their family, as well as a stable moral compass. The secondary characters give the book much more vivacity in my opinion, though, with the leader-like Winter, jock-like Fred and the hipster-ish John (who is MIA most the novel) making for a nice group of friends. Then there is also the older group - Grandma Gilbert, Miss Marcus, Clive and Walter, who sort of mirror the current group and lend much of the assistance to them in the second half.

The book starts off slow, but by one-fifths it picks up speed and then we go charging into an action-filled venture with fancy tech, epic one-on-one battles, and the high stakes of an entire town's existence. The canon for the future time was explained but I was not wholly convinced - mostly because I can't believe they gathered that much information on their own and from a few spying ventures. Also, the fact that tech in the present was used to build future tech - a little out there, even for a brilliant scientist. However, in its entirety this book is a solid block of entertainment, so I recommend it for all sci-fi buffs.
I expect this review is going to show you why it is imperative to write your review, or at the very least some notes about how the book makes you feel, within a day of finishing the book. That way you’re not stuck trying to find the words to tell anyone who will listen what an incredible book it was that you finished reading almost seven weeks ago! So here goes …

Even this long after I finished reading, the story and characters have stayed with me. I loved the mystery of the house across the street that has no doors and may have some strange connection to the over abundance of lightning nearby.

“Outside, a dark figure drifted down the street, cloaked in shadow. Approaching the house with no doors, it touched the rain-soaked wall and melted through in a flash of light.”

How can you read that quote and not want to read the entire book?!

I loved the relationship between fifteen year old twins, history geek Malcolm and science geek Valentine, and the gentle exploration of their grief, particularly how it’s affecting them personally and in their relationships. I love that when describing herself and her twin Valentine comes up with “Loner, bookworm, geek”. These are my people!

I loved their new friends - conspiracy aficionado Winter, supposedly superficial Fred (the party’s at his house!), bubbly Brynne, holder of the gossip Carly and John, man of mystery. I love that we don’t have to suffer in the presence of the cool kids in this book. In this book we hang out with the newspaper team!

I loved that the kids go to Emmett Brown High School! The Back to the Future obsessive in me adores that cute time travel Easter egg. Maybe I was looking for BTTF references that weren’t intended after learning the name of the school but I also came across references including a clocktower and Copernicus, plus the obvious one - countless bolts of lightning with their glorious 1.21 gigawatts striking all around the town.

My favourite characters were the oldies. Oma Grace is practically your dream grandmother; supportive, adorable and beyond cool. I loved their crotchety neighbour Walter Crane. Walter became (and remains) my absolute favourite character.

I enjoyed the adventure and mystery, I felt part of the friendships, I laughed and I ugly cried. Glancing through my highlighted passages I’ve gotten hyped up about these characters and their adventure again. I can’t believe I haven’t started the second book yet. I have to know what happens next because … holy cliffhanger, Batman!