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If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin

YOUNG ADULT · ROMANCE

Thoughts

Romance

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I wasn't with Finn on that August night. But I should've been. It was raining, of course. And he and Sylvie were arguing as he drove down the slick road. No one ever says what they were arguing about. Other people think it's not important. They do not know there is another story. The story that lurks between the facts. What they do not know—the cause of the argument—is crucial.

I ended up DNFing this one pretty fast. I read the first twelve chapters but didn’t appreciate the content at all. I’m still intrigued by the plot and whatever happened in the first chapter, but it wasn’t worth it to put myself through it.

  • Crude/provocative talk

  • Took the Lord’s name in vain (four times)

Swearing

  • Underaged drinking

LGBTQ

  • Two girls make out (in front of one of their boyfriends and a bunch of other boys) for “entertainment”

Alcohol

  • Lots of talk about sex/virginity (among 15 year olds—including two of them talking about how they had sex)

  • Implied that Autumn’s boyfriend wants to sleep with her

  • Non detailed kisses