196 Pages
Published by Dutton Books (Penguin)
Category: Young Adult
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.
If I stay is a heartwrenching novel. It made me think about my own life and my choices as I read - so much that I had to go back and re-read several paragraphs because I'd only been scanning as I thought.
Mia is an amazingly real character, considering you only really hear her memories and inner struggles for almost the entire book. I think we can all understand being torn between two loves.
I admit, I thought the love she had for her boyfriend was amazing. But it was her best friend that I fell in love with Kim. She's the bright side in this entire book. I'd also love to have parents like Mia's.
This isn't a book I'll re-read anytime soon. Not because it was a bad story, because it wasn't, but because I think this is one of the stories that profoundly affects you after just one reading.
Three out of five stars
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