REVIEW: To Catch a Firefly by Emmy Sanders

- February 15, 2024

TO CATCH A FIREFLY

by Emmy Sanders

Release Date: February 15, 2024

Review

This was one of the best stories I’ve read. It’s one of those epic stories that is breathtaking and will stay with you for a long time.

It was utterly gorgeous—tender and heartbreaking, and mesmerizing. It will tear you apart, but still feel like a warm hug.

Ellis is such an amazing character. I’ve never met anyone who could say so much with so few words. And the way he just quietly went about loving Lucky in such a perfect way, even though he couldn’t tell him. Wouldn’t tell him for fear of trapping him.

And Lucky…I loved his journey. A boy who thought he wanted nothing more than to leave their small town and its corn fields to see the world, ended up discovering that his home and heart were still there.

It’s not just the characters that make the story, it’s Emmy’s writing. The way she unravels it. It’s the way she so beautifully describes the environment. You feel like you could smell and taste it.

This is a story you will wish you could read again for the first time.

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Synopsis

He was my beginning. And my never-ending.

Ellis

There’s a lot I’ve never told my best friend. The fact that I love him. That I miss him every day he’s gone. That, sometimes, I ache for him with a ferocity that leaves me breathless.

Lucky Buchanan tore into my life as a boy, wild and daring, my opposite in every way. He drew me in, stole my heart without trying. He hears me, even though I rarely speak a word. But I always knew this place wouldn’t be enough for my free-spirited friend. I knew he wasn’t mine to keep.

So why, when I finally try to get over him, does he sweep back into town? Why is he upset? Why is there tension between us for the first time in years?

I never saw a future where Lucky could be mine. But now, unless I want to lose my friend, I might not have a choice but to tell the truth. My heart belongs to him. It has from the start.

If only I knew how to hold onto a creature that’s meant to fly.

To Catch a Firefly is a standalone, childhood friends-to-lovers romance told in dual POV. There’s epic levels of pining, a neurodivergent MC with selective mutism, two friends who always come back to one another, glass hearts and romantic declarations, and a HEA beneath the night sky.

About Emmy Sanders

Emmy has been dabbling in writing for years and decided to take the plunge already(!) and publish her works. Her debut novel, Fool Hearts, released in the spring of 2022.

An author of sweet, steamy, swoony MM romance, Emmy would describe herself as a lover of love. She's obsessed with both reading and writing romance and believes everyone deserves their happy ending. Queer herself, Emmy has a soft spot for LGBTQ+ fiction, but MM is where her heart lies.

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