Heat of the Moment by Lauren Barnholdt (
Wikipedia) is the 1st novel in her Moment of Truth series of contemporary teen friendship drama with romantic elements told from the separate perspectives of three girls about to graduate, reminded of their aspirations in the emails they wrote as freshmen to their future selves, this one centred on one of the girls as she receives her reminder email and reflects on what led her down her current path which she hopes to change, free for a limited time courtesy of HarperCollins's HarperTeen imprint.
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Description
In the first book of Lauren Barnholdt's captivating The Moment of Truth series, Lyla discovers that trusting her head might be easy but trusting her heart is a whole other matter.
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.
Each book in this trilogy is told from the perspective of a different girl—Lyla, Aven, and Quinn—former best friends who, back in freshman year, wrote emails to their future selves about the one thing they hope to accomplish before they graduate. Over the course of the series, each girl will learn about life, love, and the truth about the fight that ended their perfect friendship.