Katherine Rawson

Fireflies: A Celtic Romance Series

Three stars means I liked it! Personally, I love Irish mythology so this definitely captured my interest. The story is very enjoyable. That being said, I’m not a fan of cliffhangers but I can surmise this whole series will end with the good guys winning so it’s not too terrible. Shea Hulse is adept at descriptions almost too adept! As a reader, I like to be given just enough information necessary to picture a room or setting in my mind rather than being told exact position and orientation of things that is immaterial to the plot. I only need to be told once the color of someone’s eyes and hair and I don’t need to be told every time someone undresses, how perfect their body is as if the POV is seeing it for the first time every time. These editing quarks do not take away from a solid story of love and magic which kept me wanting to know more. The main character, Bridget, is emotionally tormented but we don’t really explicitly learn what happened. In some places, she speaks affectionately of her family but in other areas, they were emotionally abusive. Perhaps Shea Hulse is presenting the natural dichotomy of an abuse survivor who has fond feelings along with the fear and anger? The other characters, Declan and Ruad, are likeable as well. I’m also not a fan of love triangles and not really sure how that will play out in the series (I hope it doesn’t). I’m a “true love” kind of girl. All in all, this is an entertaining read and nice mythology references – I hope Bridget gets to the Other World in book two!