Title: It's Not Summer Without You
Published: April 27, 2010
My Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars
Synopsis
Can summer be truly summer
without Cousins Beach?
It used to be that Belly counted
the days until summer, until she was back at Cousins Beach with Conrad and
Jeremiah. But not this year. Not after Susannah got sick again and Conrad
stopped caring. Everything that was right and good has fallen apart, leaving
Belly wishing summer would never come.
But when Jeremiah calls saying
Conrad has disappeared, Belly knows what she must do to make things right
again. And it can only happen back at the beach house, the three of them
together, the way things used to be. If this summer really and truly is the
last summer, it should end the way it started--at Cousins Beach.
Review
“How do you regret one of the best nights of your entire
life? You don't. You remember every word, every look. Even when it hurts, you
still remember.”
― Jenny Han
This is the sequel of The Summer
I Turned Pretty and the second book from the trilogy. You know what, I really
like this book more than the first one, I don’t know why but in this book it
feels like everything was done neatly, and it feels like it has much more story
than the first book.
Though at some points, I get
irritated by Belly. She always thinks about herself and forgets that the whole
world doesn’t revolve around her, and her ridiculous fantasy to Conrad (Just
get over with it!) why can’t she notice that Jere is there for her.
And speaking of Jere, he has a
point of view on this one! So when I read his chapter I was like “Whaaa” “wha!”
Okay. I just love reading his point of view, I love how he is this cheerful
person outside but in reality he’s one of those broken persons out there. I
really wish for more of his POV in the last book.
And the love triangle in the
first book became more intense here, but after reading this book, I know who I
want Belly to end up with. I mean between the two brothers, I’m on Jere side
because she treats Belly right not like Conrad who just keep on being a jerk.
Let’s go to Susannah’s death, wow
just wow. I thought she would survive her cancer but she didn’t. I surely miss
her presence in the book, because she’s like Belly’s second mom and maybe a
best friend. And that few lines in the first chapter really broke me, Jenny
Han! How can you do that? Don’t ever do such thing again. *insert sad emoticon*
There’s one more thing I’m
annoyed about this book, it’s Taylor. Belly’s best friend. I don’t know if she’s
a best friend or not because in the first book, Belly stated that she’s only a
friend anymore, and now this. I’m so confused, and she really likes to talk and
talk and talk of absurd things.
To sum it all up, her sequel
gotten more good and better, I am really hooked in this one! Looking forward to
the last book!
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