Bright
Side
By
Kim Holden
Secrets.
Everyone has one.
Some are bigger than others.
And when secrets are revealed,
Some will heal you ...
And some will end you.
Kate Sedgwick’s life has been anything but typical. She’s endured hardship and tragedy, but throughout it all she remains happy and optimistic (there’s a reason her best friend Gus calls her Bright Side). Kate is strong-willed, funny, smart, and musically gifted. She’s also never believed in love. So when Kate leaves San Diego to attend college in the small town of Grant, Minnesota, the last thing she expects is to fall in love with Keller Banks.
They both feel it.
But they each have a reason to fight it.
They each have a secret.
And when secrets are revealed,
Some will heal you …
And some will end you.
Everyone has one.
Some are bigger than others.
And when secrets are revealed,
Some will heal you ...
And some will end you.
Kate Sedgwick’s life has been anything but typical. She’s endured hardship and tragedy, but throughout it all she remains happy and optimistic (there’s a reason her best friend Gus calls her Bright Side). Kate is strong-willed, funny, smart, and musically gifted. She’s also never believed in love. So when Kate leaves San Diego to attend college in the small town of Grant, Minnesota, the last thing she expects is to fall in love with Keller Banks.
They both feel it.
But they each have a reason to fight it.
They each have a secret.
And when secrets are revealed,
Some will heal you …
And some will end you.
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My 5 Star review
Kate is a beautiful woman
with amazing hair, amazing sun kissed skin, and gorgeous eyes. She is also an
amazing, strong, loving, and caring woman; though she spends most of her time
taking care of everyone else when it’s her who should be taken care of. She has
been through so much tragedy, seen so much pain and sorrow, that it’s a miracle
she can still smile. After being a San Diego baby her whole life, Kate is now
attending college in a small town in the Midwest. Grant, Minnesota is the
perfect small college town but is it somewhere Kate can truly start anew? Go on the adventure with her and see where
she lands. It may just be the perfect place after all.
"I can't let the bad consume me or it would eat me whole. The
bad stays in the bad corner of my mind, I don't let it through the door to
mingle with good, because the bad is a goddamn party pooper."
Gus is a rock god. The way
he plays and connects with his guitar is brilliant in every way imaginable.
It’s as if the guitar is an extension of himself, but he isn’t just a rock god,
Gus is Kate’s best-friend. They have been best-friends for years and he will do
everything and anything to protect her. Bright Side, the nickname he gave Kate
long ago, is his girl. With his band about to go on tour and getting ready to
release their very first CD and Kate leaving for college, Gus is, in my
opinion, starting to panic. Kate has always been there to help him see the
bright side of things but now his Bright Side will be half way across the
country. How will he be able to protect her while on tour let alone from the
west coast?
Then there is Keller Banks.
Man, he is one hot guy! But being so hot isn’t always easy especially when you
have secrets you want to keep hidden. As far as his personal life, you will
just have to stick to guessing, he not only keeps his secrets hidden but he
keeps his personal life to himself as well. Keller is a lost soul who is
confused and is someone who never does for himself, he really can’t afford too.
But then this beautiful sexy woman, Kate, walks into Grounds, the coffee shop
he works at, and it takes everything in his own power to keep everything hidden
and to himself. Will Keller finally open up to someone like her? Will Kate be
willing to experience something she has never believed in? Where will this tale
unfold and how far can looking on the Bright
Side take you?
“You give me courage I never knew I had.” – Keller
“I didn’t do anything. It was there all along, you just had to find it.” – Kate
“I didn’t do anything. It was there all along, you just had to find it.” – Kate
Now that you know a bit
about Kate, Gus, and Keller please remember there are other characters in this
story as well who are just as loveable. I personally loved this book. Bright Side is now on my Top 5 list.
This book was so amazing that it made me have to sit back and think about some
things. Kate, aka Bright Side is by far my favorite character! I was able to
relate to her a lot throughout the book and who she is and what she does is
extremely inspiring to me.
Before I began reading Bright Side, I chose to read some of the
reviews after seeing that most gave it low star ratings. Reading the reviews is
very unlike me but I did it anyway and what I found was that most gave it 1 or
2 stars because of the ending. Most of
those I read where about this book not having a HEA. However, if you truly
looked at the bigger picture with an open mind rather than a closed mind, you
would see that this book does. It just doesn’t have the typical one most look
for. I give high regards to those authors that go off the beaten path and write
books that end in things other than the ‘and they lived happily ever after’
endings. It’s quite exquisite the way they bring the story to a close even though
it may not be all hugs and kisses and happily ever afters.
Now with that said, you now
know that Bright Side does not have
one of those gushy happily ever after endings but don’t let that be the reason
you don’t pick the book up. I may not be willing to tell you what happens in
the end but I can and will tell you that I was a sobbing mess. Bright Side pulled at all my heart
strings and I am serious when I say it is one of my TOP 5 favorite reads. This
story was an incredible adventure and one I feel everyone should read to
understand its true worth.
One last tidbit, while
reading Bright Side, you will be in
for a shock when finding out Keller and Gus’s secrets! That is all I will
share.
So my beautiful readers…just read this book, don’t think
about. Dive in and enjoy!
Here are my favorite quotes from this book. They may be
simple but the speak wonders:
“Do
epic!”
“You
are brave!”
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