The Secret of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen

Micha seemed selfish and unpleasant, and I’m not sure why Ella was drawn to the person he became while she was away. Ella is a bit annoying and confusing – if she was that set on leaving her past behind, why did she come back for summer break, especially having applied for an internship that would have kept her in Vegas? Lila seemed a much more interesting girl who clearly had issues of her own – why else would you volunteer to drive your room-mate cross country rather than go back to your own parents’ house? – but this being the story of Ella and Micha we didn’t get much chance to learn about these, though a book focussing on her and on Ethan is planned. The cars and the racing also stood out as something I’d not expected.īesides the lack of real story, though, I wasn’t a massive fan of the main characters. Ella’s transformation to the girl she is in Vegas and back again is unexpected and made me wish we could have joined the story a little earlier in the semester to see how she managed to pull off being someone so different from who she really is. The narrative, changing as it does from Ella to Micha and back again, has nice overlaps to show you both points of view, different perspectives on the same thing. It’s a shame, because I was all set to love this book.

The sexual tension bubbles away, but a story needs more that a bit of will they or won’t they to keep it going. We eventually find out what happened on the bridge, but it’s hardly earth shattering. Lots of unsubtle references are made to a Secret and what happened on the bridge before Ella skipped town.

I found this quite an odd book because nothing really happens. But, just as he does so, she shows up back home anyway as it’s summer break and she’s back at her dad’s, the house she grew up in, the house next door to Micha. Ella’s been away at college, in Vegas, but Micha didn’t know this as she upped and left without so much as a wave goodbye, so he’s been trying to track her down. Summary: Best friends have a secret past that binds them, but can they ever move past it to become more than friends, and do they both want to? A simple, easy read that sadly is a bit average.Įlla and Micha haven’t seen each other for months, quite unusual for a couple who have been best friends forever.

The Secret of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen