It's Not Summer Without You (Summer, Bk 2)
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Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Belly's last summer at Cousins Beach ended on a bittersweet note. On the one hand, the love of her life, Conrad, finally noticed her in a romantic way. On the other hand, they find out that Conrad and Jeremiah's mother Susannah's cancer has returned. Everyone takes Susannah's passing hard, but perhaps none more so than Conrad, who disappears halfway into his summer college session. Jeremiah asks Belly to help him find Conrad, which Belly agrees to--with reservation, for she has no idea how he feels about him, whether or not they'll ever work out.
When they catch up to Conrad, however, they realize that something big is at stake, and it may require all of them to lay aside their turbulent feelings for one another in order to save summer as they know it.
I find it very hard to describe why, exactly, I love this series so very much, as I found myself effortlessly lured into Bellys world in this second book in the series. IT'S NOT SUMMER WITHOUT YOU made me laugh, tear up, and swoon, and it is every bit as good as the first book, if not better.
It was impossible for me not to get emotionally invested in these characters. Jenny Han has created marvelously nuanced characters, flawed or troubled or just plain not nice...and yet all endearing. IT'S NOT SUMMER WITHOUT YOU has a gorgeous blend of family/parental tensions, vivid flashbacks, and your plain old-fashioned love triangle done right. The book is dotted with quietly emotional scenes that made me cry or cringe; the scenes are agonizing, and thus addicting. You don't want to look away even in the most painful of moments.
With IT'S NOT SUMMER WITHOUT YOU, Jenny Han cements herself as a supremely talented writer who can avoid the second-in-a-trilogy book slump and make readers fall hard for the characters. Fans of the first book will adore this one, and if you haven't yet read the first, you should definitely do so as soon as possible, preferably on a night when you want to feel emotionally alive.
When they catch up to Conrad, however, they realize that something big is at stake, and it may require all of them to lay aside their turbulent feelings for one another in order to save summer as they know it.
I find it very hard to describe why, exactly, I love this series so very much, as I found myself effortlessly lured into Bellys world in this second book in the series. IT'S NOT SUMMER WITHOUT YOU made me laugh, tear up, and swoon, and it is every bit as good as the first book, if not better.
It was impossible for me not to get emotionally invested in these characters. Jenny Han has created marvelously nuanced characters, flawed or troubled or just plain not nice...and yet all endearing. IT'S NOT SUMMER WITHOUT YOU has a gorgeous blend of family/parental tensions, vivid flashbacks, and your plain old-fashioned love triangle done right. The book is dotted with quietly emotional scenes that made me cry or cringe; the scenes are agonizing, and thus addicting. You don't want to look away even in the most painful of moments.
With IT'S NOT SUMMER WITHOUT YOU, Jenny Han cements herself as a supremely talented writer who can avoid the second-in-a-trilogy book slump and make readers fall hard for the characters. Fans of the first book will adore this one, and if you haven't yet read the first, you should definitely do so as soon as possible, preferably on a night when you want to feel emotionally alive.
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