A review by carolynaugustyn
Jean and Johnny by Beverly Cleary

2.0

Oof, not my favorite. I wanted a cute fluffy read like the previous First Love books and this just did not do it for me. I didn't really like the characters, the love part was just kind of sad, and the ending made me do a "That's it? Where's the happy ending?!" I get that Johnny wasn't the dream hunk date, that's fine. But it felt like Jean just settles for Homer at the end and has a "well, I'll learn to like him" attitude which just bothered me. I wanted Jean to find a guy who gave her butterflies and took her out AND was a good guy- not to end up with someone who was a good guy and similar to her but didn't really excite her.