Romans & histoires Books Like All The Bright Places

“I’m fine. Something just feels off. It’s probably because I didn’t sleep well.” Bright made a low noise and stepped over to them. He ran a hand through Ray hair and then pressed a kiss to his temple. “Maybe. Well, we’ll handle whatever it is either way. Why don’t you get some more sleep? We can just order in our brunch today whenever you feel up to eating.” “I’m fine. I’m comfortable here, and I want to hear the story. It’s been months since I’ve seen that book. Where did you find it?” “It was here.” Ash glanced at Bright. “Could the maids have found it?”

What was happening? Before she could react, a brilliant, golden light erupted from the book's spine, flooding the room with warmth and brightness. The air around her shimmered, filled with soft, glowing particles that floated like stars in the night. Selene gasped, her breath catching as the light intensified. Its glow was so powerful that it forced her to squint.

Even though they were miles apart, Alina could almost see the bright smile on her mother’s face. They talked for hours, Alina didn’t even realize how much time had passed until she glanced at the clock. When the call finally ended, Alina sat still for a moment, hugging her phone to her chest. Then she stood up and walked to her bookshelf. Her fingers brushed along the spines of several books before stopping at one particular title “Seven Days Before Goodbye” by Aria Bennett. A small smile tugged at her lips as she pulled it out. That book was her favorite not just because it was beautifully written, but because every word inside it felt strangely personal. It was as if someone had written he

And even when they hadn’t… I no longer let them land. I had too much peace in me now. There wasn’t room for shame anymore. Back at the house, I carried the books Darren had ordered for the nursery upstairs and placed them on the newly assembled shelf. They were all hardcovers with soft pastel covers and gold-stamped lettering: Goodnight Moon, The Velveteen Rabbit, Where the Wild Things Are, Dream Big, Little One, I Am Enough. I traced the spine of each book with my fingertip, whispering the titles softly.

It was quiet, almost sacred, with sunlight streaming through the large windows and rows of books inviting me to lose myself in their worlds. I wandered through the aisles aimlessly until I stumbled across a section on business biographies. My fingers hovered over the spines until I spotted one that looked familiar: Against All Odds: The Rise of Evan Bennett. I pulled the book from the shelf, my heart racing. I hadn't known a biography about him existed. The cover featured a candid photo of Evan, his piercing eyes staring directly at the camera.

She curled into the corner, shaking, cold sweat soaking her back. Time dragged. Endless. Hunger. Thirst. Cold. And that pitch-black pressure clawing at her nerves. By day three, she was barely holding it together. Then the door cracked open. A thin slice of light cut through the dark. Nora stood there, smiling like she won. "I thought Damian would go harder. Guess locking you up was too soft." She clapped. Two guys in black stepped in, faces blank. "What are you doing?" Cleo's voice came out rough, barely there.

Books that offered shelter to those still lost in the storm. She took a deep breath, filling her lungs with the sweet air of that late afternoon, feeling the warmth of Luka, the solidity of Elias, and the heartbeat of Zion against her back. She thought of the seventeen-year-old girl who had walked into that bookstore on a rainy afternoon, seeking refuge in someone else’s pages because she still didn’t know that one day she would have her own to offer. She thought of the broken woman she had been, of the painful but necessary crossing, of the moments when she had almost given up.

A group of people jogged toward me, all of their eyes wide and the smiles on their faces too big to be fake. "Hi." I turned to fully face them and stood in awe as they shoved various pieces of paper toward me. "Can you autograph my notebook? Just put to Jill McVey. You can put anything else you want of course, but just make sure you put your name and my name." She squealed as I took the books and wrote her a quick note. I turned in a circle, taking all of their notebooks one at a time and signing them. "What's it like to be around Ethan Lewis? Is he a total ass? I swear you read all sorts of crazy stuff about him. So... what's he really like?" A cute cheerleader type bounced on her feet in f

Pushing furniture out of her way, she placed the large white candle on the floor in the center of the room and then the black ones in the four corners of the room before lighting a long twig and handing it to Tara. “Say these words as you light each candle,” she instructed as she took a loose piece of brittle, yellowed paper from the back of the book and handed it gently to Tara. Tara immediately went to the black candles and lit them one by one. She repeated the words the paper each time she lit a candle. “I bring forth the power of light, the power of the heavens,” she read aloud, “Enclosed are we within these boundaries. No evil can penetrate. It is said and it is so!”

However, just when she thought that she had found an amazing item, she immediately got disappointed. The girl’s lips immediately ended with a thin line as the sparkle in her eyes disappeared. She thought what she found earlier was so amazing because of the light it was emitting but it turned out just a plain, brown book without a title nor even the author's name. The only parts she could flip were the front and back hard cover. The light also disappeared as soon as she tried flipping the covers—that made her think; maybe she was just hallucinating earlier.