Flux Reviews: It's Not Summer WIthout You by Jenny Han
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Author: Jenny Han
Publication Date: April 5 2011
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Format: Trade Paperback
Price: ₱349 (Philippines) - $8.80 (Amazon)
Plot Synopsis:
Can summer be truly summer without Cousins Beach?
It used to be that Belly counted the days until summer, until she was back at Cousins Beach with Conrad and Jeremiah. But not this year. Not after Susannah got sick again and Conrad stopped caring. Everything that was right and good has fallen apart, leaving Belly wishing summer would never come.
But when Jeremiah calls saying Conrad has disappeared, Belly knows what she must do to make things right again. And it can only happen back at the beach house, the three of them together, the way things used to be. If this summer really and truly is the last summer, it should end the way it started--at Cousins Beach.
The Review
Is it really summer without the beach? Or the boys?
This is the first summer in Belly and her family's lives where they won't be going to Cousin's Beach for summer. Which is crazy! I know, but you'll find out later rather than sooner.
Well, Belly's still a tad bit naggy and whiny as always and Conrad's still as distant and somewhat a dick as ever. I mean, I sometimes feel that he doesn't give too much effort for their relationships. I sometimes don't understand him, him and his personality.
All throughout the book I can't quite figure out his overall mood/personality, one minute he's a romantic Casanova, and then the next he's a shy recluse.
What does Belly see in him? Jeremiah and Belly? Perfect!
But you'll know why he ran away from their house and school by the latter half of the book. He didn't do it to surf. He didn't do it for the sake of running away. He (Data Expunged). (Sorry for that! But that could've spoiled everything)
Unlike the previous book, this book featured two perspectives; Belly's point of view, and Jeremiah's short but awesome POV which shows us more of his personality and his relationship with his brother Conrad and Belly. But I really hope that in We'll always have Summer'll feature Conrad's perspective to let us know how he actually feels. (Sorry for that long rant earlier!)
The romance in this book really showed from the love triangle to what the boys really felt for Belly. It was better than the first book's and we see some development which I was really happy about.
We saw a lot more and a better look at Conrad and Jeremiah's father and Belly's mother Lauren, we also seer grudging relationship and Lauren's complete badass-ery in one part of the book.
Really, this book was a very interesting yet light read. Quick-paced and read-in-one-sitting-'cuz-it's-so-damn-good good. Something you'd enjoy read while lounging about while you and your friends do nothing or even as you wait for your turn in a dance rehearsal.
It wasn't like how it was with Conrad and Aubrey. He'd loved her. once upon a time, he'd been crazy about her. He had never been that way with me. Never. But I had loved him. I loved him longer and truer than I had anyone in my whole life and I would probably never love anyone that way again. Which, to be honest, was almost a relief.
My Rating:
4 1/2 out of 5 Fallen stars
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