By: Jessica Sorensen
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Series: The Secret #1
Description:
Ella and Micha have been best friends since they were kids. But one tragic night shatters their friendship and their lives forever.
Ella used to be a rule-breaker with fiery attitude who wore her heart on her sleeve. But she left everything behind when she went to college and transformed into someone that follows the rules, keeps everything together, and hides all her problems. But now it's summer break and she has nowhere else to go but home.
Ella fears everything she worked so hard to bury might resurface, especially with Micha living right next door. If Micha tries to tempt the old her back, she knows that it will be hard to resist.
Micha is sexy, smart, confident, and can get under Ella’s skin like no one else can. He knows everything about her, including her darkest secrets. And he’s determined to bring his best friend, and the girl he loves back, no matter what it takes.
(New Adult Contemporary)
*Mature Content** Recommended for ages 17+ due to sexual situations and language.
Review:
Jessica Sorensen has become one of my favorite authors and
this series does not disappoint, at all. You are immediately hooked in to
the intensity of the characters and their need for one another on different
levels. This book is relatable and you can see yourself living their
lives through these words. Ella and Micha are very enticing and addicting
to say the least, they have a pureness about them.
We meet Ella and her roommate Lila as they are about to go
on break for the summer from college and they seem to get along really well except
that Ella is hiding who she really is deep down inside. When Lila goes to drop off Ella at her home, the
real Ella begins to reappear slowly with the help of her neighbor and longtime
friend, Micha. Micha is your typical bad
boy but something happened between him and Ella that left her so scared she ran
away and for the past 8 months he’s been searching for her until she finally
reappears at home. He’s very playful and
flirty and I get the feeling they are both very blunt with one another but they
still continue to hold back in their relationship. It’s all fueled by fear.
There’s a definite strong intensity that is felt between the
two of them Micha and Ella and there is some serious sexual tension for
sure. It’s very tantalizing. I love
their moments together whether it’s in private or right out there in public,
they need to stop fighting the attraction and juts give in already, I know I would
have. But its fun reading this back and
forth between the two of them, going further and further each and every time,
just a little bit more. Again need I say
it was intense!
But the sexual tension is not all what this book is about,
there are the underlying issues between the characters and their families. Ella has problems with her father’s drinking
and what her mother did in the past, although I think that really has more to
do with guilt than anything else. Then
Micha definitely has issues with his past, mainly his father that left when he
was around six or so. These things and
going through them whether together or apart help make you the person that you
are. It’s these trials and tribulations
that shape your future.
Jessica Sorensen has a way of capturing you in her words and
characters. There’s always something
that makes you feel for them and I certainly felt for each and every character
in this book, even the secondary characters of Lila and Ethan. The situations are realistic, the
personalities, the music, everything is realistic and relevant and I can’t wait
to dive into the next book in the series and see what will happen with the four
of them. This is an excellent start to a
new series for me to read and get involved with.
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