{"id":8692,"date":"2016-11-02T12:30:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T16:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=8692"},"modified":"2016-11-02T12:30:53","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T16:30:53","slug":"review-the-last-firefly-of-summer-by-robert-ford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-the-last-firefly-of-summer-by-robert-ford\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: &#8216;The Last Firefly of Summer&#8217; by Robert Ford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Last-Firefly-Summer-Robert-Ford\/dp\/1535132027\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1475459579&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=last+firefly+of+summer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9011\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-the-last-firefly-of-summer-by-robert-ford\/lastfirefly\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/LastFirefly.jpg?fit=344%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"344,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lastfirefly\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/LastFirefly.jpg?fit=344%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9011\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/LastFirefly.jpg?resize=241%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"lastfirefly\" width=\"241\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/LastFirefly.jpg?resize=241%2C350&amp;ssl=1 241w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/LastFirefly.jpg?w=344&amp;ssl=1 344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 85vw, 241px\" \/>The Last Firefly of Summer <\/em>by Robert Ford<\/strong><\/a><em><br \/>\n<\/em><strong>CreateSpace\u00a0(July 2016)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>64\u00a0pages; $5.95 paperback; $1.99 e-book<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevinlucia\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Lucia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the past few years, Robert Ford has become the go-to writer when it comes to emotionally-wrenching fiction. Give him a little bit of your time and eventually, without fail, he&#8217;ll have your heart on a platter. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Last Firefly of Summer<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is no exception. With lean prose and and a powerful voice, Ford spins a tale about summer love gone wrong, and a vengeful adoration which must be satisfied. <\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There&#8217;s nothing like summer love. It hits hard and fast, leaving you breathless and reeling. And of course, summer love <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">always<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ends too soon; that&#8217;s what makes it so powerful&#8212;its fleeting nature. Usually summer love ends because someone moves away, however, or because feelings change when school starts, or parents get in the way, as they happen to do. For Patrick Walder, summer love ends in death and despair, destroying whatever light once burned within him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Years later, Patrick Walder returns to the town of his summer love, to the place where Sunni slipped through his fingers. He&#8217;s picked up a whole new set of skills; and in his field of employment he&#8217;s earned the nickname \u201cJust\u201d because he&#8217;ll only go to \u201cwork\u201d on those who truly deserve it. He&#8217;s carrying with him more than just a deadly skill-set, however. Something cold burns within him, and what it wants most of all is to make someone <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pay<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for that lost summer, the last time he knew love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To speak any more about the plot would ruin its most wrenching moments. Rest assured, if you&#8217;re looking for something to squeeze that pumping muscle in your chest, to make it \u201churt so good,\u201d you&#8217;re in the right hands. Pick up <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Last Firefly of Summer<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> without delay.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Last Firefly of Summer by Robert Ford CreateSpace\u00a0(July 2016) 64\u00a0pages; $5.95 paperback; $1.99 e-book Reviewed by\u00a0Kevin Lucia Over the past few years, Robert Ford has become the go-to writer when it comes to emotionally-wrenching fiction. Give him a little bit of your time and eventually, without fail, he&#8217;ll have your heart on a platter. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-the-last-firefly-of-summer-by-robert-ford\/\" class=\"more-link button bg-gold white\">Continue Reading!<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Review: &#8216;The Last Firefly of Summer&#8217; by Robert Ford&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[80],"tags":[42,783,79,840,839],"class_list":["post-8692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-featured","tag-kevin-lucia","tag-reviews","tag-robert-ford","tag-the-last-firefly-of-summer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Review: &#039;The Last Firefly of Summer&#039; 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