Review: The Firebug of Balrog County by David Oppegaard
The Firebug of Balrog County by David Oppegaard
Flux Books
Published: September 8, 2015
Since his mother’s death, the firebug has come to live inside Mack. He knows it’s wrong, but when the bug gets an itch, he can’t ignore the urge to burn something. Then he meets a girl battling her own darkness. Her admiration only fuels his pyromania, and when his grandfather, the town mayor, sets out to stop the anonymous firebug, Mack knows his adventure must come to an end. As the firebug gets harder and harder to deny, he can only hope he won’t end up watching his whole future go up in flames.
Normally this sort of dark, angsty story packed with wry witty humor would … Continue reading
