Choice Book Report 2

I read the book It’s Not Summer Without You, by: Jenny Han. This book is about a girl named Belly. Belly’s mothers friend named Susannah owns a summer house on a beach. Susannah also is like a second mother to Belly. Sadly, Susannah has been suffering from cancer for years, and dies from it. Susannah left behind two sons, Jeremiah and Conrad. Jeremiah mourned like any teenager would. Crying, spending hours in his room at a time. But Conrad went missing. Conrad’s school called his father saying he hasn’t been at any of his classes in days. Jeremiah wanted to go find Conrad, but he didn’t know where to start. Then he knew what to do. Since Conrad and belly use to date he would go pick her up and have her help find Conrad. There was only one problem, the last time Jeremiah saw Belly she broke his heart by choosing Conrad over himself. And last time Belly and Conrad talked to each other she told him that she hated him, at his mother’s funeral. Jeremiah decided to ignore the awkward situation and call Belly up. He was going to pick her up in a day.
On Belly’s side of the story, she was still in love with Conrad. She was really excited when Jeremiah called, because her life took a turn for the worse when Susannah died. Her mother lost her best friend s, so she spent most of her time in her office. She was trying to keep busy so she didn’t think about Susannah. When Jeremiah came to pick her up they both knew where they were heading. To the beach house. When they arrived, they saw Conrad’s car there, just as planned. What they didn’t know was that Conrad wasn’t there because he was upset about the death of his mother, he was there to save the beach house. In Susannah’s will she left the house to her husband and he wanted to sell it. But as long as Conrad was in the house they couldn’t tear the building down. Belly called her mother to come down to Cousin’s so her mother could convince their father not to, and she did. With all that drama out of the way, Conrad has three exams on one day at his college. He hasn’t been to class in weeks so he had to study for a whole day, with Jeremiah and Belly’s support. But when Conrad was taking his final exam, Belly and Jeremiah shared there feelings for each other. But what they didn’t know was that Conrad was watching. Feeling betrayed, Conrad ran away…again. It didn’t take Belly and Jeremiah long to find Conrad again. Belly didn’t want to break anybody’s heart, so she swore off both of them until she got her feelings sorted out.
In the epilog, it says Belly got married. To who? Is doesn’t say.

I would defiantly recommend this book! I knew I would like this book because this was the second book. The first book was my favorite book for a very long time. I would recommend reading the first book before you read this one. With out reading the first book ( The Summer I Turned Pretty) the second book wouldn’t make much sense. The first book is has the whole entire backbone of the second book. It has all the characters stories, but the second book only adds on to the character’s stories. The second book sucked me right in. I read it in one day. I didn’t even eat or anything, I just read this book. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves romance books. Or if you like little mysteries. Even though this book is mostly romance, this book has a little bit of mystery. It has romance in it because Belly is caught in a love triangle. Both Conrad and Jeremiah love her. Belly loves Conrad but doesn’t love Jeremiah in the way that he loves her. It has mystery because you have to keep reading to figure out where Conrad runs off to. You also have to read the book to find out who Belly ends up choosing to be with. This book also has suspense and some intense parts because there is a lot of tension between the boys and their father. Since he is trying to sell the only thing the boys have left of their mother. There is also drama between Belly and her mother because Belly’s mother was very sad over Susannah’s death. She stopped eating regularly. Belly feels neglected and wants to tell her mother about it, but doesn’t. So when Jeremiah comes to pick Belly up to come find Jeremiah, Belly didn’t tell her mother she was going. So that’s why I think this book is full of romance, mystery, suspense, drama, and some intense parts.