‘IT’S NOT SUMMER WITHOUT YOU’ BOOK REVIEW: SUMMERTIME MAGIC LIVES ON!
STORY: Life is kind of falling apart for Isabel Conklin. She loses her best friends Conrad and Jeremiah just as she also loses Susannah, their mother and her second mom. Then there was also prom, an event Isabel aka Belly would rather not remember.
Now it’s summer again and for the first time that Belly can remember, the Conklin and Fisher families won’t be together at the place Susannah loved best, her beach house.
Life moves on and Belly along with her bestie Taylor make plans for the summer. Then the call comes. Jeremiah needs Belly’s help; Conrad is missing. Conrad the boy Belly has loved for many summers, and also the boy who broke her heart…
Jeremiah and Belly set out to find him little realizing what their trip back to Cousins may find…
IT’S NOT SUMMER WITHOUT YOU book review
REVIEW: The “middle child” novel in Jenny Han’s popular young adult series is, well, interesting. It reunites the characters, Conrad and Jeremiah along with Belly, in a story that perhaps is the bridge between book one and the final of the trilogy. This said, I’m not sure that this story plays out in in the wisest of ways.
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I did enjoy these books, but since I read them so long after I’d fall into the target age range, I’m not sure that I totally “get” the appeal. I do know, no matter my age, that I’m over the whole drama of choosing someone. I want a hero or heroine who knows the right match for them and either fights for that or moves on altogether. But again, since this is a YA novel, I think it’s probably fair to allow some leeway for the novel.
If you’re loving the show or enjoy Jenny’s books, these are worth reading. I’m not loving one of the characters though if I had to guess, this character is endgame, so we’ll see how I feel about the person once I read mor of the third book! Either way, these books are certainly ideal summertime reads that do draw a tear or too along with lots of smiles.
ABOUT the BOOK: It’s Not Summer without You
Author: Jenny Han
Publisher: Simone and Schuster
Source: Bought
Publication Date: 2010
Genre: Fiction; Contemporary Young Adult, Series
Rating: 3 out of 5
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Content: the book has some adult content that shouldn’t rate more than the PG-13 content of the Prime Video show. There is lots of kissing. There may be some minor profanity. Lots of emotional fallout also factors into this story because of death, divorce and remarks about cheating.
