The YA blitz continues on with the fourth book in my required reading. This one falls under the theme of social media in teen romance, though social media plays a very limited role in this book. The focus is less on any form of social media interaction, but old school letters and notes, which essentially serve the same purpose. Social media is just modern form of communicating through the written word, but with photographs. Either way, it was a fun read.
(S&S, 2014)
There are moments when every teenager feels his or her life has been completely undone by an embarrassment that is totally unrecoverable in scope. For Lara Jean, this happens when several old love letters she wrote to boys she's had crushes on are mysteriously mailed to them.
The very concept is brilliant, one that anyone could relate to. We all keep our crushes secret, and even if we are long over them, having them revealed can be mortifying...especially if one of them happens to be a close friend, who is also your sister's boyfriend, and who you happen to still be in love with.
A twist of fate provides Lara Jean with a way to save face when dreamy Peter offers to pretend to be her boyfriend, in a relationship of mutual benefit. What was supposed to be a charade, leads to unexpected consequences and self-discovery in this page-turning read.
The strength of this book is the dialogue. Jenny Han has a great ear for writing dialogue that feels very real and be both touching and hilarious.
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