Kat’s FFBC Blog Tour: Glow of the Fireflies by Lindsey Duga

Title: Glow of the Fireflies

Author: Lindsey Duga

Publisher: Entangled Teen

Release Date: October 1, 2019

Goodreads Description: Briony never planned to go back to the place she lost everything.

Firefly Valley, nestled deep within the Smoky Mountains, is better kept in her past. After an unexplained fire gave Briony amnesia, her mother disappeared and her dad moved them to Knoxville.

But now her grandmother needs a caretaker and Briony’s dad volunteers her to help. The moment she returns, her whole world shifts. She feels a magical connection to this valley, as if it’s literally part of her somehow.

And when she meets a hot guy who claims he was her childhood friend but now mysteriously keeps his distance, Briony starts piecing together her missing past…and discovers her mother didn’t leave to start a new life somewhere. She’s trapped in the hidden world within the valley.

Now, Briony will do whatever it takes to rescue her, even if it means standing up against dangerously powerful nature spirits. Even if it means giving up her first love.

This cover immediately caught my eye. It is beyond gorgeous!! Glow of the Fireflies started out with potential to be a great book. A young teen girl whose mother ran off and never heard from again. So teen girl must navigate growing up without a mother. Briony gets sent to help her injured grandma and then her life is completely turned upside down.

I enjoyed the beginning of Glow of the Fireflies when we started getting bits and pieces to try to put together and solve what happened. Then once Briony started on her journey to save her mother the book just kind of lost my attention. That’s generally when the book is supposed to get really good and suck you in and I dont feel this book had that.

🌟🌟🌟 (3 out of 5 stars) This book had an interest concept and I feel it could have been so much better than what it was. I am really indifferent with this book. I had higher expectations and was a bit let down. I do think it is more marketed for YA readers and I think it will do much better with that demographic.