It's Not Summer Without You: Book 2 in the Summer I Turned Pretty Series (Summer TV Tie-Ins, 2)

My daughter loved this book, telling me she thought it was really exiting and easy to read. She read it in one night and only had praise for the book.Great book for teens and younger adults :)

I really enjoyed The Summer I Turned Pretty, the first book in this trilogy, and so when this book arrived in the post I was so annoyed that I had to save it for my holiday. It's been sitting on my bookshelf for a couple of months, staring at me and teasing me. But I was finally able to read it while I was sitting by the pool in Crete this July, and I'm so glad I waited.There are a few differences between this book and the first. The main one is that this book is told from two points of view this time - Belly's and Jeremiah's. It's pretty obvious what is going to happen from early on in the book, but I won't spoil you. You must read this for yourself!Belly, on the other hand, hasn't changed much at all. Her main concern was Conrad, as usual, and it annoyed me. SO much. She had much bigger problems than chasing after him, but I guess that's just Belly for you.Conrad was also being annoying in this book. No, actually, not annoying, just frustrating. I hate it when people can't share their feelings and instead they shut off.That said, they were all going through a lot, so I can't really blame them. I can't blame Conrad, anyway.I absolutely LOVED Jeremiah in this book. He was adorable in the first, and in this one he's stepped up and matured and... Wow. I love him. And I really enjoyed reading things from his perspective, for example when he talks about how his dad has always favoured Conrad and left him out. I felt so sorry for him, I just wanted to hug him.This book also marks the beginning of a love triangle. Gah. We'll have to see where it goes, although I'm pretty sure I know. But it's okay, because I like what happened at the end. I like it a lot.It's Not Summer Without You wasn't as good a read as the first book in the trilogy, but I think that's because it doesn't have such a summery feel to it. The first one was perfect for the beach, whereas this one could have been enjoyed just as much in the hotel room. Plus, look at the title. It's not supposed to be as summery.I really did enjoy it, though, and if you haven't picked up this trilogy yet then I highly recommend doing so. Especially if you're going on holiday this summer!

Well written,part of a series. Teenage to twenties girl would enjoy.

Jenny Han knows how to pull at my heartstrings!

bit depressing to be honest.all she does is moanim a big fan of jennys othef books though !

Quick delivery good book my daughter enjoyed reading it .

The quality of the book sent was good lol. (I felt like that should have been the priority if I'm getting something from Amazon) now next to the review! SPOILERS! - You have been warned.The book review: This book would definitely be cringy and annoying to people who don't lower their expectations to a level of a teen girl. You got to mentally make a note its' a teen book and therefore be less relatable to us adults at this time. I did enjoy this book, it was simple, things are hard and feels like end of the world when you're young and as much as we believe we understand what the other person is thinking we can't possibly. Belly in this book with rest of the people are affected with Sussanah's death and everyone deals with it differently. Let me make it very clearly Conrad was going thru ROUGH time dealing with his mom's health and going to prom was probably not something he was ready for mentally and yet he was forced to go and the fact Belly didn't understand it made me so sad. Because I understand her pov but she forgot and was totally oblivious on why he would be dull. My guy Conrad can't communicate for the life of me and Jeremiah, he is also just a kid going thru difficulties but you can clearly see this guy just wants what his big brother likes too. He doesn't see that Belly loves Conrad and it has nothing to do with him. She does love him as her friend but he keeps inserting himself between them and try to prove it to her he is the better option to choose from lol but like NOT EVERYTHING IS A COMPETITION MY GUY! Belly, clearly loves Conrad and will always love him and every single page in this book is a testament to that. and if you say anything else, you are lying to yourself.SIDE NOTE: I absolutely DO NOT like Taylor, IRL, if any of your have friends like this its hard to break those friendships but its necessary. Coz, what's the point of having a bff where you don't feel comfortable opening up and being yourself? Taylor pissed me off every second she was in this book.The show is actually pretty good than the books for majority, in terms of being able to see every character's emotions and thought process, because in the books when you read them you got to remember we see all this from belly's pov and she is not the most reliable narrator. she is obviously biased in her thinking for things and doesn't help us see things done by characters objectively but rather subjectively from belly' pov.

I'm obsessed with this book series! I've been watching the TV series too and then reading the book in between episode release dates and it's the best thing ever! Highly recommend doing this. The scenes and stories that Jenny Han create are beautiful and literally make me smile like an idiot whilst reading them. I have already purchased the third and last book in this series and can't wait to start reading it to see who Belly ultimately ends up with... fingers crossed it's Conrad!