Review: One Moment

One Moment by Kristina McBride
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review

I love a book that I get attached to and makes me feel like I lived through it

Maggie and her friends are at the gorge. Maggie and her boyfriend Joey are at the top of the cliff, about to jump off -- then everything goes blank. Maggie opens her eyes and Adam is urging her out from the bush she's hidden herself behind. There is screaming, sirens, and blood. Joey is dead. The story goes on as Maggie and her friends deal with their loss, as Maggie attempts to piece together her final moments with Joey in the hopes of figuring out what, why, and how it all happened. But it's not all it seems. Along the way, Maggie discovers secrets that threaten to sever the friendships, and distort the image of Joey from her heart.

This was part teen drama, part romance, part mystery, part crime thriller, part psychological study. It flowed well, with the narrative going back and forth between the aftermath of Joey's death, and the events leading up to it.

What really impressed me about the book was all the secrets that did surface, I felt the betrayal as if I were a member of this group and that it had also happened to me.




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