Belly thought her romance with Conrad was picture-perfect: She was all grown up and dating the boy of her dreams. But things with Conrad were never exactly as she had dreamed (obsessed) about. He keeps getting more distant and distracted, and Belly wishes she could walk away. But when Jeremiah calls her to tell her Conrad has seemingly gone missing, it takes her only seconds to start packing her things. Belly embarks on a journey to find him...no matter how much what she discovers will hurt her.

Belly spends every summer at the beach house owned by her mom’s best friend, Susannah. While all the usual occupants—Belly’s brother, her mom, Susannah, and Susannah’s sons, Jeremiah and Conrad—are present, this year things are different. A note of finality hangs in the air, as Conrad will start college in the fall. He’s always been closed off, but now he’s taken up drinking and smoking, and gets moody whenever other boys pay attention to Belly. In addition to Conrad, there’s Cam, Belly’s summer fling, and Jeremiah also seems to have a crush on her. Who will she end up with? Some chapters return to summers past, revealing Susannah’s cancer and Belly’s first kiss with one brother, Jeremiah, and her unwavering love for the other, Conrad. Han plants enough seeds throughout the book for readers to ascertain what’s really going on with Susannah, while keeping Belly—who is appropriately self-centered, alternating between typical teenage vanity and vulnerable insecurity—clueless. This is a quick, satisfying read, with a poignant conclusion good for budding romance fans.

Lara Jean has never openly admitted her crushes. Instead, she wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh. As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all.

Lara Jean keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. One for every boy she's ever loved. The letters are for her eyes only. Until the day they are mailed, and suddenly Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control.