It's Not Summer Without You

It's Not Summer Without You, the second book in Jenny Han's Summer I Turned Pretty series, picks up with Isabel "Belly" Conklin facing a more complicated emotional landscape than ever before. After the events of the previous summer, Belly is reeling from her breakup with Conrad Fisher, the boy she’s always loved, and the shifting dynamics with Conrad and Jeremiah, his younger, more easygoing brother.

Belly returns to the beach house for the summer, but this time, everything feels different. Susannah, the matriarch of the family, is battling cancer, and the once-carefree summers at the beach house now feel more tense and fragile. As Belly tries to process her feelings for both Conrad and Jeremiah, she’s also grappling with the sadness of Susannah’s illness and the tension between her and the Fisher brothers.

Throughout the summer, Belly is forced to confront her own feelings about love, loss, and growing up. The relationships she has with Conrad and Jeremiah become even more complicated, as both brothers are struggling with their own emotions and family issues. Belly must make difficult choices about who she is and what she wants, while learning that not all summers—and not all relationships—can stay the same forever.

It's Not Summer Without You delves deeper into themes of love, grief, and change, as Belly faces the reality of growing up and the bittersweetness of the passage of time.