To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

Wait.what?Peter has recently been dumped by his girlfriend, Genevieve. It turns out that Peter is in need of a little distraction himself. She pretends to be dating one of her letter recipients, Peter. When Josh finds out, Lara Jean has no choice but to save face.

“It came in the mail yesterday.” Peter sighs.To a teenaged girl, to any girl or woman, really, this is truly a mortifying experience, having your crushes find out is just an unimaginable humiliation. It’s my handwriting, my envelope, my everything. Peter Kavinsky is holding my letter in his hand. This is problematic.because Lara Jean wrote a letter to Josh. There has been five.Īnd now there's a problem: someone has sent all her crushes the love letters that she wrote them (if you can't guess who it is, we seriously need to have a talk). She has had a few crushes in her life, and she has written love letters to all of them. If you were mine, I would never have broken up with you, not in a million years.Lara Jean is a romantic. Margot is about to leave for college, so she decides to do the decent thing and break up with him. There's just one problem with her little crush: Josh is dating her older sister, Margot. They've grown up alongside each other for the past five years her dad and sisters all adore Josh. He always has and he always will.”Lara Jean has been in love with Josh for a long time. Lara Jean has a best friend (Chris) who is an outrageous, loud slut, and they so rarely talk and that their relationship feels pointless and artificial. There is almost no female friendship in the book. Excuse me while I throw up my recently ingested dinner.ĥ. The main character has long since been crushing on her big sister's ex-boyfriend.

The romance is a literal 'contract,' a pretend one to make an ex-girlfriend and a former crush jealous. The main character (Lara Jean) is silly, childish, and privileged in a sheltered upper-middle-class kind of way. There is no ending!!!!!!! If you want a definite conclusion or an HEA, get the heck away from this book.Ģ. I didn't get much of anything, so really, it felt like I read this book for no reason at all. I want sweetness, I want a character that matures, and I want some really cute romance.

I don't usually read contemporary YA novels, but when I do, I have certain expectations. There was no character growth (and the main character was pretty dumb to begin with). That's why this book made me gag a little. There are certain lines that you do not cross, and coveting your beloved sister's ex-boyfriend is one of them.

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han