A review by gabrielacmngs
If He Had Been with Me by Laura Nowlin

4.0

I ate this book up…. I liked its short chapters. So many mixed feelings to be honest. A lot of characters we didn’t need. This writing style felt a little too young adult for me, and didn’t love Autumns character nor her maturity level or lack of. Could’ve almost been five states but -1 star for the dang tiara (constantly wishing she had a special head band or hair piece instead of a tiara, really wearing it all the way until senior year miss girl?!). Autumn was immature and was upset that Jamie cheated, but she was distant the whole time & was wishing she had been with Finny, such their moments wondering what life would be like if she were with Finn, and that’s not bad? The ending had me sobbing, lump in my throat because Finn was so patient with her. Good chance I’ll check out the second book