☀ A splendid summer read ☀Cousins Beach was Belly's home. It was the only place she ever thought of. Every summer she visits the Cousins Beach but this time things have changed. Susannah, her mother's best friend had passed away and summer at Cousins Beach was no more. Why? Because Susannah was the only person who linked all of them together. Without her, it wouldn't be a perfect summer.Belly has grown in this book. She's no more pouting and throwing tantrums. I liked Belly much better in this b...

Short and bring on the angst! Another year has come and gone and things are not quite so rosy for our summer crowd. We knew Susannah was sick last year, and with her gone, everyone is having trouble coping. We ended “The Summer I turned Pretty” with Conrad and Belly finally, maybe being a thing, but with Conrad’s mother passing away, of course that’s going to throw things into turmoil. It was interesting the way the love triangle between the brothers began to slowly grow during this one. Conrad

For helpful visuals of Conrad and Jeremiah: http://irresistiblereads.blogspot.com... Favourite Quote: "I stared at him. Did he really say that? Did he remember? The way he looked back at me, one eyebrow raised, I knew he did. And this time, I was the one to look away. Because I remembered. I remembered everything."Don't you love it when the second book in a series is way better than the first? That is the case with It's Not Summer Without You. I enjoyed The Summer I Turned Pretty but sometimes f...

3.5* This series is the definition of a 'summery read'. It makes me regret all the summers I didn't spend at a gorgeous beach house, eating blueberry muffins, swimming in the ocean whilst having multiple cute guys falling in love with me.... :')I had a lot of mixed emotions about each of the characters and I kind of loved that. They're all flawed and just so, human! Although Belly and Conrad were definitely a little irritating at times. :') The ending felt very abrupt which was a bit of a shame

THAT ENDING THO!!!!! AHHH

Man.... So many ups and downs. I feel so attached to everyone, and I feel like they are real people dealing with real struggles. It's a nice change.

This didn't even feel like a real book. It was just a continuation of the last one which ended kinda abruptly, so this series is probably meant to be read back-to-back to make it seem like all one storyline. I definitely liked book one way more. In this there's just SO much angst and going back and forth and everyone's emotions were haywire. But I do love Belly. She's selfish and childish in a way that i'm sure some people hate, but to me, it's completely relatable. It's her flaw, and it makes h...

It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han is the second book of the young adult contemporary Summer series. This one picks up a year after the end of the first book as summer is beginning again. During the past year away from Cousins Beach Belly and all the boys have gone back to their lives away from one another. Finally however Belly had gotten Conrad's attention and thought things were looking up when something devastating happens to them all. After the event that changed all of their lives th...

3.5/5 Belly was more obnoxious in this book and the love triangle was hit SO HARD but I still really liked it.

Wow, how to take a happy and hopeful ending, twist and turn it inside out until it becomes so sad that you don't really want to finish the story. That's what happened here and I didn't like it.This story takes a long time to roll out, being quite a ways into it before it all stops being back story and you actually get to some action. The back and forth in this one didn't work as well as the first book and I didn't think the two person point of view added anything. Knowing Jeremiah's thoughts did...

Re-read 8/12/17: This was super cute, but I definitely don't feel quite as enamored with this series as I did when I first read it. I'm keeping my 4 star rating because I did thoroughly enjoy this, but I definitely have some issues with how annoying Belly is and how Conrad is NOT the business. Original read 5/7/14: I loved this one so much more than the first book. Oh, my heart. I've fallen in love with Jenny Han's writing style. Also on a less serious note DAT LAST PAGE THO

My comfort series <3 This series reminds me of summer camp and family friends. The second book was super cute; definitely felt like a sequel, not super exciting, but had really nice moments. Even though she's annoying, sometimes Belly is the voice in my head, but it really bothers me how she keeps toying with Jeremiah's feelings. I mean, I understand her. It's never easy loving someone like Conrad, who gives and takes, someone unavailable. But still, she needs to make up her damn mind before she...

These books are terrible and yet I cannot stop reading them.

I didn't liked it as much as the first one. Belly is starting to piss me off and don't make me talk about Conrad, I can barely stand him.Jeremiah, Laurel and Susannah are my faves <3.

What the what?! I finished the second book without realizing it. It felt like I have just started and then suddenly it’s done?! I guess that’s how addicted I am in Ms. Han’s writing. The second book is a lot gloomier than the first now that the glue that supposedly holds the characters together is now gone. Even I miss her too. *Sniffs* The second installment has become more mature than the first book. The conflicts a lot more complicated and the love triangle has become deeper and more intense....

4.5/5This was definitely a more somber and emotional read than The Summer I Turned Pretty, but I really liked it! I couldn't give it a full 5/5 because I still think Belly is annoying and childish at times which bothers me, but I read the whole book in about four hours! If you loved the first book like I did, definitely read this one!

Shoot me now! 🙄 This book was even worse than the first one. Why does Belly bave to be so undecided and why does Conrad has to be such an ass?! I'm still team Jeremiah! All the way. I was so glad when I saw that some chapters were written from his point of view. 😍 But then Conrad ruined everything! Just like he always does.

It is a known fact that I did not care for the first book. I wasn't able to connect with Belly. The way she would string along all the guys in her life irritated me beyond belief. Not only that but she came across as self centered and childish. I don't think she changed much from the first book. This book finds Belly and Jeremiah in search for Conrad. Their search leads them to Cousins Beach. When they find Conrad everyone has decisions to make that will forever change them. While writing that s...

What the f***? What just happened? How will i deal with this? Oh i know. read the next book ASAP. This book made me an emotional mess. I can't even write a proper review. Damn you Jenny Han!!

Actual rating: 3.5 starsI'm really surprised I actually liked this, Belly's still immature, but she didn't bother me as much. Plus, something actually happened in this book, I'm addicted here. (view spoiler)[Though I don't appreciate the love triangle. (hide spoiler)] It's also nice to see more of Jeremiah, since he was this really bland character in The Summer I Turned Pretty.CONRAD <3On to We'll Always Have Summer! Woohoo!