![]() ![]() ![]() Also they hung out with friends who were on opposite sides of the spectrum to one another, so were seen to never mix or interact with one another. Despite their mothers being best friends, and being neighbours, there was always that awkward tension between them when they spent “family time” together. Autumn and Finn had been best friends forever, they did everything together, until middle school, that they fell apart for some reason or another. If He Had Been With Me deals with the story of what ifs. So it came as no surprise that when the ending did finally come, I found myself choked up all over again. Despite knowing this I continually tried to bury this awful fact at the back of my mind, I kept trying to make myself believe that the author would change the course of the story and that maybe she was just playing with us. ![]() The story opens with the most heart breaking chapter, it gives you an insight into how things end. ![]() It was a story which I knew how would end, but I was utterly mesmerised into reading because of the beautiful heart rendering prose. It’s a story which deals with issues of friendship, first loves and family in the most raw and intense way I have come across in a long time. If He Had Been With Me was a poignant story which I devoured in one sitting. ![]()
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