
First-time author Nowlin keeps the story real and fast paced, avoiding the melodramatic." - Booklist

"This sweet, authentic love story masks complex characters dealing with complex issues: single parents, divorce, only children yet ersatz siblings high school, college, the pull of the clique love, friendship, sex, and teen pregnancy. And as time passes, Autumn will be forced to confront how else life might have been different if they had never parted ways…Ĭaptivating and heartbreaking, If He Had Been with Me is perfect for readers looking for: Maybe they should be together.īut come August, things will change forever. That still doesn't stop the way Autumn feels every time she and Finn cross paths, and the growing, nagging thought that maybe things could have been different. And Finn has become that boy at school, the one everyone wants to be around.

Now, they do their best to ignore each other.Īutumn has her boyfriend Jamie, and her close-knit group of friends. If he had been with me, everything would have been different…Īutumn and Finn used to be inseparable.

An achingly authentic and raw portrait of love, regret, and the life-altering impact of the relationships we hold closest to us, this YA bestseller is perfect for fans of Kasie West, All the Bright Places, and Dear Evan Hansen
