"The Summer I Turned Pretty" season two officially wrapped up in August. The show, based on the Jenny Han series of YA novels, premiered its first season in June 2022, and hopeless romantics could not get enough of the dramatic teen romance and love triangle that the main character, Isabel (Belly), experienced. Now, season two uses the events of Han's second novel, "It's Not Summer Without You," for the plot.
Read ahead for book spoilers to get an idea of where Belly's story went and how it differed from the show.
"It's Not Summer Without You" Summary
The novel begins one year after "The Summer I Turned Pretty" ends, with Belly having a daydream about being back at Cousins Beach with the Fishers. To her dismay, she comes to and realizes she is actually in her hometown with friends from school. We learn right away that Belly and Conrad are not together,...
Read ahead for book spoilers to get an idea of where Belly's story went and how it differed from the show.
"It's Not Summer Without You" Summary
The novel begins one year after "The Summer I Turned Pretty" ends, with Belly having a daydream about being back at Cousins Beach with the Fishers. To her dismay, she comes to and realizes she is actually in her hometown with friends from school. We learn right away that Belly and Conrad are not together,...
- 10/6/2023
- by Mary Everett
- Popsugar.com
Sean Kaufman (Manifest), newcomer Minnie Mills and Alfredo Narciso (The Dark Tower) are set as series regulars in Amazon’s YA drama The Summer I Turned Pretty. Additionally, Summer Madison (Teenage Bounty Hunters), David Iacono (The Flight Attendant), Rain Spencer (Good Girl Jane) and Tom Everett Scott (La La Land) will recur in the television adaptation of Jenny Han’s novel.
The multigenerational drama hinges on a love triangle between one girl and two brothers, the ever-evolving relationship between mothers and their children, and the enduring power of strong female friendship. It is a coming-of-age story about first love, first heartbreak and the magic of that one perfect summer.
Kaufman, Mills and Narcisso join previously announced series regulars newcomer Lola Tung as the lead character Belly, Rachel Blanchard as Laurel’s best friend Susannah, Christopher Briney as Belly’s first love Conrad, Gavin Casalegno as the popular Jeremiah and Jackie Chung...
The multigenerational drama hinges on a love triangle between one girl and two brothers, the ever-evolving relationship between mothers and their children, and the enduring power of strong female friendship. It is a coming-of-age story about first love, first heartbreak and the magic of that one perfect summer.
Kaufman, Mills and Narcisso join previously announced series regulars newcomer Lola Tung as the lead character Belly, Rachel Blanchard as Laurel’s best friend Susannah, Christopher Briney as Belly’s first love Conrad, Gavin Casalegno as the popular Jeremiah and Jackie Chung...
- 7/26/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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