Book: Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han

★★★★/★★★★★

“Is this how it goes? You fall in love, and nothing seems truly scary anymore, and life is one big possibility?”

Always and Forever, Lara Jean was a big surprise when Jenny Han first announced that To All the Boys I've Loved Before (review here) will have a third book. Everyone was excited, so was I! The first two books were lovely and swoon-worthy but I think my favorite is Always and Forever, Lara Jean.

The conclusion to Lara Jean and Peter's story is inside Always and Forever, Lara Jean which I think is so cute and just perfect. I can't say I was a big fan of Peter Kavinsky in P.S. I Still Love You (review here), or To All The Boys I've Loved Before for that matter, but in this book, he's just so adorable and he's such a sweetheart! 

“Peter will love Lara Jean with all his heart, always”

 Lara Jean is enjoying her last year in high school; she's in love with her boyfriend Peter, her dad is going remarried and Margot will be home just in time for the wedding which excites them all. Everything is going right and she's having the best time of her life when suddenly her plans change when her College acceptance letter arrives. It makes Lara Jean think of a new plan which might affect her relationship with Peter. 

I love how the book focuses on Lara Jean and some of the changes in her life. Her father re-marrying Ms. Rothschild is a big change for them and I love how it makes not only her but Kitty and Margot as well to grow and accept the new addition to their family. Graduating high school and going to College is another big thing for Lara Jean and when her plan to go to the same university with Peter has changed, she has to think of a way how to compromise. Of course she wants to stay in a relationship with Peter and she's going to do everything just to keep it. 

All the characters have grown so much in me and I still love how heartwarming the story is. Lara Jean getting even closer with her family, her relationship with Chris (yes, her bestfriend, Chris!) and Peter, how she makes big decisions for herself and how much she's matured in this book. And the romance, of course I'm going to talk about the romance! Lara Jean and Peter are just sooo cute I want to keep them to myself! Peter Kavinsky actually made me fall in love with him!

“Being vulnerable, letting people in, getting hurt... it's all part of being in love.” 

Overall I adored this book! And if only it's not the last book! My advice, if you want a cute and lovely read, try To All the Boys I've Loved Before series if you haven't already. It wouldn't disappoint.

2015 Book Review Roundup

January:
To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
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I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
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February:
Meant To Be by Lauren Morill
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The Alchemy of Forever by Avery Williams
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March:
Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
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April:
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
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June:
Bully by Penelope Douglas
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July:
P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
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August:
All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
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September:
The Fill-In Boyfriend by Katie West
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Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen
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Confess by Colleen Hoover
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Liars, Inc. by Paula Stokes
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All Fall Down by Ally Carter
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October:
When by Victoria Laurie
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Playlist For The Dead by Michelle Falkoff
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Mosquitoland by David Arnold
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All The Rage by Courtney Summers
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I'll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios
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Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon
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Tonight The Street Are Ours by Leila Sales
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My Heart And Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga
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November:
What We Saw by Aaron Hartzler
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Dumplin' by Julie Murphy
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Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
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December:
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exepury
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Made You Up by Francesca Zappia
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Before We Were Strangers by Renee Carlino
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Never Never: Part 2 by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher
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Book: P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han

★★★★/★★★★★

 

 When I first read To All The Boys I've Loved Before, I didn't know it has a sequel so I was really sad not to know what Lara Jean could've written for Peter. Then here it is, P.S. I Still Love You and we all know how this one goes. 

The story was kinda predictable given the title but still I like to be surprised. So I kept reading until the last page. It was somehow how I predicted it to be until John Ambrose McClaren. For a second there I thought that Lara jean would actually go for him but then 'P.S. I Still Love You'. And I would totally understand her if she did because until now I don't really get Peter's character. It was like sometimes I liked him but most of the times I didn't. Yes, he was handsome and kind to Kitty and there were scenes that I really fell for him but somehow the sweetness and commitment toward their relationship weren't there. I didn't like the way he treated Lara Jean. But well, I guess girls tend to fall for boys like him, like Peter Kavinsky.

Overall it was good so I give it four stars.

 

P.S. Read it!!

“So much of love is chance. There's something scary and wonderful about that.”
― Jenny Han, P.S. I Still Love You

 

“When you lose someone and it still hurts, that's when you know the love was real.”

― Jenny Han, P.S. I Still Love You   

 

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

“Love is scary: it changes; it can go away. That's the part of the risk. I don't want to be scared anymore.” 

★★★★/★★★★★

Synopsis from Goodreads:   

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.

After reading this book, it made me move all my letters into somewhere safer. And somewhere no one can find. Even my sisters! Like Lara Jean, I also write letters to people I really can't express my feelings to. I've written a lot of letters waiting to be read by their rightful owner but never in a gazillion years I will send them and let them be read. Never! Or maybe when I'm 60 or 70, just for a good time laugh.

It's my first book of Jenny Han and I loved it. Though I really want more after the ending I guess that's just how some book end. But really, she should've at least written what Lara Jean has to say to Peter. Right?

The books tells the story of Lara Jean who writes a goodbye letter to all the boys she really can't express her feelings to. She writes a goodbye letter for them and after that seals her feelings along with it. One day her letters get delivered to all the boys she's written to and it starts to bring back old feelings. Like when Josh, her sister's ex-boyfriend, gets the letter and talks to her about it. Now that her sister, Margot, is in Scotland for college and she is left with Josh she starts to realize that maybe she's really not over Josh. Because when she's confronted by Josh, she lies to his face about having a boyfriend. Which she doesn't really have. Now she has to convince herself that she's really over Josh and that she would never betray Margot for loving her ex-boyfriend. The story continues as Lara Jean makes a contract with Peter, the first boy on the list she wrote a letter to, and meeting the other boys on the list. Peter agrees to pretend to be her boyfriend just to make Josh see that she's really over him and the things on the letter she wrote doesn't mean anything anymore. Peter goes along with her plan because he too wants to make Genevieve, his ex-girlfriend, to see that she doesn't own him, that he can be with someone who is not her. 

It's a fun read as Lara Jean and Peter continue their little pretend game because you can see that along the way they start to develop, or remember, their feelings for each other. Peter starts to like Lara Jean's little sister, Kitty, and he wakes up a little early than usual just to pick up Lara Jean for school. 

I also love the book because I can relate to Lara Jean. Like her, I also have sisters, three, and like I said I've written letters to different people too but never send them. Though she just wrote letters to all the boys she'd loved before, I write letters to all people in my life. Anyway, the story is good though sometimes Peter confuses me. There are times that you feel like she really likes Lara Jean but then there are moments you want to strangle him because he keeps coming back to Genevieve. Ugh! But then it's so sweet of him to write notes for Lara Jean everyday. 

The book also shows the family of Lara Jean, having no mother, a kind father and two sisters who she wouldn't trade for the world. Lara Jean loves her sisters more than anything in the world that she would rather forget her love for Josh for the sake of Margot. She also becomes more mature as Margot leaves for Scotland because Kitty needs a mother figure and now that Margot is away, she has to be the responsible older sister like Margot always is.  She tries her best to be as good as Margot for Kitty.

Just read the book if you want to know what I'm talking about. It's a good read and I'm sure you'll love it too! :)

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