Review: Finally the next part of Porter and Ella's story!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 3, 2014
SPOILER ALERT: DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN’T READ “NEVER CLOSE ENOUGH”If you read Never Close Enough then you know it ended on a HUGE cliffhanger. I mean, seriously. If you haven’t read NCE you should stop reading, like right now. It will spoil the end of NCE for you (there’s no way to talk about this book without referencing the ending of NCE).Never Far Away picks up a couple months after Ella wakes up missing her memory, following the fight with Kyle and the incident at the store. Ella is returning to life as it was “before” but she knows something is missing. Porter is frustrated with Ella’s family keeping him away from her when all he wants is to make her fall in love with him again. Reading both of their stories, as they try to figure out where their lives go next, was both heartwrenching and hopeful.Ella has a new friend in Kalli, who she met after the incident. It is refreshing to have someone who doesn’t walk on eggshells around Ella. We also get to see more of both families, doing what they can to help Ella and Porter heal and find happiness. My heart broke several times while reading this story. After all she’d been through, all the confusion and missing pieces of her life, Ella was a hurricane of emotions. The book handles Ella's emotional upheaval with honesty, sensitivity, and grace. Never Far Away ended exactly as it needed to given the progression of the story. I couldn't have imagined a better continuation of Ella and Porter's story. If you love Ella and Porter as much as I do, you won’t be disappointed with the next part of their journey!