Her need to stay in her group of friends, which seemed more like a cult to me, and her need to have her boyfriend take care of her didn't really sit down well with me. There were many aspects about her that I didn't like. I admired how she carried herself differently from others and in her own way, she was an amazing person. She finds sadness beautiful and for me, that was it. She lives her life in her own head and at the same time, she lives her real life as well.

In so many ways, I could relate to Autumn. If He Had Been With Me is the story of Autumn who is actually very awkward, disturbed and depressed. The title really tells everything there is to know about the story but the summary makes the story sound hard hitting and deep which it wasn't, not much at least, and after reading the book, the title itself seems inappropriate but so beautiful. Like most books that deal with sadness and death, If He Had Been With Me gave me mixed feelings. I finally read it and although I didn't love it as much as I thought I would, I still liked the book a lot. With high expectations from the first read it will be just as, if not more, addicting, heartbreaking and moving.When I first came across If He Had Been With Me, I loved the title, the cover and the sound of it and I had a feeling I'd love the book as well. We do not know much about the story so far, but we do know that it will be told in Finn’s perspective. 8, 2022, Nowlin announced that she will be bringing Autumn and Finn back to the pages in October 2023. If He Had Been With Me had one of the most heartbreaking but hopeful endings I have ever read and it left me hoping to follow the characters one last time.įans of the book are very lucky because on Dec. Nowlin is amazing at getting readers hooked to the characters and their story. The story is filled with love, heartbreak, joy, confusion and will bring you to tears as you read the story. Jamie and Finn become the boys everyone wants to hang out with, as we find out how Autumn truly feels about Finn.

The story follows Autumn and Finn, two ex best friends that later become lovers, told through Autumn’s perspective.Īutumn and Finn were the best of friends they were inseparable, but as the years went on, they grew apart and did what they could to ignore each other.Īs we follow Autumn, she finds a group of friends and her first love interest Jamie. If He Had Been With Me is a young adult romance novel written by Laura Nowlin that was released April 2, 2013.

He had been with me