Recently completed reading If He Had Been With Me and I have to say the symbolism in this teen romance is absolutely brilliant - the autumn imagery throughout the YA book character development (http://wiki.attentioncapique.lespredys.org/doku.php?id=the_complete_guide_to_symbolism_in_if_he_had_been_with_me_by_laura) beautifully reflects Autumn's character development and the symbolic tiara sequence where she wears her mother's old tiara is such a significant moment of growing up and finding herself, plus the way Nowlin uses autumn elements to foreshadow the heartbreaking finale shows brilliant literary craftsmanship that turns this from ordinary young adult literature into something deeper - other readers notice how the recurring motifs of what if scenarios relate to the broader messages about destiny and free will in this emotionally devastating coming of age story?