We'll Always Have Summer
By: Jenny Han
Published Year: 2011
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages: 312
Summary (Provided by Goodreads): Belly has only ever been in love with two boys, both with the last name Fisher. And after being with Jeremiah for the last two years, she’s almost positive he is her soul mate. Almost. While Conrad has not gotten over the mistake of letting Belly go, Jeremiah has always known that Belly is the girl for him. So when Belly and Jeremiah decide to make things forever, Conrad realizes that it’s now or never—tell Belly he loves her, or lose her for good.
Belly will have to confront her feelings for Jeremiah and Conrad and face the inevitable: She will have to break one of their hearts.
First Impressions
After finishing the second book, I was excited to see what happened next in the saga of Belly, Jeremiah, and Conrad. You can read my review of the first book here and review of the second book here.
What I thought
This was easily my least favorite book of the series and I wish I had never read it. Again, this is the final book in a series, so if you haven’t read the other books there will be spoilers.
Belly is finishing up her freshman year of college, Jeremiah is finishing up his sophomore year, and they have now been dating for 2 years. Conrad has transferred to California and hasn’t really talked to Belly since she and Jeremiah started dating. Because of, well, circumstances, Jeremiah and Belly decide to get married at the end of summer.
Wow. Just wow. Why? Belly continues to be the most immature human being on the planet. The only character I loved in this book was her mom Laurel. I don’t know if I would’ve felt differently about this book if I had read it at 19 because I was young and in love, but right now at 34 I fully side with Laurel. I don’t have a problem with Jeremiah and Belly getting engaged but the fact that it needs to happen in 2 months is absolutely wild.
I wanted to smack Belly, Conrad, and Jeremiah multiple time throughout this book. I just wasn’t routing for any of them to be together, so when the ending came I was so annoyed and fed up I no longer cared. I have been watching the first season of the show, and I think I might prefer it to the books and I hope that they don’t follow this book as a season because it would make me so mad.
Overall, I loved reading this series along with a group and I would recommend that if you are an adult reading this series. It was interesting to hear everyone else’s points of view and feel better about some of my annoyances. It was interesting that it was pretty much unanimous that this book was our least favorite of the series.
I kind of hate read this entire book. The only thing going for it was that I was already attached to the characters and wanted to see what happened. I enjoyed telling my friend who had never read any of the books everything that was happening because it was so bonkers. If you are interested in this series, either read the first book and stop, or just watch the series.