Romance Read #3: Happily Ever After Or Not?

Let's look at the last book in my romance recommendation list. I really did love this series!

3. Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han – Scholastic Children’s Book (An Imprint of Scholastic Ltd.)

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If you’ve watched To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before or read the book, you might be aware that this is the third and final book of the series.

Well, if you’re planning to wait for the sequel Netflix is currently working on, or if you haven’t yet read the first or second book, you might skip this one and go read those first!

*SPOILER ALERT*

Lara Jean Covey is in the happiest phase of her life yet. Her relationship with Peter (the guy we’ve all secretly fallen in love with!) is as great as she ever imagined it to be, if not more! Her sisters, too, adore him and Peter feels like part of their family already…somewhat like Josh used to feel, before.

And then there is Ms. Rothschild, their divorced neighbour right across the street, who is soon going to be the Song sisters’ step-mother. It’s an opportunity for a grand celebration, especially with Margot back home for preparations for the “perfect wedding”! But is the “perfect” in the “perfect wedding” same for all three girls and their father?

One thing continues to irk Lara Jean, though—college! And the decisions she knows are coming with it. Peter has already got admission into the University of Virginia thanks to his lacrosse talents and an early application. If only Lara Jean could get in—which she no doubt would, given her impressive grades, as everyone assures her—then her mother’s words, “Don’t be the girl who goes to college with a boyfriend” would not affect her, because they would be in the same college. 0% Heartbreak guaranteed!

But when Lara Jeans’s name doesn’t come up in the UVA list, she has to rethink her choices. Will a distance as little as two or three hours between their future colleges be enough to break their perfect relationship apart? Desperate not to end her first relationship like her elder sister Margot, Lara Jean comes dangerously close to doing just that.

A feel-good romance with a good amount of emotions and humour, the final book in the series is definitely not to be missed.

My comments:

Lara Jean and Peter have become the ideal couple for many girls since the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before movie on Netflix. So, obviously, the book was as much fun as it was emotional. The scenes with Kitty, the youngest sister, are especially amusing and entertaining!

It’s sad to bid the happy Covey family good-bye in the last book, but the journey was totally worth it, that’s for sure!

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