It’s Not Summer Without You is the sequel to The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han. This summer unlike Belly’s other summers is not spent at the beach house. Belly had stayed home since Susannah had gotten sick again and Conrad hasn’t been the best person to Belly. Despite the circumstances Jeremiah had went to Belly asking for help. Conrad had went missing the closest person to him at the time had been Belly. It’s Not Summer Without You is the story of Belly and Jeremiah’s adventure finding Conrad and bringing him back home. Love triangles and conflicted feelings by the majority of the characters is what makes the adventure and story even more exciting than the previous one.
In my opinion, I liked It’s Not Summer Without You the most out of all three books. The overall plot is more developed than the previous novel. The on and off relationship between Conrad and Belly makes the reader want to continue reading and discover what happens in the end. What i found interesting was Belly’s character development throughout the novel as she matures even more. In the beginning of the novel Belly was seen as depressed and moody. Blaming everyone for her problems like in the following phrase, “I was getting pretty sick of Taylor pushing me in this direction and that direction, dressing me up like one of her shabbier, less fortunate dolls. It had always been like this with us". Towards the end of the book however she becomes a different person.
Rudayna Tabbara
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