Readers will relish the opportunity to climb inside Autumn’s head.” -Kirkus Reviews Even secondary characters are well-rounded, with their own histories and motivations. Autumn’s coming-of-age is sensitively chronicled, with a wide range of experiences and events shaping her character. “The finely drawn characters capture readers’ attention in this debut.

The night she’s about to get the answer is also one of terrible tragedy. But one incident in middle school puts them in separate social worlds come high school, and Autumn has always wondered what if… Ultimately, this book felt like an early draft of what could be an interesting story.Throughout their whole childhood, Finny and Autumn were inseparable-they finished each other’s sentences, they knew just what to say when the other person was hurting. It’s got a lot of cliches, and they aren’t done in a new or fun way, they’re just predictable. It’s a romance, but not a sickly-sweet one like many YA books. In general, I struggle to think about why I might recommend this book to someone. I feel it would have made more sense to have the book take place over 2 years. Additionally, the book takes place over 4 years, but the characters don’t seem to mature or grow much. I’m not looking for an educational or school-approved book, but the secondary characters just felt surface level and how it handled difficult topics (depression, suicidal ideation, pregnancy, etc.) just seemed haphazard. It threw in a teenage pregnancy for fun and didn’t address the seriousness of that. Getting away from my want for a twist, this book felt too predictable. This didn’t mix well with Autumn’s character and it clearly isn’t a journal. felt very much like a journal (though immature choices for a teenage writer). The book started as if I was reading a journal, and the references to “The Mothers” and “The Office”, etc. I still think this is a fair rating though for the following reasons: I haven’t read a traditional YA book in a few years, so my harsh rating is part having the wrong expectations (I really wanted a good twist and mystery!) and part being out of touch with the YA style.

For some reason, I swore this was a thriller or mystery, and I didn’t realize it was YA. This book has been sitting in my to-read pile for months (or years?), so when I picked it up less than 24 hours ago, I didn’t reread a summary or look at the Goodreads tags. What they do not know-the cause of the argument-is crucial. No one ever says what they were arguing about. And he and Sylvie were arguing as he drove down the slick road. If he had been with me everything would have been different…

If i had told her laura nowlin