Where She Went - Gayle Forman

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Title: Where She Went
Author: Gayle Forman
Genre: YA
Rating: 4/5
# pages: Audiobook ~5hrs
Date read: August 2012

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 Juilliard'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.

The sequel to "If I Stay", but very different both in style and in atmosphere. At first I wasn't sure I wanted to read it, as I was afraid having a sequel would diminish the impact of the first book, but it actually worked really well. It was different enough that it seemed more like a follow-up than a sequel... if that makes any sense.

I know this will sound weird, but I actually thought this one was more depressing than "If I Stay". IIS was sad as, but I never actually found it depressing, whereas WSW was very dark and bleak... or at least started out that way. Fortunately it changed, or I wouldn't have given it a 4 star rating :)

I did like it though. It didn't blow me away the way IIS did, but it's a decent book that gave a believable answer to "what happened next". And I loved the ending :)