LOVED. THE. ENDING! IT. WAS. PERFECT!

This book is amazing. The entire series has been enjoyable, and I loved every part of the story, even though I was annoyed by characters like Josh, Peter, and Genevieve. In this book, I didn't approve of how Margot was treating Trina Rothschild, but I do understand where she was coming from. Losing a mother and seeing your father with another woman is hard. It feels like the woman who raised you and loved you is being replaced.

I also like how Lara Jean is navigating her way through young adult life and is learning how to make difficult decisions. Going to college is hard, and going to a college away from home is even harder, especially for a young shy girl like Lara Jean who has a boyfriend.

Lara Jean has to make some difficult choices, and she does end up changing a little bit throughout the book. I love how Jenny added a third book to this series to give the story a flourishing finish. Margot has an awesome new boyfriend, Kitty is still such an adorably amazing badass, Mr. Covey is still a quiet and awkward father who has some very wholesome moments with his kids, and Lara Jean is trying to learn how to balance school life, preparing for college, going to college, and keeping up her relationship. Margot is learning how to adjust to her father's love life and accept that he has moved on and wants to be with Ms. Rothschild, despite having a deep attachment to her dead mother and not wanting any woman to take her place.

The ending was amazing and summed up the entire series. Beautiful. Five stars for the entire series!

P.S. Happy Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month! ( )

Rating for the trilogy of books as whole. Satisfying teen romance/angst with some other stuff thrown in around the family too.

Cute & wholesome. ( )

Lara Jean is so adorable, I didn't love the which college storyline since it was so typical but it did fit well and the ending wasn't as disappointing as I thought it was going to be given it. ( )

Lara Jean is very sweet, almost cloyingly so, but in an age of edgy teens it's nice to read a soft main character. A conclusion to her high school adventures, in this third installment Lara Jean ponders what it will mean for her relationship as she and Peter go off to college. I am not Lara Jean, so I'm perplexed as to why she didn't think as much about what she was going to school for versus the closeness to home & Peter, but we're different people.

When I went to college, there were a lot of people on my freshman dorm floor who were very homesick, even though it was close enough to do a weekend drive home to do laundry and see their parents. I, on the other hand, was 3,000 miles from home and was thrilled with the adventure. Lara Jean helps me get into the head of those that do have close home ties (the furthest she applies to is UNC, ~3.5 hours away which is easily still a weekend trip, if not a day trip). I've done long distance relationships at that length and while it's not fun, it's doable so I couldn't help but roll my eyes a little bit at Peter and Lara Jean's concerns (but also, very valid! College is a new time to possibly meet new people, and some people stick together but most of us don't!)

These books are relatable escapism. Worries about getting into schools, finding the perfect prom dress, wondering if your relationship will last going to college (and possibly different ones at that) are #relatableAF (is that something the kids say these days? I'm 30. I'm not the target demographic by any stretch). Lara Jean calling vendors on behalf of her dad and his fiance for their wedding as she 'stress relieves'? A little less believable, though she definitely has $$$ because he's a doctor. Do I want to fantasize about being able to bake all the time and worry about whether or not my Cute Boyfriend will get a lot of girls' numbers as a university athlete? Not really, but I can see the appeal.

I've seen the first Netflix movie but haven't gotten to the second, and am curious if they're going to change the schools given the books are in Charlottesville, VA but the movie is Portland, OR. I guess the UVA equivalent would be PSU, with William and Mary being University of Oregon and UNC to University of Washington? ( )

I am so happy I finally got around to reading the final book in this series. It was such a prefect conclusion to the the whole series. I really loved how this book balanced both lara jean and peter realtionship in high school but also other end of the high school pressures like choosing college and friendships. It was a book that i would describe as a warm hug and just put a smile on my face. I really loved all the side elements in the read. So happy to see the end of this story. ( )