Review: The Secret of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen

The Secret of Ella and Micha
Jessica Sorensen
Series: The Secret #1
Publication date: October 4th 2012
Rating:★★★★☆

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A rule-breaker with a fiery attitude, Ella always wore her heart on her sleeve. Then she left everything behind to go to college, where she transformed into someone who follows the rules, keeps everything together, and hides all her problems. Now it's summer break and she has nowhere else to go but home. But once there, Ella fears that everything she's worked so hard to bury might resurface-especially with Micha living right next door.

Smart, sexy, and confident, Micha can get under Ella's skin like no one else. He knows everything about her, including her darkest secrets. If he tries to tempt the old Ella to return, he will be impossible to resist. But what Ella doesn't realize is that when she left, she took a piece of Micha's heart with her. Now he's determined to win back the girl he lost, no matter what it takes.

Ella ran away to college because she wanted to forget. She wanted to forget her old life, her old self, and the boy who gets her like no one else ever has. So she really should have known better than to drive back home during break and expect things to go down smoothly, expect the walls she build up around herself and her new persona to hold and not break.

Micha hadn't seen Ella since she left eight months ago, right after he finally decided to make his move and kissed her. They grew up together and were the best of friends, so Micha can't help but be a little surprised when the Ella that comes back to their town looks anything but like the Ella he'd always known.

Determined to bring his old friend back, and maybe convince her that they're perfect for each other, he begins the slow process of showing Ella that there wasn't anything wrong with who she was before. And that just because she changed the way she looks and acts, it didn't mean she changed who she really was inside.

The Secret of Ella and Micha was such a fun read, with its endearing and strong-minded characters. Jessica Sorensen did a great job with writing and giving us a very clear insight into both Ella and Micha's point of views in the book, making me relate to what I knew about them and still keeping me hooked and wondering about all of the things that I didn't.

I just fell in love with the characters and their stories, even though the ending kind of left me feeling cold all over. But thank god for the epilogue to give me all the warm feelings again! It made me so excited to find out what happens to Ella and Micha, and I'm glad I won't have to wait forever since the release date is set for tomorrow!