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The To All the Boys I've Loved Before Collection
1240 pages
A warm, sugar-dusted embrace of a story about stepping out of daydreams and into the messy, beautiful reality of first love.
What it feels like
Reading this collection feels like wrapping yourself in a favorite vintage sweater while the smell of freshly baked snickerdoodles fills the kitchen. It is a deeply comforting, sun-warmed experience that balances the swoon-worthy highs of teenage romance with the grounded, tender reality of sisterhood and family life. The narrative voice is incredibly intimate and earnest, inviting you straight into the protagonist's messy, daydream-filled bedroom. It moves at a brisk, delightful pace, propelled not by high-stakes danger, but by the terrifying, exhilarating emotional risks of growing up and letting people in. Perfect for readers who crave a sweet, low-angst escape, this is a story that celebrates the beauty of being vulnerable and the messy joy of trading perfect fantasies for real, imperfect love.
- Mood
- cozy
- romantic
- sun-warmed
- comforting
- Tone
- earnest
- sweet
- nostalgic
- wry
- tender
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- first love · sisterhood and family bonds · fear of vulnerability · coming of age · fantasy versus reality
- The writing
- Intimate, conversational, and highly sensory, lingering lovingly on details of baking, fashion, and cozy domesticity.
- The arc
- Moves from the safety of imaginary, idealized crushes to the terrifying, exhilarating vulnerability of real connection.
- Who it's for
- Anyone who loves a sweet, character-driven romance wrapped in strong family dynamics and the comforting aesthetics of a teenage daydream.
Content notes
- grief (past loss of a parent)
- mild cyberbullying
About the book
What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them...all at once?
Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren’t love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she’s written. One for every boy she’s ever loved—five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly, Lara Jean’s love life goes from imaginary to out of control.
This enchanting collection includes hardcover editions of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before; P.S. I Still Love You; and Always and Forever, Lara Jean.
Description from Open Library.
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