I'm dangerously close to 5 stars with this. WHERE SHE WENT was so much better than its predecessor, IF I STAY. I wasn't able to put this one down and I couldn't say the same for the first book. Not to say that you could just skip the first book because you do need the introduction to characters, setup, understanding of Mia's journey, etc. This one is told from Adam's point of view, 3 years later. To say he's struggling is putting it very mildly. I love the way the author captured him, his heartbreak, his metamorphosis. Forman's voice was much stronger with Adam and throughout this book versus the first.