To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny HanMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I enjoyed this book soooo much! A great and realistic look at teenagers and the drama within their lives. A fast read - chapters only a few pages long so you'll fly through it.
Lara Jean is one of the 3 Song sisters. Their family lost their mother at an early age so older sister Margot has stepped effortlessly into the role with Lara Jean learning and youngest sister Katherine "Kitty" at only 9 years old.
The girls are extremely close and are a well oiled machine, but it now time for Margot to go off to college and she has chosen a school in Scotland! Lara Jean feels the pressure of trying to be able to keep the house in tact with her sisters absence and wants to make her proud.
Don't worry - it gets better. Lara Jean has always had a habit of writing love letters to the boys she has loved over the years. She writes them out completely, sealed in an envelope with an address. One day Lara Jean's letters go missing and Peter Kavinsky (8th grade crush) approaches her at school about the letter! She feels like life should be over.
More drama develops as Lara Jean's next door neighbor, Josh, and Margot's boyfriend also receives a letter! Margot and Josh break up at the beginning of the book, but it still doesn't change the fact that Josh now knows how Lara Jean felt about him! In order to save face - Lara Jean and Peter pretend to go out to save Lara Jean from embarrassment of Josh and to help Peter get over his breakup with Genevieve.
The books is fun, and the characters are enjoyable. There is some language in the book, but nothing surprising, and I know students are saying. I'm considering adding this to our YA/H level section in our library because I love the realism of this book and how students will relate to it. I"ll definitely read the next book P.S. I still Love You.
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