ARC Book Review| Keeping Secrets in Seattle by Brooke Moss

  

Title: Keeping Secrets in Seattle

Author: Brooke Moss

Publisher: Entangled Publishing

Published on: February

Source: publisher via netgalley

Seattle hairstylist Violet Murphy always knew the day would come when her best friend Gabe Parker would want to settle down. She’d secretly wished it would be with her, but now that he’s chosen someone else—the prim, perfect Alicia—he wants Vi to be his best man.
Healing her broken heart isn’t easy, but when Violet meets Landon Harlow, a man who isn’t fazed by her funky style and less-than-delicate attitude, she takes a step in the right direction. Until Gabe’s fiancé’s gorgeous façade begins to crack, and Violet’s disturbing past comes back to haunt her, that is. Vi now finds herself armed with a series of lies that would break Gabe’s heart—and his engagement—if he knew their truth, and a secret from their childhood that could change everything.
With the wedding looming, her relationships unraveling, and the bachelor party of the century to plan, Violet must choose between a fresh start with Landon, or confronting her painful past and risking it all for a chance at a future with Gabe.

My Thoughts:

A very nicely written love story about best friends forever but secretly in love with each other. These kind of stories always wind up making me cry a bunch (super affected much lol). My eyes are so badly swollen and red right now. It's very emotional, mature and inexpicably annoying to the point where you want to strangle the characters just to make them speed things up. Too many times I was tempted to read the ending because the first half of the story constituted with me not knowing who she'll end up with. Yep. There's some mind of a love triangle/quadrangle (sort of) here.

Even if I cried tons of times, I super enjoyed readng about Violet and Gabe's story. Inspiring, and the issues tackled was disconcerting but at the same time awakening. Thanks Brooke Moss for the wonderful story. This was supposed to be a very light read for me, but turns out it was so heartbreaking and all sorts of heart aches happened to me while reading. But I'm still glad I got to read the book. :)