A review of The Secret of Ella and Micha The Secret of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen is a story about two best friends. The story follows Ella and Micha’s lives which is a total mess, Ella’s mother who is bipolar commits suicide. Ella’s father is an alcoholic, who is drinking himself into oblivion, and their is also her and her brothers’ non-existent relationship. Micah's father is not really in his life and his step-father is dying of cancer. After one tragic night that shatters their friendship and their lives forever. Ella leaves her best friend and her entire life behind without telling anyone except her father, to go to college in Las Vegas. Ella use to be a rule-breaker with a strong attitude. She wants to get away from her old …show more content…
Micha is a singer, songwriter, and guitar player. He does illegal street car racing, he also drinks often and is just the type of guy lots of girls fall for. He has his own problems to contend with but, despite growing up with a rough life, he is incredibly mature and grounded and he hides that from Ella. He is worried about her and he always wants to protect her. He is also a person who doesn’t like to give up, which really shows. Micha’s father gave up on him and his mother and he didn’t want to follow in his footsteps, but also because he loves Ella. He has so much patience, perseverance, and dedication for Ella which is ravishing. One theme from this story is how Ella changed her look from “gothic and dark” to “preppy and girly” and how she tries to act nice when before she really didn’t care. The quote is “You can’t just change who you are on the outside and except it to change who you are on the inside” it represents the main topic of the book. One conflict in this book was when after numerous amount of calls to Micha’s house from his father, he decided to meet him, after he left him and his mother when he was six. When he arrived at his house after two hours of driving,