BLURB:
After years of bartending her way across Europe, Shay Lavji has seen almost everything the continent has to offer, but there’s one country she hasn’t crossed off her bucket list yet: Norway. It’s not that she doesn’t want to visit the land of the midnight sun—far from it; she’s obsessed with the culture and is dying to see the majestic fjords for herself.
What she’s not dying to do is run into her Norwegian ex-boyfriend, Anders Johansson, who broke her heart in America eight years ago before returning to his ancestral home. The last time she saw Anders, he was a cocky, rebellious, and tortured teenager who couldn’t stop himself from pushing all of her buttons—both good and bad. But Shay isn’t going to let Anders stand in the way of her wanderlust, and besides, it’s a big country, right?
She doesn’t count on Anders seeking her out the moment he learns she’s on his home turf. When Shay sees him again, she’s shocked at his transformation into a bearded, tattooed farmer and fisherman who values family over everything else. Is it possible that time has tamed this former bad boy? Shay wants to believe that everything can be new and bright again under the summer sun, but she knows, when it comes to Anders, the darkness is never too far behind.
REVIEW:
This was an emotional and well written story by one of my favorite authors Karina Halle. She knows how to make complex characters and is a master at hooking in her readers. This one reads from bother characters POV going back into the past as well to see what fractured their relationship when they were young.Bright Midnight follows Shay, who has just recently split from her boyfriend while on a trip in Europe. Now she takes the time alone to travel everywhere she has dreamed of going. Once place in particular in Norway, where her first love Anders is from. Crazy enough she runs into Anders and their past issues and emotions come back to life as they reconnect.
Both characters are majorly flawed, which I like when someone isn't perfect, it makes them real, it also makes me the reader emotionally root for them to get through their issues and find a way to find happiness. Shay was the strongest of the two, she was really on a journey to find herself, find where she belonged and look for the part of herself she just didn't know yet. Anders is a troubled guy, he's lost a lot and also acts out in a chaotic manner. He was very tough for me to connect too and also did something I find very unforgivable. The hardest part was that the issue wasn't really resolved and for me, I felt Shay deserved better. Nonetheless these two bring out the best in each other and have this intense passionate connection that helped them grow.
Overall the writing as always is fantastic, I loved peeking into the past two see how these characters changed over time and the romance was on fire. The secondary characters were wonderful, funny and brought light in some of the dark aspects of the storyline.
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