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    It's Not Summer Without You

    Written by Jenny Han

    Narrated by Jessica Almasy

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    Belly was ecstatic when Conrad, the son of her mom’s best friend and the boy she’d loved for years, finally kissed her. But when Conrad’s mom dies, he withdraws from everyone and eventually disappears completely. Not sure where to start looking, Belly and Conrad’s brother Jeremiah figure Conrad’s college is a good place to start— but they soon learn he’s actually at the family beach house. When Belly and Jeremiah find Conrad, they realize he wasn’t running away— he’d come to keep the house from being sold. Belly’s romantic feelings for Conrad begin to resurface even as she’s growing closer to Jeremiah, and as emotions run high, it’s unclear if things will ever go back to normal—especially when a real estate agent shows up.

    Popular author Jenny Han captures perfectly how young people think when it comes to relationships. Jessica Almasy’s narration flawlessly reverberates the author’s style and heartwarmingly reveals the details of the characters’ relationships.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books Audio
    Release dateDec 23, 2010
    ISBN9781449838386
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    Jenny Han

    Jenny Han is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before series, now Netflix movies. She is also the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling The Summer I Turned Pretty series, now streaming on Amazon Prime, as well as Shug, and Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream. She is the coauthor of the Burn for Burn trilogy, with Siobhan Vivian. Her books have been published in more than thirty languages. A former librarian, Jenny earned her MFA in creative writing at the New School. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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    • 4/5
      I like Belly - but sometimes she really is just stupid. In the followup to the first book in the series, Belly and gang are mourning the loss of Suzanne and Belly's romance with Conrad seems to finally be moving out of the realm of girlish daydreams and into reality. But who does Belly really love? the boy or the dream? and is the real Conrad someone who loves her back. I sort of just wanted both boys to drop her hard! But teen angst and attraction are real and that is the saving grace of this character.
    • 3/5
      This picks up several months after book one in The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy. If you are expecting to go into this seeing the romance between Belly and Conrad, you will be disappointed. This is focusing on how their relationship ended more so than getting to see any of their time together.This is really dealing with loss and grief. It was emotional, but I was left a little disappointed. I did cry once, but I felt the emotional parts could have been done better.Belly is still annoying at times. I did not really buy into the romance between her and Jeremiah either.Overall, I did not love this as much as I thought I would. I still enjoyed it and plan to finish the series.
    • 4/5
      First posted on bellesbeautifulbooks.blogspot.comThe Short:I had tons of fun reading this book. I am loving the series, and cannot wait to get on to the next book. I am having fun exploring the characters and the beach setting is magnificent.The Long:Usually with second books in trilogies, it is weaker than the first book, but that was not at all the case with this book. It seemed to be on exactly the same level as the first book, and was a wonderful continuation. The characters were their same old self except that they were overcome with grief for losing someone (if you read the first book, you know exactly who died). They were all handling their grief in their way, and it may not have been the best way, but it seemed to work for them. The book was more focused on the family aspect which I really appreciate in young adult literature. The romance was put on the back burner, and did not really play a external part of the story. There was a lot of internal thoughts about their relationships, but it was not that central to the story.My main problem with the romance is that it is a love triangle, and I don't enjoy love triangles. Granted, this is a VERY well done love triangle, but it's not my cup of tea.There were snippets of past anecdotes that happened at the summer house. I really appreciated them because they made the characters seem more real, and like they are more than what was happening in the moment.The whole book takes place over about a week, and that worried me at first, but it was so well done that I couldn't complain. Everything was so fast moving, and wonderfully written that the book just worked well.In the first book, you only for Belly's point of view, but in this you got to see what Jeremiah was thinking during many scenes. His point of view was very well developed, and you could actually tell who way talking by the way that they described things. I have to give Jenny Han mad props because that is a very hard thing to do.
    • 3/5
      I wish I would have picked up these book years ago when I was young enough to really enjoy it. It's not a horrible book. I just have difficulty with the immaturity of the characters.
    • 3/5
      Like the first book, every chapter is a snippet of memories that weaves the whole story. Though in the first book, it was just Belly's perspective, while in here, Jeremiah & Conrad also partake in the story.

      Here, I would describe Belly as a brat. She has mood swings, tantrums, and being childish. But I guess because she is still one. She is a young lady that copes on hard situation that is new to her. Like Conrad who is brooding, and keeping his problems, feelings and thoughts to himself. Jeremiah, however, is too jolly and kind. He is your mr. sunshine that is always there for you especially when you need him.

      I know Conrad will be her partner but I like Jere. I feel bad for him. I think Jere is whom she needs & deserves, but Jere do not deserve her. On the other hand, I see Conrad as not showy of affection, that is why people misunderstand him--that is where Belly can somehow help him.

      a little
      I thought Laure will offer to buy the house. The story was too predictable and simple; it needed some spice when she just won by glares, words and cuss to their father (well for me).
    • 5/5
      I am so glad that I started this series. I wasn't sure what I would think about it when I started the first book. But, I loved The Summer I Turned Pretty so much, that I ordered the second (It's Not Summer Without You) and third (We'll Always Have Summer) books before I even finished the first one. When I was finally able to settle down enough to read and finish this one, I whizzed through it quickly. I read the last 100 pages or so in one night.

      This will probably one of my favorite series this year. And I am not a big contemporary (romance) fiction type of person. But the way Jenny Han writes, she makes it easy to get into the books and stay into them. For me personally though, the first couple of chapters get my attention, but a tad bit slow for me...Not a drag but just kind of meh....but once I get through the meh part, it breezes by kind of quickly. I am more willing to look into similar type of books on the contemporary romance genre. Hopefully that will help me branch out a little more in this genre.
    • 5/5
      This book was soooo amazing!! I love the whole series!!!!
    • 5/5
      I am so glad that I started this series. I wasn't sure what I would think about it when I started the first book. But, I loved The Summer I Turned Pretty so much, that I ordered the second (It's Not Summer Without You) and third (We'll Always Have Summer) books before I even finished the first one. When I was finally able to settle down enough to read and finish this one, I whizzed through it quickly. I read the last 100 pages or so in one night.

      This will probably one of my favorite series this year. And I am not a big contemporary (romance) fiction type of person. But the way Jenny Han writes, she makes it easy to get into the books and stay into them. For me personally though, the first couple of chapters get my attention, but a tad bit slow for me...Not a drag but just kind of meh....but once I get through the meh part, it breezes by kind of quickly. I am more willing to look into similar type of books on the contemporary romance genre. Hopefully that will help me branch out a little more in this genre.
    • 5/5
      Last summer we were introduced to Belly, her family and most importantly the Fisher's. While the last book was set in Cousins at the beach house this summer is much different. It's the first summer that Belly hasn't spent in Cousins and she doesn't quite know what to do with herself. Not being able to go the beach house is one thing but not being able to talk to Susannah is excruciating. But fate seems to be pulling her back to Cousins and perhaps back to her first love. Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Book Depository----------------------------------------Can I just say how upsetting the first two pages of this book were to me? It was like Jenny waived this perfect book in front of my face and then ripped it away before I could even enjoy it. I instantly missed Susannah, her wise words, her sage advice, her witty comments. It felt empty without her on the pages, like she was the glue that held together their perfect paradise and without her it all fell apart. I did enjoy the chapters from Jerimiah's point of view but I wished the parts including Susannah weren't told in flashbacks. I felt like we were robbed of her last days and merely got snippets of what happened. I mentioned in my review yesterday that Belly acted really immature and that didn't really change in this book, sadly I feel like she was even more immature than the previous book. I did still like this book but I'm hoping I like the next one a little more. Until next time, Ginger
    • 5/5
      It was a great book.
    • 4/5
      Belly was caught in a love triangle. Should she go for the guy she had been always chasing after or the guy that was always there for her when she needed him. For the most part of September, I read Its Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han. The story was about Belly, a sixteen year old girl who was caught up in the middle of two boys. Belly had loved Conrad all her life even though he never loved her back. Even though Belly never knew it, Jeremiah had always been there for her and now he had stronger feelings for her. When she finally get’s with Jeremiah, Conrad reveals that he too loves her even though he had denied it until now. In the end which Fisher brother will she chose? The one of her dreams or the one that had always been at her side.Overall, I really liked all aspects of the book. I really liked the plot of the story and for the most part, I liked how it was an easy read. The plot of the story was very well done. The author really kept me engaged and the book really kept me on the edge of my seat. Most books can’t hold my attention at all. The plot and characters were very well developed and revealed through the story. Jenny Han’s writing style really makes it easy to get into the book. The book was definitely an easy read but almost to easy that it was one of the reasons I didn’t like the book. it was easy to really enjoy and get into the book. But I also didn’t like how easy it was because I felt like I was kind of wasting my time when I could be reading a more challenging book. This book was definitely a cheesy teenage love story that is directed towards teenage girls. If you're looking for a nice easy read this is the book for you!
    • 4/5
      I almost didn’t read this book because I wasn’t a huge fan of “The Summer I Turned Pretty” but I am so glad that I read this one. I think the big difference is that the plot was noticeable in this one unlike the first book. And the plot was strong and had the ability to make a good book– which it did. When Conrad goes missing, Jeremiah calls Belly to try to find him. Once they find him, they have to figure out why he ran away.

      Being back at the beach house was different for them this time because not everyone was there. It felt empty, but they all loved the house and felt better being at the house. The first book revolved around the house as a setting or place but this book revolved around the house as a symbol. A symbol of what was there but now is gone and trying to keep it around. A symbol of people missing but trying to keep them around for as long as possible. This book made the house more important than just “the house we spent every summer in” because now it’s the house that “Susannah wants us to be in” and I can easily get behind that.

      In my review of Summer I Turned Pretty, I said “In the end, I hope she grows up throughout the series and learns that the world doesn’t revolve around her. I’ll end up reading the rest of the series because I started it so why not, but I just hope that she is more mature in the next book.” She truly did grow up and in this book I actually liked her. She wasn’t always talking about Conrad because she finally found out there are more important things.

      The one thing that just doesn’t seem believable to me is that both boys would have a crush on Belly. They both treat her like a little sister but then they both also like her? It just seems weird to me. Fortunately this book focuses more on her relationship with Jeremiah than her’s with Conrad. Conrad was not the focal point of this book, which is why I said the plot was more noticeable.

      It’s Not Summer Without You focuses more on Belly trying to find herself after losing Susannah than her trying to find Conrad. That’s not to say she didn’t have her bratty or annoying moments, but they were fewer and far between. She didn’t spend a whole chapter complaining about Taylor. She didn’t spend two whole chapters complaining about girls that Conrad was dating that weren’t her.

      Belly still has some growing up to do, but she’s a likable character and I’m excited to read the third book of the series.
    • 4/5
      This is the sequel of The Summer I Turned Pretty and the second book from the trilogy. You know what, I really like this book more than the first one, I don’t know why but in this book it feels like everything was done neatly, and it feels like it has much more story than the first book.Though at some points, I get irritated by Belly. She always thinks about herself and forgets that the whole world doesn’t revolve around her, and her ridiculous fantasy to Conrad (Just get over with it!) why can’t she notice that Jere is there for her.And speaking of Jere, he has a point of view on this one! So when I read his chapter I was like “Whaaa” “wha!” Okay. I just love reading his point of view, I love how he is this cheerful person outside but in reality he’s one of those broken persons out there. I really wish for more of his POV in the last book.And the love triangle in the first book became more intense here, but after reading this book, I know who I want Belly to end up with. I mean between the two brothers, I’m on Jere side because she treats Belly right not like Conrad who just keep on being a jerk.Let’s go to Susannah’s death, wow just wow. I thought she would survive her cancer but she didn’t. I surely miss her presence in the book, because she’s like Belly’s second mom and maybe a best friend. And that few lines in the first chapter really broke me, Jenny Han! How can you do that? Don’t ever do such thing again. *insert sad emoticon*There’s one more thing I’m annoyed about this book, it’s Taylor. Belly’s best friend. I don’t know if she’s a best friend or not because in the first book, Belly stated that she’s only a friend anymore, and now this. I’m so confused, and she really likes to talk and talk and talk of absurd things. To sum it all up, her sequel gotten more good and better, I am really hooked in this one! Looking forward to the last book!
    • 4/5
      Book review by Carlee S., posted by CA Library:"It’s not summer without you by Jenny Han is a very good book. It is realistic fiction. The main character, Belly, shows and expresses a lot of different emotions throughout the book. Her best friend is always there for her , which is great. I like this book a lot because it’s realistic fiction. It has real events that happen in real life that you can relate to. I enjoy realistic fiction books and if you do too, you would love this read. I would recommend this book to many people between the ages of 12 and up . It is very interesting and has many fun details. It also makes you want to keep reading and never stop. This book is an easy read, there are not many challenging words. Some parts are really sad so watch out. SPOILER ALERT! For example at Bellys friends funeral it’s very sad. Belly and her boyfriend are fighting plus the sadness about her friend. I would rate this book a 4.5 stars out of 5 because it’s so good."
    • 4/5
      This is the second book in the trilogy, which began with 'The Summer I Turned Pretty'. It is far superior than the first in terms of character and plot development. In this novel, it is clear that Jenny Han really hit her stride. In this instalment, Belly teams up with Jeremiah to find a missing Conrad and save the summer house from Mr Fisher. In between, Belly reminisces about Susannah's death and the aftermath- as well as her 'relationship' with Conrad. In between the in-betweens we are treated to Jeremiah's point of view- so it is definitely a multi-layerd story this time around.However, I wasn't too keen on Jeremiah's chapters, as they did not enlighten us in anyway. In fact, it stalled the flow every now and then. Also, I started to get annoyed with 'Belly' as I thought it was about time she stopped people calling her that! Isabel is one of my favourite names and whilst Belly might be cute for a toddler with a little paunch, Is is sufficient for a rising senior!Although, I did enjoy seeing Isabel mature a little. Her voice still sounded young and she still acted like a spoilt child on occasion (such as at Susannah's funeral) however this is how Jenny Han manages to wonderfully capture the push-and-pull of adolescence. Overall, a solid four stars for this sequel.
    • 5/5
      OMG I absolutely devoured this book, again I went through a range of emotions whilst reading this, sad and tearful about the loss of Susannah, frustration at Conrad, despite this the book is also full of love and laughter and I loved every second. Since the first book I always rooted for Conrad, but as this book included some chapters from Jeremiah, I just don't know anymore. Throughout the book you're always find yourself asking who will Belly finally pick? But again were left with an annoying cliffhanger at the end! I don't know how I'll be able to wait more than a year for the last book in the series!!!
    • 4/5
      Ever since she can remember, Belly has counted her life in summers, but this year may be her last year at the summer house. Susanne is sick again and Belly's relationships with Jeremiah and Conrad seem to be changing. I enjoyed the chapters where the boys told the story from their point of view. I also enjoyed seeing Belly mature.
    • 4/5
      Great sequel! I love the characters in these books! Jeremiah and his earnest, puppy dog happiness, but also his sensitivity and emotional vulnerability. Conrad with his strong and silent, angsty, complicated but deeply passionate feelings about everything. And Belly (still hate that name), confused and kind of lost and ready to be utterly in love with a Fisher boy, if they could all only make up their minds and stick to it. I personally have an incredibly hard time choosing between Conrad and Jeremiah. Like, a harder time choosing between them than I have ever had. They are both so different and attractive in their own ways I sometimes can't imagine how Belly picked Conrad over Jeremiah in the first place. But regardless of how the two boys handled the death of their mother--one with open devastation and the other with stony distance and withdrawal--my heart was broken for both of them. Completely. On a negative note, Belly did some things in this book that I'm not sure I agree with. Most notably, I did not approve of Belly confronting Conrad AT HIS MOTHER'S FUNERAL at all. So insensitive and selfish! On the one hand, I too would have been confused by Conrad's back and forth, and, for that matter, by feeling pulled towards both brothers at the same time. So I can understand Belly's seeming to bounce back and forth between the two of them, and her being flustered with Conrad's distancing himself from her. But still, the one thing that always seemed constant with Belly was her implicit understanding of how the two brothers operated and the deep empathy that she felt for them always, even when the hard things they were dealing with were less traumatizing than the death of their mother, and so in that way, her losing it at the funeral seemed an odd departure for her. On the flip side, though, Belly does have a tendency to be a little immature and selfish at times, and so I guess it seemed both out of character and a little bit typical for her to freak out at Conrad that way. Still, really bad choice, Bells! You can't yell at someone at their mother's funeral!! It was nice to see Belly interact more with Jeremiah. Sometimes Conrad's broodiness is too intense, and Jeremiah's exuberance is warm and welcome. The beach house was still fantastic and I'm glad that Laurel swooped in to save it. I can't even imagine these people not having the beach house! It would be like the Kennedy's not having the compound in Hyannis! And in the end, despite Conrad's best efforts to steal away with my heart forever, I can't say that I'm unhappy that Belly seemed to wind up with Jeremiah for the time being because I love both of the boys so much that I can't really pick one over the other! Although, Conrad really does break my heart with how deeply and strongly and quietly he feels things. I can't wait to read the next book to see where things end up with these characters!
    • 4/5
      It’s Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han picks up at Belly’s next summer. Since the events of last summer Belly has been on one wild emotional ride. She thinks she has her summer plans all figured out, but when you involve the Fisher boys nothing is set in stone. Since the death of Susannah nothing has been the same. Not her, her mother, not Jeremiah, and certainly not Conrad. Dealing with the grief from their loss has been difficult for Belly. Conrad keeps sending her mixed messages, her mother is distant, Jeremiah isn’t there, and Taylor just doesn’t understand. Planning for her first summer away from Cousins Beach doesn’t exactly have Belly jumping for joy, because that’s where she wants to be the most. Then out of the blue Jeremiah calls her with the news that Conrad is missing. It’s off to Cousins Beach once again. This summer will be the one to change Belly’s life forever.I just can’t get enough of this series. Jenny Han has me reading them over and over. Every time I read them it sends me on a girly, emotional, crying, and heartbreaking ride. I liked this this installment, it follows the flashback format of the previous book, but still stays unique by showing insights into Jeremiah’s point of view. I have to admit I found myself crying in this one too. At the end of this book I found myself heartbroken and hopeful all at the same time.
    • 3/5
      Second book in trilogy. Light but satisfying read. Y9+ girls
    • 4/5
      We follow up with Belly the next summer. And she's not going to Cousins beach anymore. I was really sad to find this out. I really didn't want to read about Belly's summer with her best friend, Taylor. But thankfully, Conrad has to be all moody and run away, creating a goose hunt to find him, which leads us to Cousins Beach. And we get the lovely struggle of Belly's decision between Conrad and Jeremiah. Well, actually. It's not really Belly's decision, it's all Conrad's decision.I have to say that Belly's mom, Laurel, is awesome and sometimes I can't stand how Belly treats her. It seems that Belly would much rather have Susannah as her mom. Which is really sad. It's obvious that Belly does not 'get' her mother.Conrad was his usual crabby, jerk-y self. I mean, really, what does Belly see in him? He's such a jerk to her. And then you have Jeremiah, who is as sweet as he can be, and is desperate for Belly to start looking at him instead of Conrad.I liked this story, though not as much as The Summer I Turned Pretty. The story focused more on Belly's relationship between Jeremiah and Conrad. There is more to the story, I just don't want to spoil anything. It was an easy read and the pages seemed to flip themselves. Just like The Summer I Turned Pretty, I was surprised to see that I read through 100 pages without even realizing.Overall I really enjoyed the story and was happy to see the way it went in the end.
    • 4/5
      I didn't like this book as well as the other two in the trilogy. It felt like it existed mainly to get from point A to point B. The romance with Jeremiah was not wholly believable.
    • 4/5
      I am just enjoying this series - easy YA read that makes a great beach read.
    • 4/5
      Bella's relationship with Conrad end badly, and two months after Susannah’s death, everyone is still broken. Jeremiah calls for help when Conrad goes missing, and the three of them end up back at the beach, but without the comfortable buffers of summer and family. I love that this series isn't just about a teen romance, but about families and deep, deep friendships. Susannah’s death has almost broken the bonds that hold together her sons, as well as Belly and Steve and their mother.Jeremiah's point of view is welcome, and almost all the characters become more knowable in this book. Conrad is still a big black hole of unknown, I have no idea what's going on in his head, but the little we see of him I do not like. Whiny, snotty boy. Steve, alas, is absent.
    • 5/5
      Conrad and Belly left things badly. Or should I say Belly did. At his mother's funeral, she found him with his head in another girl's lap, the girl who broke his heart, and Belly told him she hated him. Yes it was childish, but that's what love does sometimes, makes you act childish. She spends the next few months pining over Conrad but also mourning the loss of Susannah. She misses the attention she got from her, how she treated Belly and mostly she misses their summer at Cousins. It just doesn't feel like summer. Her best friend thinks she's carried on long enough, but she just doesn't understand. For sixteen years, almost seventeen she'd lived at Cousins trying to fit in with the boys and this year, there was no Cousins, no Susannah.But that all changes when Jeremiah calls and asks for her help in finding Conrad. He's gone missing at school and missed two classes and has some exams coming up on Monday. Jeremiah picks her up and she lies to her mom about where she'll be. They take off for Brown, where Conrad is attending school. His room mate is no help. A quick hello to the RA gives them the information they need when he tells them he said something about going to the beach. They find him at Cousins, his usual brooding, surly self. He gives them no reason why he's there and they can't talk him into going back.It's only when the boy's dad shows up that they understand why he's there. Belly still loves him, but he is still aloof and she takes no chances on being hurt again until she gets drunk on their last night there. Then she runs to the beach to swim and Conrad comes after her because she's too drunk to swim. She taunts him and he tells her he won't follow her in. She gets distracted and he picks her up and drops her on the beach. By this time she's crying and apologizes for the way she acted the day of the funeral. Conrad acts like it was nothing while Belly has carried the shame and guilt of it around for months. She runs crying from the beach and crawls up to her room where she drunk dials her mom. She spills her guts, then passes out with the phone off the hook.The next morning, when Belly's mom shows up, everyone is surprised and they relay the events of the past few days. She says she'll try to help. After she leaves, Belly and the Jeremiah have to help Conrad study for him exams. They study most of the night and then Jeremiah drives them to Brown while Conrad studies. Jeremiah has always been in love with Belly and knows he'd be good for her and during one of the times they are waiting for Conrad, they end up kissing. Conrad sees them and is jealous. Belly is confused all over again when he says he never loved her. It's and up and down ride and there will be another book coming out in May next year. Personally, I'd like to see Jeremiah punch Conrad in the face and Jeremiah and Belly live happily ever after, as much as you can. Conrad is really detestable. He strings her along, keeping her on the hook just enough to keep hope alive. But Belly is the most frustrating. She lets him treat her like dirt. He leaves her at the prom, to walk home. He didn't even bring her a corsage. He acted like he didn't want to be there the whole time. He doesn't call her. Then at the funeral when she wants to be with him, he's with his ex-girlfriend. But he still makes these flirty comments to her. So she lets him keep her hoping when even if he does love her, he's never going to be there for her and she's never going to be able to count on him.That was the frustrating part of this book. For two books now, she's been mooning over Conrad and though between book one and two he called her almost nightly, she didn't know if they were boyfriend and girlfriend. Then there's Jeremiah who told her he liked her and who she can talk to and be with and laugh with. Hello, wake up Belly! First change your choice in boys and then change your nickname, you're not a toddler anymore.I still loved this book and can't believe I have to wait this long to read what I hope will be the last in the series. I only want it to be the last because I don't like waiting for sequels. I love the characters and they had the appropriate feelings as to the loss of Susannah in this book. Each character handled their grief differently, but they were all grieving. The visit to Cousins helped to heal that wound a little. If you liked the first novel, you'll love this second one and hate that you have to wait for the third one! Again, this is PG for underage drinking and a possible swear word or two.
    • 5/5
      The second book about Belly, following The Summer I Turned Pretty, picks up a year after she finally got Conrad to notice her the way she wanted him to, but everything is not so great. Susannah died two months before the summer, Conrad sort-of broke up with her before that at her prom, and Belly hasn't moved on from any of it, despite her friend Taylor's attempts. And when Jeremiah calls to say that Conrad took off from summer school without a word to anyone and asks her to help him look for his brother, Belly finds herself back at Cousins Beach again. Here, at the beach house, maybe things can turn out right.I like the second book a lot better than the first, and I really liked the first book! I think this one has more to the plot, and the characters get more fully fleshed out. The technique of going back and forth in time is still here, and it's executed more skillfully in It's Not Summer Without You, also including some chapters from Jeremiah's point of view. It's great how seamlessly it all fits together and every bit adds to the complexity of the story.Now here's a part that I like that's hard to explain why without giving away the ending, but I'll try. Throughout the first book and most of the second book, I felt like Belly had no reason to love Conrad. I never got a full picture of his character, though it didn't bother me because the focus was on Belly's feelings, not on the person she had those feelings for. By the middle of the second book, though, I started getting annoyed at Belly for not getting over him. He did seem to be a bit of a jerk at that point. But the ending of the book clears all of that up and ends it just the way I was hoping for!
    • 4/5
      Belly is back after The Summer I Turned Pretty. Things have really changed. She misses her time in Cousins (the place she's spent every summer) after Suzannah has died from Cancer. Conrad has gone missing and Jeremiah has called her up to help find him. This is one you just want to sit and read in one sitting. But what's up with the cryptic epilogue? Ahh, summer time.
    • 4/5
      I still liked this book very much it was just that it still had the same gist to it. I know that it is the same book duo but there really wasn't anything new in it.
    • 4/5
      This book was a really great sequel to The Summer I Turned Pretty, and I devoured it just like I did the first one – in one big gulp. This book takes place the summer after the first, and Susannah – the boys’ mother- has just died. Isabel has spent most of the last year in as much of a relationship with Conrad as he will allow, but after his mother’s death he has totally shut down. Then he disappears from school, and his brother Jeremiah and Belly go to find him. This is a painful follow-up because it is not all romance and roses – it is the pain of not understanding someone and not being able to ask for the real truth. And Belly is also seeing her only friendship in counterpoint to her mother and her best friend, and realizing that her own friendship isn’t so great. Even though it is full of the pain of losing someone, and growing up, the book is still sweet and loving. And it ends with a look towards the next book – something Han did in the last book, and incorporated into this one. Really good.
    • 4/5
      This is Jenny Han?s second book in the summer series and I think I enjoyed this one even more than the first! This review will have spoilers from the first book so don?t read on if you haven?t read it yet, you?ve been warned!This summer will be very different for Belly, Jeremiah and Conrad instead of going to the summer house in Cousins they?ll be spending their first summers at home without each other each separately morning the loss of the boys mother Susannah. Belly?s best friend Taylor try?s to keep Belly?s mind occupied with parties and new boys but all Belly wants is the beach house and her summer family although she knows having lost Susannah the link that held them all together chances are she?ll never go to Cousins again. But then Jeremiah calls Belly. Conrad?s gone missing and there?s only one place he could be. Looks like the three of them will be going to Cousins this summer after all and find that they have to open up to each other about their grief in order to help each other.This was a gorgeous summer read that dealt with the grief side of this book very well. It was serious and emotional at times and then funny and light in others. A perfect book to read on a hot summer?s day. I hope there are more books to come in this series especially because things end on a bit of a cliff-hanger at the end of this one. 4 stars.