Book Review: If Only I Had Told Her by Laura Nowlin

If Only I Had Told Her by Laura Nowlin
Genre: Young Adult Fiction (Contemporary)
Date Published: April 1, 2013
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire

If only I’d told her that I loved her years ago, then I wouldn’t be here now.

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.

Told through three different perspectives, If Only I Had Told Her is a love story brimming with truth, tragedy, and unexpected bonds that heal us.

If Only I Had Told Her is the sequel to If He Had Been with Me by Laura Nowlin. We get Finn and Jack's perspective this time around. Like the first book, we get a lot of day to day stuff with their perspectives. Some of it was necessary, as it shows how the different relationships built up and/or crumbled. But I feel like a lot of it could have been skipped through.

We also get more from Autumn's perspective. I enjoyed watching how her character grew and coped after the death. I feel like it was very believable, and the pacing was much better than it was in the first book or with the boy's perspectives in this book. I can see how these books would be helpful to people in similar situations.

Have you read the first book?

Laura Nowlin is the NYT bestselling author of If He had Been with Me and This Song is Not for You.  She holds a B.A. in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing from Missouri State University.   When she isn’t at home agonizing over her own novels Laura works at the public library where the patrons give her plenty of inspiration for her writing.  She lives in St. Louis with her family.

To learn more about Laura Nowlin and her books, visit her website. You can also find her on Goodreads and Twitter.

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