One Moment had the potential to be an incredibly emotional read in my opinion, and in that respect, it fell a little flat for me. The plot is interesting and well executed, but I found myself spending a lot of time thinking that I should be having some sort of emotional reaction, rather than actually having said emotional reaction.

In a single instant, the summer that should have been awesome for Maggie and her friends takes a sharp left turn into tragedy, and nothing will ever be the same. Initially, Maggie can’t remember anything about what happened that day, and of course, everyone wants to know. As her memory returns and she starts putting other events together, she realizes that nothing was as she thought it was, even before tragedy struck. Will this group of friends be able to move past this summer, or will it damage their friendships forever?

There’s a lot of shenanigans in this book. Shenanigans that could have made it off the charts throw the book across the room awesome. But the whole situation really felt like just words on a page to me – I never really internalized or connected with any of the characters, and that was really necessary for this book to rock my world.

This is definitely not a fun light read for summer, not that that’s a bad thing. Check it out from the library when you have some time.