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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
lighthearted
fast-paced
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.5 stars
I mainly love this book because of the family dynamic , especially LJ's relationship with Kitty, it makes my heart happy <3
I mainly love this book because of the family dynamic , especially LJ's relationship with Kitty, it makes my heart happy <3
(Spoiler-free review for the whole series)
I’ve been meaning to read these books for a while; as a lover of YA romance, I thought these would be perfect for me. This series focuses on Lara Jean, a sixteen-(in the first book)-year-old who prefers to stay at home with her family and bake than go out and socialise. Throughout her life, she’s been in love with exactly five boys, and for each of them she’s written a love letter, stamped and addressed them, and stored them in her mother’s old hat box. But when one unfortunate day the letters somehow get out, Lara is faced with the truth – and so it seems are the five boys who receive them.
I’ll be honest, as much as I enjoyed this series, I have to admit, it didn’t make me swoon like other YA romances have done. I liked watching Lara Jean and Peter’s relationship unfold, but it always felt a little too normal for me. I know a lot of people would appreciate this in a romance, but I like my romances totally implausible and epic, so this just missed the mark for me.
That being said, as a character, I loved Lara Jean. She was clumsy and honest, but really true to herself, and any girl who would rather stay in on a Friday doing craft and watching films is a girl after my own heart! It was interesting to watch her go through the final years of her high school life and see how she dealt with the contentions and hard decisions which arose.
In terms of how the three books themselves progressed, the first was my favourite (as is the case with a lot of series) but I liked the character development throughout all of them. In particular the Song girls – Margot, Lara Jean, and Kitty – changed over the course of the books as they grew up and this, for me, became the central identifier pulling me back into the story.
As for Lara’s relationships with the boys who received the letters, I liked how Han recognised the differences between all of them. Without giving away any spoilers, the young teenage Lara Jean who sent those letters had grown up a bit by the time they are sent, and so therefore had the boys. To contradict what I said earlier, it was nice to see a plethora or realistic and plausible character personalities,
All in all, these books ticked everything I wanted them too; YA romance, cute friendships, heartbreak, high school drama, and plausible, likeable characters. I don’t think I’d be in any rush to read them again, because they were nothing groundbreaking, but I can see why a lot of people love the series. I’d certainly been interested in reading other books by Jenny Han as I like her writing style, and I very much enjoyed learning Lara Jean’s story too.
I’ve been meaning to read these books for a while; as a lover of YA romance, I thought these would be perfect for me. This series focuses on Lara Jean, a sixteen-(in the first book)-year-old who prefers to stay at home with her family and bake than go out and socialise. Throughout her life, she’s been in love with exactly five boys, and for each of them she’s written a love letter, stamped and addressed them, and stored them in her mother’s old hat box. But when one unfortunate day the letters somehow get out, Lara is faced with the truth – and so it seems are the five boys who receive them.
I’ll be honest, as much as I enjoyed this series, I have to admit, it didn’t make me swoon like other YA romances have done. I liked watching Lara Jean and Peter’s relationship unfold, but it always felt a little too normal for me. I know a lot of people would appreciate this in a romance, but I like my romances totally implausible and epic, so this just missed the mark for me.
That being said, as a character, I loved Lara Jean. She was clumsy and honest, but really true to herself, and any girl who would rather stay in on a Friday doing craft and watching films is a girl after my own heart! It was interesting to watch her go through the final years of her high school life and see how she dealt with the contentions and hard decisions which arose.
In terms of how the three books themselves progressed, the first was my favourite (as is the case with a lot of series) but I liked the character development throughout all of them. In particular the Song girls – Margot, Lara Jean, and Kitty – changed over the course of the books as they grew up and this, for me, became the central identifier pulling me back into the story.
As for Lara’s relationships with the boys who received the letters, I liked how Han recognised the differences between all of them. Without giving away any spoilers, the young teenage Lara Jean who sent those letters had grown up a bit by the time they are sent, and so therefore had the boys. To contradict what I said earlier, it was nice to see a plethora or realistic and plausible character personalities,
All in all, these books ticked everything I wanted them too; YA romance, cute friendships, heartbreak, high school drama, and plausible, likeable characters. I don’t think I’d be in any rush to read them again, because they were nothing groundbreaking, but I can see why a lot of people love the series. I’d certainly been interested in reading other books by Jenny Han as I like her writing style, and I very much enjoyed learning Lara Jean’s story too.
P.S. I Still Love You is the second book in the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before series. In the sequel, John receives the letter that Lara Jean wrote. He replies back, which complicates her relationship with Peter. There is a love triangle between Lara Jean, John, and Peter, which I felt was completely unnecessary for the story. As far as the rest of the story, Lara Jean volunteers at a retirement home, and I especially loved these scenes and Stormy’s character.
Lara Jean is mostly likable as a character, but she can get jealous. I did enjoy reading about all the desserts she made in the book, though. Peter is also mostly likable, but I feel like Lara Jean and Peter could have an open conversation to avoid all the misunderstandings that happen, which just shows the immaturity of the characters. I do not think P.S. I Still Love is as good as To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, but it was a fine sequel.
Lara Jean is mostly likable as a character, but she can get jealous. I did enjoy reading about all the desserts she made in the book, though. Peter is also mostly likable, but I feel like Lara Jean and Peter could have an open conversation to avoid all the misunderstandings that happen, which just shows the immaturity of the characters. I do not think P.S. I Still Love is as good as To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, but it was a fine sequel.
I really enjoyed this sequel! I feel like this is one of the series (...? dualogy? can a dualogy be a series?) where you can't compare the installments. Everything flowed so well! I really appreciate Jenny Han's writing, how everything feels like it's in a tumblr filter. Lara Jean is just a sweet character, and following her life has been a pleasure! A must read for every fan of contemporary.
Amazing book!!!!!!! This book in my opinion is better than the first one, I feel like it ended with more closure. I just really love this book so much, and I don’t know if it’s the after affect of just finishing the book or if it was just really that good, but I loved this book.
Read this all in one day and I have to say, I am so disappointed in her love story with Peter! I do not like him AT ALL. I hated him in book one, and I still dislike him in book two. Josh is so sweet, but not for Lara Jean. But JOHN! John is ABSOLUTELY the one she should end up with. Fingers crossed for John to be the one in book three!