by KRISTEN HANNAH
So, sometimes I like to take a break from the intense books I much enjoy. I move away from the classics and pick up a book like Twilight, and for some reason I get so into it that I feel like a kid all over again, late at night, under my covers with a flashlight lighting my book...
Firefly Lane is one of those books. I enjoyed reading this novel so much that for 4 days straight no one existed other than Tully and Kate. Books like these are what good stories are made of. Two best friends, worlds apart, together no matter what. Misfits from the get-go, but organically perfect.
I never had that one best friend from childhood to adulthood, so the entire time I was reading this novel, I was thinking how much I missed out, but for those girls/women who had that special bestie, this book will make you appreciate her even more.
I think I cried until my chin quivered, and then I thought, 'OK, I should put this down for second before my husband sees.' Firefly Lanes literally moved me to tears! No book has done that since The Help. Judge me if you want, but I cry a lot when I read, especially if the book was well written.
Like I said, I read just about anything and everything, but mostly I read classics and snotty literature that frowns upon the Twilights, The Helps and other, but I am not ashamed to say that sometimes I just want a cozy read and that is exactly what Firefly Lanes was... so cozy.
I can pick the book apart for all that it wasn't, but the bottom line is that it did exactly what it was supposed to do: make you nostalgic for your youth, make you love your friends and family, remind you that insecurities are all in your head, and show you that love and happiness is right in front of you... you just need to want to recognize it.
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