*** 4.5 stars *** Never judge a book by its cover (or its title). You know those book that suddendly appear all over your GR dashboard? Whether all your friends shelved it as 'to read' or liked a review on this book from one of their friends - it's literally EVERYWHERE. "Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore" was one of those books for me. One of my friends added it and others followed. Each time I read the title, I automatically assumed it'd be a cute little romantic novel. As I am currently not in the mood for romance, it took some time until I had a closer look. Turns out that "Midgnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore" deals with a suicide rather than two lovebirds. Lydia works at the Bright Ideas Bookstore. She works Graveyard Shift when Joey, one of the regulars at Bright Ideas, commits suicide inbetween the bookshelfes. When rushing to help him, Lydia finds a photograph of herself, taken two decaded ago, in Joeys pocket. This book might be my personal surprise of the year. Sullivans writing style is addictiv and gripping and the entire story built up so well that I didn't see the end coming until very few pages before. Our main heronie Lydia is quite an interesting character, very well written and possibly not for everyone to like. The book alters between 10 year old Lydias life and Lydias current life, two decades later. It's a gripping novel which I wish I would have had the opportunity to read in one sitting. If you are just like me and judge "Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore" by it's title or it's cover, give it a try! You'll be pleasantly surprised.