The Summer I Turned Pretty Complete Series (2014) - Plot & Excerpts
"The Summer I Turned Pretty" by Jenny Han is about a girl named Belly and her multiple summers at her family's/friend beach house in Cousins. She has always been in love with Conrad Fisher her moms best friends son, but he resolves by ignoring his feelings for Belly. Towards the end of summer they find out her moms best friend Suzzanah has had her cancer come back. This might be their last summer in Cousins, so Belly takes the risk and tells Conrad she is in love with him then kisses him. In "It's Not Summer Without You" by Jenny Han Belly and Conrad have been dating for 6 months, but when Belly asks Conrad to her school prom he yes no. This leads to an argument between them but Suzannah tells him he needs to go, so he calls Belly Back saying never mind he'll go. After prom he tells her the truth and breaks up with her. After one year Suzannah's cancer has killed her and at the reception Belly goes to give Conrad some food, but finds Conrad with his ex-girlfriend and is heart broken and says some stuff she doesn't really mean. A couple of days later Belly gets a call from her other best friend and Conrad's brother saying Conrad has gone missing. They go on search and find him at the beach house in Cousins surfing, only later Belly finds out he's skipping summer school. Because Conrad and Jeremiah's father is trying to sell the house. Conrad asks Belly not to tell Jeremiah yet so he can tell him, so she doesn't tell him. Later on mr.fisher shows up telling them they need to start packing the house up. As their last night they decide to throw a party. Belly gets drunk and into an argument with Conrad and then drunk dials her mom telling her everything. Her mom didn't even know Belly was at the beach house so she shows up furious. When Laurel, Belly's mom, finds out mr.fisher's plans she is even more mad and confronts him. She ends up changing his mind, but in order not to sell it Conrad must go back to school and get passing grades which he does thanks to Jeremiah and Belly. When Conrad comes back to the car he find Belly and Jeremiah kissing and gets really mad then storms off. Once he is back in the car all 3 of them go to a hotel so they can rest up before driving home. Once Jeremiah is asleep and it's just Conrad and belly he tells that he was lying when he told Belly he never wanted her. In "We'll Always Have Summer" Belly and Jeremiah have been dating for 2 years when Jeremiah decided to cheat during spring break. Belly takes home back and when she does he asks her to marry him and guess what she says yes. When they tell their family it doesn't go well. She decides she is going to stay at the beach house in cousisns till the wedding, but it just so happens that's where Conrad is staying for the rest of summer. Conrad still loves her and Belly isn't sure of her feeling. Will they fall back in love? I've only read the first book buuuutIT'S SO GOOD!!!!!!! And if I get the chance too, I'll try to purchase this book (I read this as a library book) so I can re-read it and read the other two.My expectations before picking up this book I thought were high but after finishing it, I was surprised to see my expectations were surpassed. I usually don't connect with female characters, when I do it usually lasts for the beginning, but with Belly, I related to her 100%. Some times I found myself within her! Jenny Han truly is an amazing writer. This book was gracefully but simply written and the dialogue and the actions from the characters were so authentic, like I could imagine someone saying or doing those things. It was amazing. I'm not the one to pick up a summer-themed YA book, but this book was an exception. Unlike most people, I actually rooted for Jeremiah and Belly to be together, to be honest.
What do You think about The Summer I Turned Pretty Complete Series (2014)?
Gaaah! I loved the experience! I'm such a sucker for light reads and happy endings!
—MlNTY
Read these each in a day or so. Good quick summer read!
—mike
It is sexy and witty I want to get fucked now too..
—bernie4266
