Just Reread The Summer Series by Jenny Han

 

This is literally one of my FAVORITE love stories ever. But it’s so much more. If you’re on this site you probably like chicklit or romance YA. But this isn’t typical romance YA. There’s depth and realness to the series.

It starts with the book The Summer I Turned Pretty, then It’s Not Summer Without You, and ends with We’ll Always Have Summer. I laughed, I cried, I fell in and out of love. The characters are so realistic. They are not perfect; they are HUMAN. Their problems are real and easy to relate to.

A quick summary: Belly (short for Isabel) is the main character. Belly, her older brother, her mom, her mom’s bestfriend, and her two sons all go to the beach at Cousin’s Beach every summer. There’s a love triangle between Conrad, Jeremiah, and Belly. But really, it’s not just a love triangle. It’s about life and growing up and tragedy.

*****SPOILERS******

BEST. THREE. BOOKS. EVER!!!!

So, I’ve talked about The Summer I Turned Pretty, It’s Not Summer Without You, and We’ll Always Have Summer. Last night, I finished We’ll Always Have Summer. Ohmigosh!!! sooooo good. Ya know when you read a book and the next book in the series is kinda sucky? Well, this was not the case. I loved the books so much! The story of Belly, Jeremiah, and Conrad’s summers in Cousins. A-MAZING. I’m not sure if I can stress it enough. I’ll talk about the ending next so don’t keep reading if yo don’t want any *SPOILERS*

Wanted To Update

So, I’ve started reading we’ll always have summer. Yeah, I caved. I was going to wait until school was over so it’d start off my summer but…I got bored. It was just sitting there. It’s been sitting there since may 10th (the day I got what happened to goodbye). So I’ve been reading little snippets of it for really short periods of time. It’s soooo good. At first I was like, eh. But now I can barely stop reading. I probably be super sad when it’s over and stuff. But I can’t help myself. If you haven’t checked out this series by Jenny Han you meed to right now. It starts with The Summer I Turned Pretty, then It’s Not Summer Without You, and lastly the one I’m talking about We’ll Always Have Summer. Amazinggggg series!!!

My New Favorite Series

So, ever since I read Sarah Dessen, I’ve always been looking for a book that compares. I mean, obviously, NOTHING can totally parallel or live up to her, but maybe something within a one hundred mile radius. Or something like that. I started reading her books about a year and a half ago, and I’ve definitely been looking. I mean, I’ve still read other books. But that doesn’t mean they compare. ‘Cause they kinda really don’t. So…I found something. I had a gift card to Barnes and Noble (my favorite bookstore. Not really a fan of Borders).

I got two books. The Summer I Turned Pretty and It’s Not Summer Without You. They’re both by Jenny Han, and they’re both part of a trilogy. I had seen the books before, but I was like, eh. Maybe not. I read and reread the description, and was like, why not? And I am sooooo glad I got them.

The books follows teenage girl Belly (only during the summer and each book is a different summer) as she spends her time at Cousin’s Beach at a beach house with her mother, her brother, her mother’s best friend, and her mother’s best friend’s two sons. Conrad and Jeremiah. So, I’m guessing you can kind of predict the gist of the books. I finished each of the books in about two days, but I didn’t read all day. If I had, I would have finished the books in less than a day. But anyway. They were AMAZINGGGG!!!! Seriously, run to the bookstore.

I haven’t started the third book because I want to save it for when school ends. But I’m guessing that it’s going to be fabulouS! Ya know when you read a series book and the first book is great, but the second book is such a let down? Well, I thought that maybe this might happen with the second book, but I was VerY wrong! The second book, might have even been BETTER. If you can believe it. So, go pick up the book. And, if you do, let me know what you thought.