When Louisa finds out shocking plans that Will is harboring, she is determined to do what she can to inspire him to keep going on. She finds herself increasingly invested in his happiness and wants to really make sure that he makes a recovery and does not give up hope.

Soon Louisa is getting more involved than she ever anticipated. Still, Louisa is not going to give into his moods and refuses to be the one that treats him with kid gloves. Life may never go back to the way that it used to be, and as a result, Will is at turns bossy, moody, and biting. His new life is something totally different, and Will is having trouble adjusting to the thought that he’s going to have to give up some things. He’s used to living his old life, which was larger than life– filled with travel around the globe, participating in extreme sports, and making huge deals that come with an accompanying adrenaline rush. He used to be the Master of the Universe, but an accident left him stuck in a wheelchair instead of the active life that he used to enjoy.Īt first, it seems to Louisa that Will is going to be a difficult client. The job will be working for Will Traynor. That is all about to change when she takes a job because she really needs the money. Louisa has actually never strayed much farther than the tiny village that she lives in. She also has not been out into the world much. She has a regular boyfriend and her family is close. Clark is a young woman who has a life just like any other girl her age. In this debut novel by Moyes, we get to meet the main character of Louisa Clark. Me Before You is the debut novel in acclaimed author JoJo Moyes’ series of the same name. The third book came out in 2017, making it a trilogy.

The second novel came out the next year and is titled After You. The series got started in 2012 with the release of the debut novel, which shares the name of the series. She is the creator and writer of the Me Before You series. JoJo’s husband is Charles Arthur, a journalist. It won the Romance Novel of the Year Award from the RNA in 2004. She quickly followed that up with her second fictional novel, which is titled Foreign Fruit. She did quite well and her first novel, Sheltering Rain, was published in 2002. She left to become a full time novelist in 2001. She graduated and worked subsequently at the same paper that financed the bursary.

The Independent also financed a bursary Moyes won that allowed her to go to City University to study journalism. Moyes attended the University of London, where she studied at Royal Halloway. JoJo Moyes is a British author of fiction novels.

Me before you and still me