Share Complete breakdown into the fall metaphors in Laura Nowlin's "If He Had Been With Me" - did I miss

[JonelleHak]

Finally got through diving into If He Had Been With Me and honestly the literary devices in this YA fiction are incredible to unpack! The way Laura Nowlin uses seasonal symbolism breakdown if he had been with me throughout the narrative to mirror the protagonist's growth is brilliantly executed, and don't even get me started on the tiara moment which symbolically shows how fragile adolescent hopes can be - honestly this book deserves way more recognition in YA literature circles because the psychological depth and missed opportunities resonate with readers who understand that devastating realization of timing determining our life-changing moments.