Life is over in an instant for sixteen-year-old Finn Miller when a devastating car accident tumbles her and ten others over the side of a mountain. Suspended between worlds, she watches helplessly as those she loves struggle to survive.
Impossible choices are made, decisions that leave the survivors tormented with grief and regret. Unable to let go, Finn keeps vigil as they struggle to reclaim their shattered lives. Jack, her father, who seeks vengeance against the one person he can blame other than himself; her best friend, Mo, who bravely searches for the truth as the story of their survival is rewritten; her sister Chloe, who knows Finn lingers and yearns to join her; and her mother, Ann, who saved them all but is haunted by her decisions. Finn needs to move on, but how can she with her family still in pieces?
Heartrending yet ultimately redemptive, In an Instant is a story about the power of love, the meaning of family, and carrying on...even when it seems impossible.
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(Lake Union Publishing, 1 March 2020, e-book, 333 pages, borrowed from @AmazonKindle via #PrimeReading)
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I loved In An Instant. The book is narrated by a teenage girl who died in a terrible car crash. It could have been a brilliant book or it could have been terrible. Thankfully, this is a corker of a read and the author gets the strange narrative point of view spot on. I loved the way Finn watches over her family as they struggle to grieve her and recover from the crash. I felt Finn's frustration when she knows information the other characters hide from each other. This is a gripping, unique read.
