The Lightning Bottles is author Marissa Stapley’s answer to the vilification of so many women in rock throughout the 90s, as she charts the meteoric rise, fall, and afterlife of the life of Jane Pyre - Stapley’s own “most hated women in rock and roll.” Told in two interconnected storylines, we see the relationship between Jane Pyre and the other half of rock duo The Lightning Bottles, Elijah Hart, grow and fall, and the cross-country scavenger hunt to find Elijah. If that feels like an awful lot for one book, you would be right. These, plus an intellectual property lawsuit, alcoholism and addiction, and a teenage sidekick for the 1999 storyline make for an over-full story. While the band references were fun at first, they unfortunately became a distraction.