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I can't seem to forget this story. I found it tremendously sad. I wanted Morgan and Mathew to work out even though there was realistically no way. I found the introduction of Morgan's new boyfriend to be slapped together. After all the angst and years with Mathew, there is magically this other guy? I agree with one of the other reviewers - I could use an alternate ending.


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Boy In A Band Lisa Loomis 9780557301775 Books Reviews

If you are looking for a well-written, well-paced and well-developed novel, then “Boy in a Band” is well worth the read. The author, Lisa Loomis, in part one of the Morgan Mallory series, gives us a close-up view of a young woman who came of age in the 1970s, a freer, less-complicated time. It was the era of sex, drugs and rock-and-roll, each of which was to have a hand in shaping the life of Morgan Mallory.

At first, we meet Morgan as she is beginning the transition from childhood to woman hood with all of the angst that it entails. Her first crush is Mathew, the “Boy in a Band,” who also is the boy who is there at the start of her explorations of all aspects of life. We are with her as she grows and changes and we watch the process unfold. All of this is skillfully handled by author Loomis who draws us into “Boys” from the very first page and keeps us there until “the end.”

In “Boy in the Band,” Lisa Loomis has very nicely recreated the 1970s era when life seemed much freer and easier to live. In that seemingly uncomplicated time we find Morgan, a young girl in the first blush of womanhood, meeting Mathew. We follow their young love as it begins to blossom and they begin to grow. It is a very nice story.

It is also very nicely handled by Loomis whose skill is undeniable. Loomis, who has been writing fulltime since about 2008, knows her way around a story. Her characters are introduced to us and are then painstakingly developed so that they take on real personalities. Within the confines of the novel’s pages, Morgan and Mathew and all the rest become three-dimensional. Indeed, it is easy to empathize with them.

The ability to create fully realized such characters is the mark of an accomplished writer as is her ability to create fully developed scenes. The scenes she creates bring you into the story so closely that you can literally see, feel and experience everything the Morgan experiences.

As we watch the tween – she is on the cusp of her teen years at the start and she continues to grow into them – become a teen, we see the angst that visits every teen, no matter what they tell you, at some point or another. We also see the young girl becoming a young woman and enjoying the pleasures that womanhood brings. Again, thanks to the author’s ability, Morgan’s experiences become very real to the reader.

In many ways, “Boy in the Band” is a rather sweet paean to times and events that once existed but are no more. Lisa Loomis is a major talent whose work, she has written several novels in this series, including this prequel, is solid and deserves to be widely read.

I know that I enjoyed the “Boy in the Band” as it brought back times when things were more hopeful and simpler in my own life as well. I did enjoy the look back at younger more hopeful days, the kind of days that surround Morgan Mallory and friends.
This is a book that would have been amazing had it been 100 pages shorter. The overarching plot--a girl’s first young love and its development throughout her entire life--was very raw and relatable. The author really captured the emotional roller coaster of unrequited love and the helpless feeling of never letting go of that person. The protagonist, Morgan, was so easy to sympathize with at the beginning, because who doesn’t understand that feeling of pining for someone and the heartbreak of realizing it will never come to fruition? However, that sympathy got old and tired after the 4th time she goes out with Matthew and gets mad at him for flirting with other girls. And it just gets annoying each time they (spoiler alert) make-up and sleep together.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result each time. If we follow that definition, then Morgan is certifiably insane. And I felt insane reading the same plot arch over and over again. The author could have easily cut out entire sections of the novel that repeated identical conflicts, and it would have made me more engaged in the novel without losing any emotion. There is only so many times you can read about a character making the same mistake before you start to dislike them as a person--and this made me lose interest in what happened to her later in life.

I give it four stars because the first half of the book was just so compelling and that’s how I want to remember it. I love reading books about characters growing up together and experiencing new life events together, and this author nails that feeling. Life definitely isn’t perfect, and I love how each of the characters’ conflicts (drugs, car accidents, sexual encounters) are realistic and could happen to anyone. Plus I grew up in the Bay Area so I liked reading about towns and cities that are familiar to me. That always gets an extra star for me.

I was shocked to see that this is Book 1 of a series, because the ending was so conclusive that I don’t know where the author will take it next. But I guess I’ll just have to read Book 2 to see.
I can't seem to forget this story. I found it tremendously sad. I wanted Morgan and Mathew to work out even though there was realistically no way. I found the introduction of Morgan's new boyfriend to be slapped together. After all the angst and years with Mathew, there is magically this other guy? I agree with one of the other reviewers - I could use an alternate ending.