Author: Jenny Han
Series: To All the Boys I've Loved Before #1
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Source: ARC
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh. As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all.
My thoughts:
Lara Jean is the main character in To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and it’s all told from her perspective. Everything changes for Laura Jean when her older sister (Margot) of 2 years moves away to college. Since their mother passed away when they were young, Margot naturally took up the role of mother which is something that Lara Jean is trying to take over now that her sister is gone. Margot also left behind her boyfriend that Lara Jean had a huge crush on only a few years before. While Lara Jean is trying to navigate all these new changes, someone find the letters that she wrote to the boys she loved before and mails them out!
Even though Lara Jean can be a really immature character at time, I think it really works for her. She’s babied by her sister for most of her teenage life and didn’t really have to do anything for herself until her sister moves away. I think it’s really going to work for her character arc at the end of the series. Now that Margot is gone, Lara Jean seems to be seeing everything new again and is experiencing everything very differently. Her eyes are really opened to what really goes on in high school.
I really enjoyed this love triangle because it seemed very realistic to me. It really shows how something you want is just out of reach or that you waited just a little too long to say something. Josh doesn’t ever admit that he had feelings for Lara Jean back in the day until he accidently receives her letter. Peter doesn’t realize how awesome Lara Jean is until after he completely hurts her feelings. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before really shows the difficulty of navigating relationships.
I really loved To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and I will be eagerly awaiting the next book! Jenny Han in definitely on my A-list of authors I must read no matter what!
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