One night can change how you see the world. One night can change how you see yourself.
When Jonah is forced to move from Hamilton to Cross Pointe for the second half of his senior year, "miserable" doesn't even begin to cover it. He feels like the doggy-bag from his mother's first marriage and everything else about her new life—with a new husband, new home and a new baby—is an upgrade. The people at Cross Pointe High School are pretentious and privileged—and worst of all is Brighton Waterford, the embodiment of all things superficial and popular. Jonah’s girlfriend, Carly, is his last tie to what feels real... until she breaks up with him.
For Brighton, every day is a gauntlet of demands and expectations. Since her father died, she’s relied on one coping method: smile big and pretend to be fine. It may have kept her family together, but she has no clue how to handle how she's really feeling. Today is the anniversary of his death and cracks are beginning to show. The last thing she needs is the new kid telling her how much he dislikes her for no reason she can understand. She's determined to change his mind, and when they're stuck together for the night, she finally gets her chance.
Jonah hates her at 3p.m., but how will he feel at 3 a.m.?
One night can change how you see the world. One night can change how you see yourself.
Genre- YA Contemporary Pages- 288 Read- Kindle edition
I had planned to review the Shatter Me trilogy for my first review but I have a lot of feels about that trilogy that its going to take a little time to write them all down so I thought I would go with Bright Before Sunrise which I just so happened to finish yesterday afternoon. And I LOVED it! I was looking for something light and fluffy after marathoning the Shatter Me trilogy and thought this sounded just like what i needed. It's a story that takes place during one night between the popular good girl who doesn't want to hurt anyones feelings and the new bad boy who is counting down the days until he can escape his new life in Cross Pointe. I really enjoyed this book and the more I think about it, the more I like it. It was a bit slow at the beginning for me but I don't know if that is just because I couldn't find the time to sit and enjoy it but after about one hundred pages I was hooked. The story is told during one night which I absolutely love and it also has alternating POV which is another thing I love. It was very realistic I thought and I really did enjoy the characters and related a little to Brighton. The romance was cute and I loved how it developed and that we got to see it from both POV. Oh and the chapter titles are awesome, "Between Half-Past Exhaustion and a Quarter Past Lust." This book does touch on grief a bit and dealing with change but I liked the way it was written and how it balanced everything out. I definitely recommend it if your looking for a fun read and lets be honest, who doesn't like a book that takes place during one night? I mean all the adventure and romance and eating at late night diners and going to parks? Its pretty hard to resist and this book has all that!
"His face is naked of all emotion. His eyes scream of need. My instincts demand I look away. Run away. I don't want to be needed. Not like this. Not in a way that requires me to share more than space and conversation - a way that requires me to share me."
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