Dark Lightning by Bethany L. Brown - Starting June 19th 2015

[Sharon]

Chapter 4 - (view spoiler)[ now she thinks Nate's her soulmate? Interesting, how classes are in this school. I like Mr. Jay, he seems to be an easygoing teacher. Wow...she created lightning (hide spoiler)]

[Sharon]

Chapter 5 - (view spoiler)[ OMG! She gave Nate a heart attack. Now, I know lightning wielders slowly start to lose their sanity. (hide spoiler)]

[Sharon]

Sarah wrote: "34% [spoilers removed]"

That really are.

[Sharon]

78% - (view spoiler)[ Nate finally confessed his feelings. Yay!! (hide spoiler)]

[Sharon]

My goodreads review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

My smashwords review: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

[Bethany]

Sharon wrote: "My goodreads review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

My smashwords review: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view..."

Thank you! :D

[Nikki]

Up to chapter 9
(view spoiler)[ it seems like the first few chapters are a spout of information like one then another and another almost and over stream of everything happening so quickly barely connecting scenes. I like the descriptions of the scenes because they're quite detailed but just seems the authors rushing and I don't like that (hide spoiler)]

[Nikki]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 1 Some big similarities to HArry Potter in here -
(view spoiler)[* she lives with people who aren't her parents
* her parents are dead
* she controls lightning and Harry has a lightning scar
* someon is ..." (hide spoiler)]

Have to agree
(view spoiler)[ the whole instantly her "parents" seeing her sprout lightning causes them to immediately fear her much the same as HP, then she's escorted to a boarding school with no parents at all and find out her real parents are dead, the headmistress in this case wants to be close to her much like in HP although this one tries to force it. The school is isolated and filled with elemental magic feels familiar (hide spoiler)]

[Nikki]

Sarah wrote: "20%[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ sounds like a perfectly healthy relationship if you ask me ;) especially if at any second your partner could kill you with a look lol (hide spoiler)]

[Nikki]

Sarah wrote: "24% [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ he seems rather rude and obnoxious doesn't he..
It's actually pretty hard to see why he seems to have friends if he's like they described a tantrum ing 3 year old (hide spoiler)]

[Nikki]

Ashley wrote: "Chapters 1-6: [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ have to agree there the conversational pieces don't seem to flow, it took me a few chapters to grasp my head around the way they spoke, it seems unnatural (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Nikki wrote: "Sarah wrote: "chapter 1 Some big "

Yep! I think you thought of more than I did!

[Bethany]

Nikki wrote: "Sarah wrote: "chapter 1 Some big similarities to HArry Potter in here -
* she lives with people who aren't her parents
* her parents are dead
* she controls lightning and Harry has a lightning sca..."

Wow. I never realized that. Lol. That's crazy.

[Nikki]

Up to Chapter 10
(view spoiler)[ well that chapter was quite well roller coaster filled! excitement! puppy love and then despair and heartbreak it felt like the author was trying to tell a lot of the story in one chapter it felt too much and well the conversation language reads stilted and formal. (hide spoiler)]

[Nikki]

Up to chapter 11
(view spoiler)[ well that was one fucked up and kinda coincidental nightmare that tied in well with when she woke up. And her and Nate breaking up damn she's right though he is a coward if he can't stand to be public with their relationship and well the whole I'm protecting you meh boys... (hide spoiler)]

[Nikki]

Up to chapter 13
(view spoiler)[ ok seriously the long drawn out card game? Necessary? I see how it was meant to show a bond forming between Derek, Ava and Chris but it seemed soo drawn out and any other ways could have been used so the one scene could have been streamlined a little. (hide spoiler)]

[Nikki]

Up to chapter 16
(view spoiler)[ wow ok so I guess those chapters were meant to be action packed and filled with adrenaline and fear and power hungry fighting but it just felt forced. (hide spoiler)]

[Nikki]

Finished
(view spoiler)[ have to admit the battle scene was quite good, with a little action in it plenty of power is sensed through the scene but the whole resolve seems a bit wishy washy, like it really wasn't completed
(hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Thanks Nikki!

[Nicole]

Finished it! It seems I was one of the few that unfortunately didn't like the book very much :/ Here's my review:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Thanks Nicole ☺

[netareads]

Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I just read it in two days. Having summer holidays sure helps but I really enjoyed the book. There were some Details I would have liked to be different but the main character and her friends, the School Setting, the elementals and their powers were well done and kept me engaged.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Thank you ☺

[Nora]

Here's my review for this book I didn't know we were supposed to post the reviews here sorry.


https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Thanks Nora ☺

[Abigail]

Do we just post reviews on goodreads? I forgot

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Goodreads, and amazon if you can ☺

[Abigail]

Okay thanks!