Book info

• Title The Summer I Turned Pretty
• Author Jenny Han
• Year 2009
• Genre Romance

One girl. Two boys. And the summer that changed everything... Every year Isabel spends a perfect summer at her favourite place in the world - the Fisher family's beach house. It has everything a girl could want: a swimming pool, a private stretch of sandy beach... and two (very cute) brothers: Unavailable, aloof Conrad - who she's been in love with forever. Friendly, relaxed Jeremiah- the only one who's ever really paid her any attention. But this year something is different. This year, the boys seem to really notice Isabel for the first time. It's going to be an amazing summer - and one she'll never forget...

Thoughts

I watched this series thinking I’d check out a couple of episodes just to see what all the fuss was about and got hooked, like so many other people. So I thought it was worth reading the source material as well, just to cover all bases. The TV show is a pretty faithful adaptation but there’s a lot more to it than what’s in the book - as it’s a relatively short novel. The characters we know getting together for that fateful summer and everything changing. I’ll read the rest of the trilogy as well, for sure.

Rating: 4 / 5