Released: April 2011
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Genre: Young Adult - Contemporary
Pages: 264
Source: Won
Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥
It's been three years since the devastating accident ... three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever.
Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is Julliard's rising star and Adam is LA tabloid fodder, thanks to his new rock star status and celebrity girlfriend. When Adam gets stuck in New York by himself, chance brings the couple together again, for one last night. As they explore the city that has become Mia's home, Adam and Mia revisit the past and open their hearts to the future - and each other.
If I Stay was one of those books that punched me in my gut and made me cry. I thought the ending was perfect, but it made me think about it for days of what would happen to Mia and Adam now that she chose to stay. When I heard there was going to be a follow-up, I freaked!
Reading from Adam's point of view was awesome. He was already one of my favorite male characters to begin with, but this book made me fall in love with him. Hearing his voice in my head, knowing all the pain and anxiety he had with how his dream had came about and his life with Mia....*sighs* Forman wrote one of the most realistic guys ever.
Mia pissed me off when I first got into the book. My mind kept racing on how she could possible leave Adam the way she did. As the story unfolds, you could practically feel the pull these two have for one another and how badly the tension is. Plus the book is based on one night of seeing each other which is hard to pull off, but Forman does it beautifully. She manages to weave in enough back story and present time to make you really understand where both characters are coming from.
It's hard for me not to compare the two books together. If I Stay was such an emotional roller coaster. The mere mention of Mia's family in this book had me in tears. But Where She Went held more quiet punches. It's also one of the best examples of showing how much a tragedy can take a hold of your life. I still favor the first book more, but when I skimmed through this one a second time, I couldn't help but falling in love with it all over again. And the music! I loved reading the lyrics, making the tune of how they would go inside my head.
I highly recommend everyone to read the follow-up. If you haven't read the first book then you need to get your hands on it ASAP so you can get to this one!
♥amber
4 comments:
Oh, I love this review! IF I STAY was one of my favourite books and I can't wait to get my hands on this one. I definitely agree with you - Adam is an extremely compelling character and I can't wait to read from his point of view! Thanks for the great review :)
I was so pissed at Mia too! Silly us! And yes! Adam is on of the most realistic boys ever!! Loved your review :) Even though *I* liked WSW more than IIS! :P
I really need to read both this one and If I Stay. I have heard nothing but stellar things. I think those 2 will be 2 of my spring break reads!
Us girls just read this one and your review is spot on girl. Spot on. Mia, I was shaking my fist at her a lot. And yep, Forman did a bang up job, again.
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