To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Staff Reviews
This is such an adorable book! I highly reccomend this as a light read that will make you smile.
Lara Jean is a sweet, and shy, highschooler who feels a bit lost after her older sister, Margot, leaves for college. Margot had taken care of their dad, Lara Jean, and their younger sister Kitty since their mom had passed away years prior. Lara Jean doesn't exactly fit in at school, a fact that her ex best friend Gen makes sure she remembers at every chance. When five letters get sent out, letters that were never supposed to be seen by anyone, Lara Jean doesn't know how to handle it. One letter went to Gen's ex, Peter. Another letter went to Margot's ex, Josh. Terrified that Margot will hear of the letter, and learn that Lara Jean had been in love with Josh since before they had gotten together. Peter wants to make Gen jealous, so he and Lara Jean come up with a plan. They pretend to date. Where do pretend feelings end and real feelings begin though?
Description
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is now a major motion picture on Netflix and the inspiration for the spin-off series XO, Kitty—now streaming on Netflix!
A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)
Lara Jean’s love life gets complicated in this New York Times bestselling “lovely, lighthearted romance” (School Library Journal) from the bestselling author of The Summer I Turned Pretty series.
What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them…all at once?
Sixteen-year-old Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren’t love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she’s written. One for every boy she’s ever loved—five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly, Lara Jean’s love life goes from imaginary to out of control.
Praise for To All the Boys I've Loved Before
"Lara Jean’s personality—goofy, awkward, prone to strong emotions, and entirely naïve when it comes to boys—give this touching story an individuality and charm all its own. Han creates a realistically flawed cast, especially half-Korean Lara Jean and her sisters, who work hard to be good to one another after their mother’s death (even when they’re at one another’s throats)."
— Publishers Weekly, starred review
"An ultimately compelling exploration of teenage growth and young love."
— Kirkus
A wonderful choice for fans of Sarah Dessen and Stephanie Perkins.
— Booklist
In this lovely, lighthearted romance...readers will remember the Song sisters and the boys in their lives long after the final page turn.
— School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW
One of the 15 Most Exciting Books of 2014
— TeenVogue.com
"This book is amazing."
— HelloGiggles.com
"A wonderful choice for fans of Sarah Dessen and Stephanie Perkins."
— Booklist