Review: I couldn't put this book down!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 8, 2014
I was so excited when I got my ARC from Net Galley! I totally fan girl over JA Redmerski. Writing beautiful stories with painfully wonderful characters, you literally can't put her books down until you have read every word."Song of the Fireflies" is no different. As a standalone novel, this deeply moving story will capture you from the very first chapter. Elias and Bray......I don't even know what to say about these two characters. They're hard to love but yet they are hard no to as well. The struggles these two have to go through are intense but when they have happiness, its a beautiful thing to see.Alternating POV's between Elias and Bray, we get flashbacks to their childhood and various other pieces of theirs lives, both together and apart. When the story begins, you're left to wonder if the story will be a tragic robbery or crime driven ending. JA Redmerski does a tremendous job of keeping the reader on their toes and not sure exactly what is happening next. I love a story that is not completely predictable.Bray and Elias spend 17 years on a severe roller coaster, loving each other but not acting on it, maintaining a friendship so strong and yet, there are still secrets they keep from one another. Bray in particular is hiding a secret so big, that it completely dictates every decision she makes. Her family is standoffish, exactly what she doesn't need once the secrets come to light. Elias is bright and all that is positive and wonderful in the world. He will do ANYTHING to ensure Bray's happily ever after, no matter who it is with.There are so many variables that change the course of their lives. Decisions that are made, outside forces that cause twists and turns and you just can't do anything but sit back and watch it unfold. And once you do, I promise you won't put this book down until you have read every word.