Review: Emotional Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 26, 2013
I am a HUGE Jessica Sorensen and since reading The Secret of Ella and Micha, I wanted Ethan and Lila to have their story told. So I was super excited when I found out that Jessica was going to write it! Just like in all her other books, Jessica takes you on an emotional roller coaster from the very beginning.The book starts off with Lila at the age of fourteen. All her mother wants Lila to be is just a pretty face. Perfect. If she's not, then she is worthless. Her father finds her not good enough no matter what she does. I wanted nothing more than to punch her parents. They were heartless human beings and they way they treated with Lila broke my heart. And because her parents don't want to be embarrassed by her, she is sent to boarding school, where unbeknownst to her, this was going to be the start of even more suffering.  After losing his girlfriend in a very sad accident, Ethan swears that he will never get attached to anyone ever again and will never get in another relationship.These two broke my heart more than once while reading this book.I love Jessica's writing. She always makes me feel. I loved the dual point of view in this story since we got to see the character's past and connect to them and to what they went/going through. And I also loved the friendship between Lila and Ethan. It was beautiful.Overall, I loved this book and my only criticism is that I wish we had more time to see them as a couple but I guess we'll see more of that in Lila and Ethan: Forever and Always. Also, not only read this book, but also all of the other Jessica Sorensen books.