P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
Series: To All the Boys I've Loved Before #2
Also in this series: To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Always and Forever, Lara Jean
Published by Simon & Schuster, Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers on May 26, 2015
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult
Point of View:First Person
Pages: 337
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased
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Lara Jean didn’t expect to really fall for Peter. She and Peter were just pretending. Except suddenly they weren’t. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever. When another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean’s feelings for him return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once?
In this charming and heartfelt sequel to the New York Times bestseller To All the Boys I've Loved Before, we see first love through the eyes of the unforgettable Lara Jean. Love is never easy, but maybe that’s part of what makes it so amazing.
P.S. I Still Love You is the second book in Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before series and it really keeps the party going. I started this book immediately after my re-read of the first book for my buddy review with Ames. I couldn’t help myself. I wasn’t ready to say goodbye to these characters yet. Mostly, I wasn’t ready to let go of Peter Kavinsky and Kitty Song Covey. Lara Jean really grows on me in this book and I just love the way that she’s growing up.
In this book, Lara Jean and Peter become a real couple and things are looking up for them. Lara Jean is just as into Peter as Peter is into her. When a video of Peter and Lara Jean making out surfaces online, Lara Jean is thrown into the spotlight, a spotlight she never wanted and wasn’t prepared for. Lara Jean was used to spending her nights in, baking whatever caught her fancy and taking care of her Dad and little sister while her older sister was away at college. She loved to read and lose herself in books but then Peter came along and brought her out of her bubble and seeing her try to navigate this new normal with Peter made for a sweet read.
There is much to like about this book. I adored Peter’s efforts to try to protect Lara Jean from the video stuff. I adored seeing him build his own bond with Lara Jean’s younger sister Kitty and I really, really just adored him. His birthday gift for Kitty was the cutest thing ever! His declaration to Lara Jean at the end? Gah, so cute!
There’s a lot going on in this book. There’s Peter’s continued friendship with that little shit Genevieve and then there’s Lara Jean’s budding friendship with John Ambrose McClaren. Her intern job at Bellevue Retirement Home and her friendship with Stormy. There’s also the video and then Lara Jean getting the middle school gang back together again and their game that Lara Jean is determined to win. This wasn’t the easiest book to read but the ending was a lot better than the first book’s ending and we got to finally read the letter that Lara Jean started to Peter in the first book. That was an awesome letter. Lara Jean is a really gifted letter writer. I love her inquisitive personality.
Peter Kavinsky is my book boyfriend of the week. I adored him in To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and even though there were plenty of times that I wanted to junk punch him in this book, in the end, his love for Lara Jean was too sweet and I just loved him to pieces.
“I say, “In the contract we said we wouldn’t break each other’s hearts. What if we do it again?”
Fiercely he says, “What if we do? If we’re so guarded, it’s not going to be anything. Let’s do it fucking for real, Lara Jean. Let’s go all in. No more contract. No more safety net. You can break my heart. Do whatever you want with it.”
This was such a sweet scene because it was the night that Lara Jean and Peter became real and gah, first love in all of its glory was written in the pages of this book and I was here for it all.
I’ve mentioned this quite a few times since I’m super excited about this but the movie adaptation of this book comes out next month on Netflix. I have been a huge fan of the Netflix original tv shows and movies that I have watched before so I’m hopeful that this movie will be fantastic.
Here’s the boy that is playing Peter Kavinsky. He is such a great Peter and Brenna is a huge fan of his on Fosters so I’m hopeful that he’ll bring Peter to life wonderfully.
This book packed a huge punch and had me all in my feels through it all. John Ambrose was a great addition to this story and even though I loved him, my heart was truly and completely Peter’s. I really like how different Peter and Lara Jean are and I really like that that works for them. Peter’s personality is so in your face and Lara Jean is more reserved but together, together they were magic and I loved them. What a great book, I thoroughly recommend.
Final Grade
4.75 out of 5
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