If I Stay by Gayle Forman

Title: If I Stay
Author: Gayle Forman
Pages: 234

Choices. Seventeen-year-old Mia is faced with some tough ones: Stay true to her first love—music—even if it means losing her boyfriend and leaving her family and friends behind?

Then one February morning Mia goes for a drive with her family, and in an instant, everything changes. Suddenly, all the choices are gone, except one. And it's the only one that matters.

My Rating:✰✰✰✰✰


This book was very different from anything I've read before and I really liked it. It was emotional and you could really understand what the main character Mia is going through and sympthazie with her. I loved the music and family elements that were always there.

I loved the characters and how the flashbacks helped us understand more about them. They allowed us to really know her parents who were in many of the memories. Also, her grandparents played a huge role and I loved Gran and Gramps. Kim was also such a good friend and I loved how Mia and her had a story of how they became friends.

I ended up liking Adam a lot more than I thought I would. Their relationship wasn't cliché and you could really tell how serious they were about each other. It's not common to find that in most young adult books but I really liked it in this book. Adam just had such a cool vibe and him and Mia were different but I loved them together.

The story itself was great and was a lot quicker than I thought. It wasn't slow or action packed, but it was told through great writing. This book was so good and very emotional.