Review: To All the Boys I've Loved Before

 

 

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What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them…all at once? 

Sixteen-year-old Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren’t love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she’s written. One for every boy she’s ever loved—five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly, Lara Jean’s love life goes from imaginary to out of control.

Genre: young adult

Publication date: April 2014

Mature content: no

Review: To All the Boys I've Loved Before is an older book, and one that'd been standing in my reading list for a long time now. I kept postponing picking it up because I was afraid it was too much of a teenage romance story for my taste. But once I finally started reading, I just couldn't put it down. Maybe it's because it brought memories from my (long ago) teen years, or because my kids are now teenagers, or maybe because the book is just that good.

Although sometimes I wished Lara Jean would just make up her mind, I think the story portrays very well the last teenage years before adulthood, when you have your all life ahead of you, and yet every little problem is often amplified to a life or death situation. 

 

 

 

In any case, I loved Lara Jean's adventures following the unduly release of her private love letters and all the issues that ensued. If you love young adult books or just want a very nice way to pass the time with a good book, this one may be for you. 

 

To All the Boys I've Loved Before is book one in a series of three, and I loved the story so much I read them all in a row, so stay tuned for the reviews of the other two coming soon.

Happy readings!

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