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The Clay Lion #4
Under the Rainbow
Long before there was a grieving sister, a dying brother, or an adopted boyfriend, there was a teenage boy who made a promise he wasn't able to keep. When the only way to correct the past is to travel back in time, lives will be forever changed in this prequel companion to The Clay Lion Series.
- GenresYoung AdultTime Travel
53 pages, ebook
First published November 17, 2015
90 people want to read
About the author
Amalie Jahn
18 books350 followersUSA Today bestselling author Amalie Jahn is the recipient of the Literary Classics Seal of Approval and the Readers' Favorite Gold Medal for her debut YA novel, The Clay Lion. Her first YA contemporary, The Next to Last Mistake, won the prestigious IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award in 2020 and A Walk Between Raindrops was selected by Kirkus as one of the Best Indie Books of 2023. A TED speaker, human rights advocate, and active promoter of kindness, she lives in North Carolina with her husband, two children, and three extremely overfed cats.
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February 3, 2018
So here's a fun fact: the book has the #4 below it, but it is, in fact, a recommended Prequel to this series. I saw this on Amalie's newsletter.
Very short review:
This was interesting at points, but didn't really seem necessary or really that full of action. I love time travel if there's a fun paradox or some interesting action with time warping, but this was not it for me.
There was, however, lots of characters who had lots of details, but only a few actually set up the story's ending for the first official book to use.
2.5 stars rounded up.
Very short review:
This was interesting at points, but didn't really seem necessary or really that full of action. I love time travel if there's a fun paradox or some interesting action with time warping, but this was not it for me.
There was, however, lots of characters who had lots of details, but only a few actually set up the story's ending for the first official book to use.
2.5 stars rounded up.
February 10, 2016
It often happens when you're reading a book that you love that you wonder things like, "Why does this person act this way?" "Why is he/she such a jerk?" "What could have happened in this person's life to make them who they are in the present?" Most of the time, you don't get that chance. But in Under the Rainbow, Amalie Jahn gives us the opportunity.
In Ms. Jahn's extraordinary Clay Lion series, we saw little of Phil Johnson. He appeared to be a cold, callous, unfeeling man who almost universally saw people as merely a means to further his political career. As a young man, however, he was merely an idealistic go-getter trying to make a name for himself, hoping in the end to be able to reform healthcare to help individuals who weren't able to afford it, like his mother. In his dogged persistence to succeed, however, he uses his time-travel "trip" to make it happen, and then ... well, if you've read "Tin Men," you know how it all turns out.
"Under the Rainbow" was a very fast read and, like all of Ms. Jahn's work, very engaging and difficult to put down. I finished it in two settings, and I continue to marvel at her easy-flowing writing style. I look forward, as always, to reading her future works. And, in keeping with this series with its Wizard of Oz connections, I'd like to thank her for giving me this peek at "the man behind the curtain."
In Ms. Jahn's extraordinary Clay Lion series, we saw little of Phil Johnson. He appeared to be a cold, callous, unfeeling man who almost universally saw people as merely a means to further his political career. As a young man, however, he was merely an idealistic go-getter trying to make a name for himself, hoping in the end to be able to reform healthcare to help individuals who weren't able to afford it, like his mother. In his dogged persistence to succeed, however, he uses his time-travel "trip" to make it happen, and then ... well, if you've read "Tin Men," you know how it all turns out.
"Under the Rainbow" was a very fast read and, like all of Ms. Jahn's work, very engaging and difficult to put down. I finished it in two settings, and I continue to marvel at her easy-flowing writing style. I look forward, as always, to reading her future works. And, in keeping with this series with its Wizard of Oz connections, I'd like to thank her for giving me this peek at "the man behind the curtain."
December 18, 2015
I read this the day it came out! This is a wonderful short story (prequel I suppose) involving the characters of 'The Clay Lion' Series.
March 7, 2019
Wonderful
Each book was a joy to read. All had a wonderful twist that kept you involved from beginning to the end.
Each book was a joy to read. All had a wonderful twist that kept you involved from beginning to the end.
July 19, 2018
Technically the writing and story were probably as good in this novella as the rest of the series, but the rating reflects that fact that I really didn't enjoy it much. Getting see the humanizing side of this particular character doesn't change the fact that he's still a jerk, and I dislike him and most of the decisions he makes. (It doesn't help that his politics annoy me either--as usual, bad things happening to people seems to mean that it's apparently the government's job to fix the problems. Grr.)
December 5, 2017
I could've lived without reading this. It didn't really add any value to the main three books. It's interesting that the prequel leads most directly to the second book in the series as well. I don't think I'd have picked this unlikeable character to write a backstory about either. I didn't really like him any better at the end. Still, it was over very quickly.
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