Han, Jenny.
We’ll Always Have Summer.
Simon and Schuster, 2012.
$9.99 291 pages. Content: Language: R (swears: 44; “F”: 5;
God: 14); Sexual Content: PG; Violence: G.
In this final book in a trilogy, the main character
Belly is finally at college with her best friend/ boyfriend Jeremiah. She is completing her freshman year and
finds out at the end of year party that Jeremiah cheated on her over spring
break. When she deals with the
heartache and realizes that she can’t live without her best friend, Jeremiah is
so grateful to have her back that he proposes. Jeremiah and Belly plan a wedding set at their favorite
summer place in Cousins. Their
marriage plans are met with opposition by both of their parents because of
their young age, but more so by Jeremiah’s brother Conrad, Belly’s first love
and first boyfriend. As Conrad
helps Belly plan the wedding, he decides that he needs to honestly tell her how
he feels about her before she gets married. With their honest discussion, they bring up past feelings,
but Belly declares her love for Jeremiah.
Jeremiah has always only ever wanted Belly to himself, but Belly tells
Jeremiah that a part of her will always love Conrad. At the end of the book, Belly has more growing to do before
she can decide who she wants to marry.
In a satisfying ending, Belly grows up to be able to make a mature
decision about love. Great
characters and emotional situations that feel real. The whole series is hard to put down.
HS-ADVISABLE. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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