Where She Went

Loved this book. In my opinion, this is definitely an instance where the sequel is better than the original. The story is definitely emotional as there were times when I felt Adam's pain and heartbreak, yet it also made me smile. The way the author ends the book is the perfect closure to Mia and Adam's story. Highly recommended!

This book pulled a 180 on the “If I Stay” story. I think it is so much better than it's predecessor. I was actually invested in the characters and just I couldn't put it down. I wasn't happy about what happened to Adam, how messed up he became, but somehow I understood him and his agony. And I felt the bitterness of it all. Reading this was a cathartic experience. The only thing that prevented me from completely loving this book was the ending. I think the damage between of the two of them is irreparable and that they should have gone their separate ways. Because Mia was incredibly selfish and incapable of genuine love. Even from the other book I felt that Adam loved her so much more that she loved him. If this had been a real story, they would've broken up again after a few months.

Adam is so adorable in this book. Mia was such a bitch.
I hated how most of the book is a re-telling of things that happened earlier and the actual night was not described sufficiently.
it resembled book one too much for my taste in the way of story telling that it annoyed me. but still one of the best series I have read. loved Adam, and I love music. Gosh, it makes me want to jump on my piano right now haha

At first I thought this book would be better, I was wrong. I had to wait almost an entire book for Mia and Adam to meet, and then proceed to be annoyed by Mia. I honestly had moments where I wished she had just died in the first book. I think the worst part was my emotional detachment from the characters. Adam I found interesting, really I did, but I also found him sickeningly pathetic. I get that Mia was his love, I do, but he didn't act like a man, he had too many feminine qualities in his personality. Needless to say I won't be reading anymore from this author.

t was a long time after I read If I Stay before I read Where She Went. I was scared! If I Stay crushed my heart and had me ugly crying for the majority of the book. I wasn't sure if I was ever going to be emotionally read for Where She Went. Then I got it from the library so I sort of had to read it before I returned it. :)

Where She Went takes place 3 years after If I Stay (3!!!). When I initially saw the synopsis, I was just thinking “what the crap?!” Anyway, Mia has been pursuing her music at Juilliard and Adam's band has taken off and reached rock star status. This story is told in Adam's POV and you see his turmoil during these years without Mia. God, it broke my heart.

By a twist of fate, Adam and Mia meet in New York after all that time and explore the city together before they each have to leave the next day. I enjoyed seeing how they interacted but they kept dancing around the big elephant in the room – like, hey Mia, why did you go and break my effing heart?

I think I was mad at Mia for a large part of this book and it detracted from how I felt about the story. Of course the book was emotional, especially the flashbacks and seeing what Adam went through. However, while emotional and while I teared up in a few parts, it wasn't as soul crushing as If I Stay.

Adam Wilde. Oh Adam. My heart ached and I just wanted to hold him for most of the book. I loved that it was in his POV. Was there ever such a perfect boy? One of my favorite aspects of this book was the music and each chapter opened with a snippet of lyrics from one of his songs. It added a lot to the story since the majority of his music is about what he's feeling. It made me wish Adam was REAL so I could go and buy his album because I want to listen to it!!

I really enjoyed this emotional addition to Adam and Mia's story but I think I liked If I Stay more. Maybe If I Stay touched me more or maybe I was just upset at Mia for too long. However, all that to say, Where She Went was still amazing.

I wasn't planning to read the second book, after reading the first at the behest of my co-worker. But I made the “mistake” of reading the first chapter of Where She Went included in the back of If I Stay, and I was more interested in it than I wanted to admit. I enjoyed If I Stay, but Where She Went totally drew me in. I don't know whether Adam was just a stronger character for me, or whether I could just relate better to that perspective, but I definitely found the second better than the first.

Thanks a lot, Jill. :P