The Secret of Ella and Micha (Ella and Micha, #1)

by Jessica Sorensen

[Leah]

As you’re probably aware by now if you read my New Adult reviews, I LOVE New Adult. It has yet to disappoint, and I love that. Because I hate being disappointed by novels. (Really, I do.) So when I was offered the chance to review The Secret of Ella and Micha, I said yes immediately. It has a beautiful cover, or it did, until it was (sadly, in my opinion) changed. The new cover is nice, but I really liked the blue cover. I settled down to read it one sunny afternoon and I devoured it (as I tend to do with my New Adult books) in a matter of hours, and oh my God, I want to be back with Ella and Micha already. I literally miss them so much and it’s only been half an hour!

Ella and Micha have been friends for 15 years, but when Ella finds herself following in her mother’s footsteps, she realises she has to change, so she leaves the town where she grew up and she heads to college in Las Vegas, leaving Micha behind heartbroken and pining, and wondering where the hell she’s gone. But with summer break looming, Ella knows she has to go home because she has nowhere else to go. She’s dreading it, she’s become a different girl since then and she doesn’t want to slip back into the girl she used to be. She heads back home with friend Lila and though she tries to not slip back into her old ways, it’s inevitable, especially with Micha still there, still sexy, still enticing her. Nothing’s changed in their relationship since she’s been away and Ella doesn’t know how to handle it, and isn’t sure if she can let Micha in, even though she really wants to.

I really enjoyed The Secret of Ella and Micha. I totally fell head over heels for Ella and Micha’s story. Sometimes a couple just clicks and you know they’re perfect for each other even if one of them (Ella) tries to deny it and Ella and Micha were perfect for each other. I was so desperate for them to just get it together already! It isn’t just a love story though, though that’s a major part and I freaking loved it, the novel also deals with some really emotional issues and it was a bit like a roller-coaster at times, I wasn’t sure at all if Ella could beat her demons, because they were plentiful. Micha, too, had his issues, and I felt so sad for him because apart from that one bit of his life, he was such a lovely person, and I felt bad that that person had done that to him. It took a while for me to see the real Micha, he seems like a proper playboy when we first meet him, but he wasn’t like that at all and I was soon just as in love with his as Ella was (even if she wouldn’t admit it).

One of the most surprising and best bits for me was Ella’s best friend Lila. You can tell straight away she and Ella aren’t the same people, that Lila’s a lot different, and that Ella’s life in Star Grove is not what Lila’s used to, but I loved that she didn’t care a little bit. I loved the banter between Lila and Ethan, Micha’s best friend, and I loved that Lila was there for Ella even if Ella wasn’t telling her everything about herself. I nearly died on the spot when I read at the back of The Secret of Ella and Micha that there’s going to be a Lila and Ethan book, The Temptation of Lila and Ethan. I think there is WAY MORE to both of these two than meets the eye, and I can’t WAIT for their book! Before that, though, we will have more of Ella and Micha in The Forever of Ella and Micha, and I am gutted I have to wait until October. That’s forever away! But I do have Jessica Sorensen’s other New Adult series to start about Callie and Kayden, so that will keep me going I suppose. I loved The Secret of Ella and Micha, it was hot, it was gripping, I was totally in love with the characters, and I can’t wait to see them again!