The Bright Side of Darkness
**Romance Reads 2024 Winner in "Friends and Family"!**
Worlds collide when a formerly overweight teen befriends a blinded football player and is forced to confront her growing feelings for the boy who lost it all.
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Mateo "Tay" Perez's perfect world comes crashing down after one mistake. Losing his brother is devastating. Losing his vision feels like punishment. Now, uncertainty shrouds his future, like the shadows he barely sees, leaving the once-privileged boy bitter and adrift.
Emori Hagen has spent years believing that if she could just lose weight, all the hurtful comments and mental pain would go away. But after a summer of relentless dieting, she can't shake the feeling that it's not enough. That one wrong choice will make her that girl again.
When their paths cross as the new school year begins, neither of them are who they used to be. Emori is running from a past that still lives inside her. But something unspoken ties them together: the quiet understanding of what it means to be lost.
She wants to pull him out of the darkness. He doesn't think he deserves to be saved. But maybe together, they can find a way to heal.
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Started: April 5th, 2020
Completed: August 30th, 2021
Character banners by @avadel
Cover by @Shreya_VA
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