The Summer I Turned Pretty

I get that I'm not the target audience for this book.

I also get that this story is completely fabricated and is to real life what Dragonlance is to hanging out with friends...

But at the same time, there's an awful lot of cliched tropes in this story. They work for the intended audience, though. Every generation has their trashy romance novels where the plain girl gets to feel special, and I can see the appeal of this one for fans of the genre.

That said, it was competently written, and I wish I had Jenny Han's success.