Fireflies | 
| Author: Ally Blue
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $12.00
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Rating:  5 reviews
Media: Paperback
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1599987864
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781599987866
ASIN: 1599987864
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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Product Description
A Sidhe warrior in exile. A young man with powers he's only beginning to understand. In their hands, the fate of two worlds. A childhood encounter with one of the Sidhe sets Joseph Vines' life on a fateful course. Unable to forget the beautiful creature who promised to one day return for him, Joey spends the next twenty years learning, dreaming and waiting. Braeden Shay, a warrior of the Sidhe, has spent those same twenty years watching Joey from a distance, waiting for Joey's heritage to make itself known. When the time is ripe, Braeden steps in to protect Joey from those trying to kill him, and to help him deal with the changes turning his life inside out. During the days that follow, as Braeden teaches Joey to harness and control his newfound power over the natural world, Joey finds himself falling for the gentle, patient Braeden. Braeden, who has watched over Joey for most of his life, is already deeply in love with him. When the forces targeting Joey for death catch up with them, it will take all their magic-and the power of their love for each other-to survive, and to save both their worlds. Warning, this title contains the following: explicit male/male sex, graphic language, violence, and inappropriate use of plants.
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Enjoyable November 18, 2008
Rose Petitfrere (USA)
I read the book once and then when back and re-read it, just to make sure I hadn't missed anything and I hadn't. I loved the book but I felt that the character of Braeden wasn't completely developed. For instance I don't know how old Braeden is exactly and what kind of life he led prior to his forced exile. I would have liked to see more about Evangeline (Joseph mom's) past. The story is truly enjoyable but the plot could have been developed a bit more.
 Better Than the Cover Would Indicate August 3, 2008
Brenopa (Southern California)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Not especially original, but fairly well written nonetheless. Both characters are fairly masculine--which makes me wonder about the excessively twee cover! Anyway, there is a nice sweetness about this book that surprised me. I appreciated the restraint of the "fairy" character, and was amused by the rather coarse, but charming, half-human kid. Making him biracial was rather a nice touch; fairies probably aren't racist, and abduct people of every color!
Ally Blue is a skilled writer; all she needs now is someone with equal skill to design her book covers!
 Wonderful Fantasy June 19, 2008
Jessewave (Toronto, Canada)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The first time Joey Vines sees Braeden Shay, a Sidhe warrior, he is five years old. Braeden tells him that he is a faery but Joey's mother has the strangest reaction before warning him that faeries do not exist and he should not talk to him again. Braeden appears in Joey's room the next night as a firefly/faery and he is enchanted and in awe of him; when he is allowed to touch his wings he is so moved the event changes his life. Braeden promises to return for him when he's ready to assume his heritage but 20 years later Joseph, who now has a pair of wings tattooed on his back to remind him of Braeden is still waiting, until one fateful day when his life is transformed. Joseph is sent home from work that day because he is unwell but on his way home there is a strange occurrence before he falls into a deep sleep and he imagines that a firefly is hovering near him.
Joseph wakes up in a cabin in the wilderness where Braeden has taken him and he meets him again but as an adult this time, and he feels that he's living his dream with one very significant difference - he's attracted to him. When they kiss and Braeden wraps his wings around him he is transported into another world, one of sensuality and desire and longing. Joseph soon finds out that faeries are not that different from human men in terms of their sexual responses and he has the most wonderful sensual experience of his life. The lovemaking between them is breathtaking, intense and magical as they both appear to weave spells around each other in a mixture of lust and a more ethereal bonding of their minds and hearts.
Braeden later tells Joseph about his heritage, that his true father is a Lord of the Unseelie Court and he is half fae with an ability to control the plant kingdom. But there is a huge storm cloud hanging over him - his father Lord Caratacus, who is bound and determined that Joseph will never fulfill his destiny of saving the worlds because Caratacus wants to have power over both the Sidhe and human realms.
This story, while sad in parts, is beautifully told as Ally Blue always paints amazing pictures with her words and her world building is brilliant. Fireflies is a fantasy setting where anyone could escape to from real life for a few hours and inhabit Braeden's and Joseph's world. The author has an amazing gift of putting her readers in the heart of the action and if a writer can make me feel that I'm right there with her characters then she has done her job. The plot is very different from her previous books and she demonstrates considerable imagination and range in setting the stage and telling this engrossing story.
In Fireflies you have to suspend belief and once you do you are totally enchanted by this story of a love that triumphs over all odds and saves two worlds that are threatened, Tir-na-nog and earth - the age old fight between good and evil. The battle between Caratacus, Joseph and Braeden is well planned and executed, with magic being an integral force in the fight. Unfortunately, there are always casualties and loss in life and although the story is somewhat dark it does have its funny moments. I never knew that wings were such an erogenous zone and that there were so many erotic uses for plant life; Ms Blue has certainly given me new erotic avenues to explore
I was captivated by the characters which is a trademark of Ms Blue as her characterizations are what set her books apart and make them so popular with fans and new readers alike. I really loved Braeden's heart and the way he was so open about his love for Joseph and even though he was a warrior you felt his emotions which were always on the surface. I loved this book and highly recommend it to anyone who likes fantasies or just a really good story.
FIREFLIES by Ally Blue June 11, 2008
JenB (USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a good book. If you like fairies, you will most likely enjoy this story. It is original, full of interesting characters, and has an engaging plot. Though its length keeps it from being as satisfying as a full-length novel, it is still a quality read.
I love Ally Blue's imagery. She paints beautiful pictures with her words and invokes powerful emotions. She writes deeply thought-provoking prose. Personal touches like her trademark melancholy prose and original mythology help this book to stand out among recent bland offerings from other M/M authors. Her characters really come alive and jump off the pages.
I love the character of Braeden. He's a warrior, but he's sweet and tender and obviously wants what's best for his lover. Though I didn't feel much chemistry from Joey's side, Braeden's deep expressions of love made the relationship more believable than I expected.
The climax of this story is a little abrupt, but it is interesting and it works well within the context of the story. The epilogue is a tearjerker, though, so be prepared. This is a romance so you know Joey and Braeden will get their HEA, but it is bittersweet.
I wish the story had been a little more upbeat and "fun", but it was interesting to see a more serious side of fairies and their struggles. Ally Blue somehow possesses the incredible ability to make a story deep and melanchology without being dark and depressing.
All in all, this is a nice 4-star read, likely much higher if you are a true fairy fanatic and enjoy a more somber tone. Do make a point of reading this one.
Fireflies by Ally Blue May 29, 2008
Elisa Rolle (Italy)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
When I read about sex between faery (of the original genre, with faery wings...) I always ask to myself: how can they lay back? the wings are not uncomfortable? Sooo, a lit of magic goes away when I think so, but Ally Blue has found a really interesting alternative to the problems... but you have to read the book to know what.
Joey is an halfling fae. His father is an evil unselie, and he is fated to kill him. He doens't know nothing except that, when he was 5 years old a beautiful fae man, Braeden, has visited him and kiss him on the forehead and say "I'll come back for you, when you're ready". All right, if a beautiful man, even if he has wings, says to me he will come back, I will sure wait for him. And so does Joey. And when this gorgeous man came back, you see, Joey has to make sex with him as first thing... twenty years is a long time...
All right, tonight I'm a bit silly, but really, this is not a funny tale, au contraire, it is also a bit sad. But I like very much Joey's character, he is so naivee and he has this passion for the Braeden's wings. The rest of the book is a fight between good and evil, between love and hate, generosity and avarice. Braeden has no doubt he is fated to love Joey as Joye is fated to rescue the faery world from his evil father.
And Matt, from Love's Evolution, made a little cameo appereance... and the cover by Anne Cain is gorgeous and give you an exact idea of the two characters.
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