Review~ The Worst Perfect Moment

The Worst Perfect Moment
Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this inventive queer romance asks what it means to be truly happy. Tegan Masters is dead. She’s sixteen and she’s dead and she’s standing in the parking lot of the Marybelle Motor Lodge, the single most depressing motel in all of New Jersey and the place where Tegan spent what she remembers as the worst weekend of her life. In the front office, she meets Zelda, an annoyingly cute teen…

This one is a little harder for me to review. It took me a long while to really get into the story because I wasn’t connecting with the characters, but I did ultimately like the story and come to root for Teagan and Zelda.

Teagan is full of anger, and I can understand why, but for so much of the story, she makes no progress in advancing past the anger. There is some character growth in the end, but it happens really quickly over the last few chapters.

I liked Zelda a bit more. She has a bit of an attitude at times as well, but she is also super quirky. I felt her growth and motivations much more than Teagan’s.

As for the other character, aside from Ms. Chiu (both versions) and Quinn, they all pretty much suck. I mean they are all pretty awful in their own ways, some more than others. Teagan’s dad has some redeeming qualities, Kelvin has none.

I enjoyed the ending, and liked the little twist that was thrown in. I like who Teagan and Zelda are together and would have liked to see more of that version of Teagan throughout the story.

Disclaimer: I received an eARC of this book through Net Galley on behalf of the publisher for review consideration. All thoughts and opinions are my own.