To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)

by Jenny Han

[Berls]

What kind of ending was that?! OMG you can't end a romance that way! I'm just going to come right out and warn you - you don't get your HEA.... I assume it's coming in future books.

Ok now that I got that out of the way, I was wishy-washy about this book. If it weren't a book club read I might have put it down at about the 20% mark. But it wasn't bad - I just wasn't gripped - so I continued. And I am glad I did. The characters are sweet and endearing. Watching them learn lessons about growing up and facing responsibility was wholesome.

There's this one "mystery" element that I was pretty certain of from the get-go and kinda forgot about... but when it was revealed I was right. In fact, it was very predictable - I knew what was coming at pretty much every turn. Again, not because it was bad, but because it felt like a combination of stories I know really well. I felt a little bit of Little Women in it, for example.

I feel like it seems like I didn't like the book - but truth is it was okay. I enjoyed the culture references and the family element - 3 sisters whose mom passed away - was really strong. If it had ended with my HEA I probably would stop with this book. Now... IDK I might read the next one to see how it plays out.

I did listen to this and the narration by Laura Knight Keating was good. I could have sworn I've listened to her before, but I'm not seeing a match, so maybe not. She did good with the voices and listening at 2x felt perfect.