Always and Forever, Lara Jean Review

    It's officially Lara Jean's senior year and that comes with a lot of fun events: the senior class trip, prom, post-graduation Beach Week, and her dad's wedding. After these things, she will be going to her dream college with Peter where she will be close enough to home to visit on the weekends. Well, Lara Jean's life gets thrown off course when she gets an unfortunate piece of news. Now she must figure out a new life plan, but her heart and her head are saying polar opposite things.

    Keep in mind that everyone has their own opinion. This review is only my opinion, and you may have your own, different one. I would take into consideration what I say, but do not make a decision about the book solely based off of this review. Let's begin:

    This will be a fairly short review as I do not have much to say. Everything from my past two reviews still stands with the exception of one criticism that I did not have previously.

    Sadly, I did not like this last installment in the trilogy as much. It almost felt as if the author did not put as much into it as she did the first two. I also feel like it strayed a little too much from its origins. I know that things are supposed to grow. It would be boring and repetitive if not. However, I felt as if Peter and Lara Jean's relationship was present the first half of the book, but that it was sidelined. The second half redeemed itself a bit in this, but I just wasn't as into it as I was before. In my opinion, this book was not bad, but I believe it was unnecessary (I think the author was not planning on it, brought it back by popular demand, and did not know what to do with it as much) and I liked the way the books would have gone better if it was just a duology. 

    I still stand by the characters being the best part of the books and their realism. The only character I had issues with was Peter's mom and not because of how she was written. She was written fine with the exception that readers did not get to know her much. I just wish that she stopped talking before actually starting at certain points in the book, and if you read it, you will see what I mean (but no more to avoid spoilers). 

    One last time, this is a quick, easy read where the simplicity adds to the charm. The cover is so beautiful and suiting for the book and its contemporary vibe. The bonus material at the end is fun and greatly appreciated even though the first book still takes the cake (or should I say cookies?) for best bonus material.

    I would still recommend reading this book, though in my opinion it was a bit disappointing compared to the first two. Even still, I did enjoy myself while reading.

Rating: 3/5 stars

Author: Jenny Han

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

# of Pages: 325

Genre: YA, Romance, Contemporary

Series: To All the Boys I've Loved Before Trilogy (Book 3)