If Only I Had Told Her by Laura Nowlin on February 6, 2024
Genres: Young Adult Fiction / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories, Young Adult Fiction / Coming of Age, Young Adult Fiction / Family / General
Pages: 416
Format: Audiobook
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Finn has always loved Autumn. She’s not just the girl next door or his mother’s best friend’s daughter, she is his everything. But she’s not his girlfriend. That’s Sylvie, and Finn would never hurt her, so there’s no way Autumn could know how he truly feels.
Jack, Finn’s best friend, isn’t so sure. He’s seen Finn and Autumn together. How could she not know? And how is he supposed to support and protect Finn when heartache seems inevitable?
Autumn surrounds herself with books and wants to write her own destiny—but one doesn’t always get a new chapter and fate can be cruel to those in love.
I didn’t love If He Had Been With Me, so I was a little hesitant to pick this book up, but I really wanted Finn’s point of view. Although I’m glad that I gave this book a try, it definitely wasn’t my favorite. One thing i can say that I really love about this series is that it portrays tough topics in a really realistic, but accessible, way. I think the exploration of grief through all the point of views in this book was done very well.
I rated this novel 3.5 stars. Honestly, although the grief representation in this book was very good, this book existing felt a little unnecessary to me? This whole book felt like one very long epilogue and I also didn’t really love getting Autumn’s point of view again. The more I read about her, the more I didn’t like her.