After the Moment

A novel by the Printz Honor author Garret Freymann-Weyr, about a boy who discovers what happens when love fails us—or we fail love.

Maia Morland is pretty, only not pretty-pretty. She’s smart. She’s brave. She’s also a self-proclaimed train wreck.

Leigh Hunter is smart, popular, and extremely polite. He’s also completely and forever in love with Maia Morland.

Their young love starts off like a romance novel—full of hope, strength, and passion. But life is not a romance novel and theirs will never become a true romance. For when Maia needs him the most, Leigh betrays both her trust and her love.

Told with compassion and true understanding, After the Moment is about what happens when a young man discovers that sometimes love fails us, and that, quite often, we fail love.

He loves her more than anything. So why does he become the one to hurt her most?
A Story of Betrayal: Leigh is devoted to Maia. But when she needs him most after a traumatic event, he fails her in the worst way possible.A Troubled Heroine: Maia Morland calls herself a train wreck. Dealing with anorexia and self-harm, she’s the girl Leigh can’t help but fall for, and the one he might not be able to save.Male Point of View: Told entirely from Leigh’s perspective, this emotional drama explores the confusion, guilt, and intense feelings of a teenage boy navigating his first great love.Printz Honor Author: A poignant and compassionate novel from Garret Freymann-Weyr, perfect for readers who love thought-provoking, character-driven YA fiction.