To All the Boys I've Loved Before

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han is a young adult romance contemporary series that is very cute. Jenny Han did it again this this book and I enjoyed the story the whole time while reading it. It was a quick read and I cannot wait for the next book because what will it be about?

The main character, Lara Jean, writes a letter at the ending of liking or loving a boy and seals it inside of a hat box. One day she comes home from school and finds the hat box and letters missing. Then the next day at school, one of the boys she sent a letter to has confronted her and that is when she realizes that all five of the letters have been sent out to the boys she loved before (hence the title).

To get into the story some more, Lara Jean lives with her father and two sisters – Margot and Kitty. Margot is about to leave to study at a college abroad and decides to leave her boyfriend of two years, Josh, before she goes. Now Josh was one of Lara Jean's passed loves. She wrote him a letter and sealed it in the hat box. Now it was a little betraying even to Lara Jean that she liked Josh so that is why didn't act upon it and when she learned about him and Margot, she ended the crush right then and there. Which was good of her and a good sister of her. It wasn't until after they broke up that Lara Jean started to have feelings for him again.

[ WARNING THIS PART CONTAINS SPOILERS ]

Once the letters were sent out, Josh and Lara Jean's first kiss, Peter, confronted her about it. Peter is an arrogant popular student that is dating the most popular girl in school but they do break up at one point. Josh makes a big deal about the letter though because he liked her around the same time that she did and he wants to know why she didn't tell him. (That is simple... because he started dating her sister) Since Josh was making a big deal about the letter and her feelings, she decides to lie and say she has a boyfriend so it means nothing to her now even though she still likes him a bit. She lies and says Peter is her boyfriend.

Now Peter and his girlfriend, Gen, have broken up for the moment when Lara Jean tells Josh this and she goes over and kisses him in front of Josh. Lara Jean try's to play it off but Peter wants to use this to his advantage. Lara Jean wants to get away from Josh's feelings (possibly make him jealous) and Peter wants to make Gen jealous. They decide to fake date. Now at this point, everyone knows this is going to go badly and they will start to have feelings for each other. Which of course happens, but it is a very cute book and I really liked the friendship/relationship Lara Jean and Peter had together. The reader saw a nice side to Peter. He would pick her up every day and bring her to school. Even take her little sister Kitty sometimes and Kitty started to really like him also.

Lara Jean and Peter's fake relationship goes on the entire book pretty much. Everyone thinks it is a little weird that they are dating each other and at times seems non-realistic to people. Josh has been getting jealous of their relationship though and actually confessed to her and kissed her! A cute part was when she told Peter and he said, “No one kisses my girlfriend! I am going to hurt him!” This is when I knew Peter actually liked her. Lara and Peter finally confess their feelings to each other when they are on a school ski trip. They actually like each other. It was a very cute moment but of course Gen had to ruin it. She told everyone that Lara and Peter had sex so this tore them apart because he didn't really deny it according to Lara Jean. This hurt her and she was away from Peter. They finally get back together at the end and that is how it end. Now, what will the second book be about? Their relationship? I hope so because they are so cute.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book. It was a cute and fluffy read that went by quickly. I would recommend this to anyone that wants to read a cute book with a little love triangle. Jenny Han is a wonderful author and I can't wait to read more.