A review by ameliesb
Codename Firefly by C.J. Daugherty

4.0

Positive thoughts:
- I enjoyed the multiple perspectives because a lot of early Night School was just Allie being confused what was going on and Gray is also incredibly confused what’s going on but through Julia’s and Allie’s perspectives we get a more varied look of what’s happening which I appreciate
- I read this in just over 4 hours (during which I also watched a tennis match, so technically not even that long) so the intrigue was definitely there
- The writing style works well for the story and is just overall enjoyable and easy to read without being oversimplified
- just a good old fun time which is what I wanted and needed from this book

Less positive thoughts:
- The gay side character feels a little too based on stereotypes (there’s a lot of other queer rep, specifically wlw characters which feel way more authentic)
- The author really is just using the same character archetypes she used in Night School (I did like most of them but boy, they’re similar at times)
- The set up for the last plot point and also the set up for the reveal at the end both didn’t make a lot of sense of me (I did see the last reveal coming but I think that’s less predictability and more actually good storytelling with foreshadowing and I don’t think it was intended to be a huge surprise)