Books like A Firefly in the Dark

3.5 stars! I haven’t raced through a book like this in a long time but as this one holds magic, old-world charm and secrets of the Unknown- how could one resist. Finally a work of fiction from an author of Pakistani origin that offers respite from the trending themes of terrorism and/or political intrigue! Told in a classic 20th-century style of story telling, when ancestral homes, spooky stories and big trees outside room windows were still a thing- this book evokes nostalgia and a fond remembrance for the way things were. Loved it; more so, perhaps, because it felt great to be 12 again.