Summer Reads: The Summer Series
Hi All!
Happy Thursday! I hope the sun is shining wherever you are and you are soaking in these remaining days of the summer sun. I know I am!
How many of you have watched the Netflix original movie, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before? (based on the Jenny Han novel)
I did! And honestly, it was amazing! It made me so excited to read that series! I am hoping to read it this Fall! I have heard such great things about it. I loved The Summer Series, and if those books are anything like The Summer Series, I will definitely love them!
So, today because it is summer and sunny and I’m still thinking about the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before movie, I wanted to have a Jenny Han post and talk about Han’s other series: The Summer Series.
Today, I’m going to talk about all three books together and my thoughts on the trilogy as a whole and then over the next few days, I’ll be talking about each book in the series and reviewing them.
The Summer Series
Written By: Jenny Han
Books in this series: THREE AMAZING ONES
My Overall Series Rating: 5 STARS ALL THE WAY
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Okay, so being honest I had read “It’s Not Summer Without You” years ago when a friend gave it to me to read over the summer. I read the book and I enjoyed it, BUT did not realize that it was the second book in The Summer Series by Jenny Han. I realized this about half-way through reading it. It was still really good and a very cute story, but I really wanted to know the back story of what happened the summer before.
Fast forward to THIS summer: I was at Barnes & Noble looking for a summer book or a new series to start when I stumbled across The Summer I Turned Pretty. I looked next to it on the shelf and saw It’s Not Summer Without You. I realized that this was book I had been looking for the past few years!
The Barnes & Noble near me had a new edition of the books (shown in these pictures) where the covers are these gorgeous pastel colors with sea shells on it. Seriously, though, how beautiful are these covers?
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So, I bought all three books in the series because they were on sale and they were just too pretty not to!
As you all probably can tell by this point… I read a lot! I love books and I always have a book (or two) that I am reading.
But I must say, there are not many books I read that I seriously can not stop thinking about even when I’m not reading them.
The books in The Summer Series by Jenny Han are books like that!
I honestly feel bad for one of my friends, who I would constantly text and update what was going on in The Summer I Turned Pretty (and then with all the books after it). I probably spoiled all the good (amazing) parts for her! LOL I seriously could not shut about about these books!
What I loved the most about these books is how you can really see all the characters grow throughout the course of story.
Especially Conrad Fisher.
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I feel like in book one, Conrad just seems like the older brother who Belly has always been in love with. He comes across as a player who is the brooding-YA-male-lead type. But over the three books in this series, you really see who Conrad is. There is so much depth to him as a character. I really loved a lot of the scenes from his point of view in the final book in this series because you (as the reader) get a glimpse into what he’s been thinking all these years.
For the record, for those of you who have read these books, I am 100% Team Conrad ALL THE WAY! How about you? Which Fisher boy should Belly be with?
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Five Things I Loved About This Series:
The New Seashell Covers!!!
The development of the character’s personalities and backstories over time
The love triangle with Belly and the Fisher boys (Conrad & Jeremiah)
How honest it was
CONRAD FISHER
So, basically, I was really happy that I stumbled across these books at the start of this summer. I’m really glad I went back and started the series over from the beginning because it gave me such an appreciation for it! The whole story was so well-rounded and fit together so perfectly.
So… my advice to you is (if you haven’t read these books already), during these remaining days of summer, go out and read these three very summery books by Jenny Han. You won’t be disappointed.
Jenny Han, these books were so lovely! These books are exactly what summer should be! Thank you 
