I am struggling with how to describe this book and this duet without spoilers, so this review will most likely be short to prevent spoiling the plot. I will also say it is difficult not to spoil The Darkest Sunrise when describing what I love about The Brightest Sunrise, but I'm going to try. 
 This series! When The Brightest Sunset picks up after the cliff at the end of the first book, the emotions are already high. Betrayal, hurt, confusion, and elation all mix together between the characters to create a storm that drove the entirety of this plot. While I had suspected the information revealed in the cliff earlier in The Darkest Sunrise, I wasn't sure my hunch was correct and I couldn't see how the characters would be able to find resolution because of it. That one twist drives everything in this book. 
 Charlotte and Porter have some HUGE hurdles to face, and including Brady, the kids, Charlotte's family and Porter's family the hurdles only seem larger. But before they can face the hurdles together, the betrayal must be faced and dealt with, and that is a huge task. 
 My heart hurt through most of this book, but at the edges of the hurt was always a little bit of hope. Hope that Charlotte and Porter could work things out. Hope that Travis's health would hold up. Hope that together they could finally live in the light. And while the hope hid at the edges, there were definite times where it was brighter and others where it was barely there. 
 This was an amazingly emotional series, particularly this second half of the duet. It is one of my top reads for the year simply because of the way the story was woven, all the pieces that connected in unexpected and surprising ways. It was both an emotional rollercoaster and a touching piece. 
 I was gifted a copy in exchange for an honest review.