Book Blurb
Before graduation, I promise to...learn to trust. In the first book in the Moment of Truth series, Lyla discovers that trusting her head might be easy but trusting her heart is a whole other matter.
Each book in this paperback original series is told from the perspective of a different girl—Lyla, Aven, and Quinn—former best friends who wrote emails to their future selves back in freshman year about one thing they hope to accomplish before they graduate. When the emails get delivered on the first morning of their senior trip all three girls will spend the next three days trying to keep the promises they made to themselves four years ago. While each book follow’s one girl’s life-changing adventure, you have to read them all to get the whole story, including why they’re no longer friends and whether they can get their friendship back on track.
Lyla McAfee had all but forgotten the email that she wrote to herself freshman year and scheduled to be delivered right before graduation—the one promising that she’d learn to trust by the end of senior year. But when she receives it the first morning of her senior trip to Florida her life is sent into a tailspin. Soon she’s questioning her seemingly perfect relationship with her boyfriend, Derrick; her attraction to the school player, Beckett; and whether ending her friendship with Aven and Quinn, her former BFFs, was one of the biggest mistakes of her life.
The first book in a captivating summer trilogy, Heat of the Moment flawlessly balances romance and humor as Lyla embarks on her totally reluctant but completely irresistible journey of self-discovery. And readers will have a chance to discover whole truth about the fight that ended Lyla, Quinn, and Aven’s friendship in the next two installments of the series, coming out later the same summer!
Each book in this paperback original series is told from the perspective of a different girl—Lyla, Aven, and Quinn—former best friends who wrote emails to their future selves back in freshman year about one thing they hope to accomplish before they graduate. When the emails get delivered on the first morning of their senior trip all three girls will spend the next three days trying to keep the promises they made to themselves four years ago. While each book follow’s one girl’s life-changing adventure, you have to read them all to get the whole story, including why they’re no longer friends and whether they can get their friendship back on track.
Lyla McAfee had all but forgotten the email that she wrote to herself freshman year and scheduled to be delivered right before graduation—the one promising that she’d learn to trust by the end of senior year. But when she receives it the first morning of her senior trip to Florida her life is sent into a tailspin. Soon she’s questioning her seemingly perfect relationship with her boyfriend, Derrick; her attraction to the school player, Beckett; and whether ending her friendship with Aven and Quinn, her former BFFs, was one of the biggest mistakes of her life.
The first book in a captivating summer trilogy, Heat of the Moment flawlessly balances romance and humor as Lyla embarks on her totally reluctant but completely irresistible journey of self-discovery. And readers will have a chance to discover whole truth about the fight that ended Lyla, Quinn, and Aven’s friendship in the next two installments of the series, coming out later the same summer!
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Toot's Review by Stacy Sabala
Lyla McAfee is excited about her senior trip to Florida. She has decided to have sex with her boyfriend of two years, Derrick. When she misses the bus to the airport, thanks to her mom, she is angry. Beckett also missed the bus and offers her a ride on his motorcycle to the airport. If she misses the bus she isn’t supposed to go but Beckett tells her to blend in and she shouldn’t have a problem.
Derrick didn’t seem worried about her and didn’t answer her texts. She doesn’t tell him who gave her a ride to the airport and instead blurts out her plans for the weekend. He is focused on that until Beckett shows up on the plane with Lyla’s missing carry-on. Then he sends her a drink and a note. Derrick refuses to talk to her the rest of the flight and the rest of the day when they reach Florida. She ends up hanging out with Beckett who promises to take her to Derrick.
She is worrying about her relationship with Derrick and keeps getting an email she sent herself four years ago about learning to trust. She tries to trust Beckett. However things get complicated quickly. Lyla has strange, confusing feelings for Beckett but she loves Derrick. She doesn’t know what to do or what to think.
This YA story has a great plot. I liked how the story evolved. The author provided great situations and questions that Lyla had to constantly ask herself. They were good and thought provoking for the reader. However, I didn’t like her as a character. She was immature and came off as a total brat. She held a grudge and remained extremely stubborn. I was hoping she would get better as the story went on, but she didn’t. She refused to see anyone else’s point of view except Derrick’s. It drove me crazy. If anyone made a mistake with her, she refused to give them a second chance. It made her appear extremely judgmental and shallow. Didn’t like her at all. I give this book a 3 out of 5.
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