I read “If He Had Been With Me” last year and loved it, so I knew I’d be reading the sequel eventually. The first book left me feeling nostalgic of the big feelings that come with falling in love in high school. Unfortunately, this story didn’t hit as hard as the first one. I was excited to read from Finn’s totally lovestruck POV, but instead found it a bit underwhelming. Most of the story could easily be deduced from the first book, which left me wishing there were new pieces to Finn and Autumn’s love story that we hadn’t seen before. But alas, no dice. Nowlin did portray all-consuming grief really well, which was sad of course, but necessary for the storyline.