One Moment by Becky Hunter

One Moment by Becky Hunter




Life or death, Love or loss, It can all happen in.... One Moment

One Moment by Becky Hunter is published on the 2nd March 2023 by Corvus. My thanks to the author and the publisher who sent me a copy and
 Random Book Tours for inviting me to take part on the tour.



 Synopsis:

One moment in time can change everything...

The day Scarlett dies should have been one of the most important of her life. It doesn't feel fair that she'll never have the chance to fulfil her dreams. And now, she's still ... here - wherever here is - watching the ripple effect of her death on the lives of those she loved the most.
Evie cannot contemplate her life without Scarlett, and she certainly cannot forgive Nate, the man she blames for her best friend's death. But Nate keeps popping up when she least expects him to, catapulting Evie's life in directions she'd never let herself imagine possible. Ways, perhaps, even those closest to her had long since given up on.
If you could go back, knowing everything that happens after, everything that happens because of that one moment in time, would you change the course of history or would you do it all again?






My Review:

Gosh, where to start with this wonderful debut novel. 
So many emotions were experienced during the reading of this powerful story of love and grief. I felt sadness, anger, love, hope, frustration in overwhelming quantities at different times and the , totally unexpected ending, had me in floods of tears for so so many reasons.
Becky creates these feelings in so many emotive ways to pull the reader into the lives, and after life, of the characters and the different relationships that she introduces us to , and builds upon, whilst adding little nuances throughout. 
There were so many moments when I wanted to hug Evie, Shout at Evie, Cry with Evie and above all love Evie and tell her it would be alright, that I felt my emotions were in a turmoil, but for the right reasons. 
This is a story of love, trust, friendship and grief that has you looking at the people in your own life and appreciating them all the more ; realising how much you sometimes take them for granted.
Becky has written a book that has the power to make everyone who reads it feel as though they have gained a deeper, emotional understanding of what is important in life and consequently have become a better person because of it.






About the Author:

Becky Hunter lived and worked in  London for several years before moving to Mozambique to volunteer with horses and try her hand at writing. A few years, a few destinations, and a few jobs later she had the idea that would become One Moment.
Alongside writing, she now works as a freelance editor and publicist, splitting her time between Bristol and London, and constantly trying to plan the next adventure.







 




                                                                        


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