Susannah dies from cancer between the first two books. Before her passing, her relationship with Conrad and Jeremiah's father doesn't improve as much and we don't see her love life progressing any further. The day before her wedding, Belly is in a quandary, loving both brothers but not knowing which one to choose, since her decision will permanently wound the remaining brother. She tells Jeremiah about Conrad’s love confession, and Jeremiah realizes that Belly also still cares for Conrad and might only be marrying him to erase her memories of loving his brother. Do I still agree with how he treated Belly? No. But I forgive him for it because I now knew what he was going through. Sometimes we become the worst version of ourselves, but that doesn’t mean we’re bad people. We’re just going through a bad situation.

Jere and Belly talked about how Jere knew that he would never be Belly’s first love or first choice. When Jere asked if she still loved Conrad and she avoided the question by saying she loved him, I was like, that’s an answer 😅. Then she did admit it. Loved died twice that day. I could not keep up with all these tears and all this heartbreak. But Jere just seemed so defeated—like he knew he already lost—before he even walked into that room and asked Belly if she still loved Conrad. You know, I got the sense he wasn’t angry at Conrad as much because he knew Conrad loved Belly and Belly loved him, he just chose to not believe it because he thought that if he could ignore it, Belly would eventually come to love him the same way or that they could be happy. But he didn’t have all of her. This was probably the sweetest, most tender thing I think Conrad has done in my eyes. He heard Belly sobbing in her room and talking to Taylor about how stressed she had been with planning the wedding and wishing her mom was there. He heard her cry and then walked past her door, and was like “I was going to stay out of it.” It didn’t make sense. None of it. This wasn’t the Jeremiah I knew. My Jeremiah would never hurt me like this. He would never so much as look at another girl. My Jeremiah was true and strong and steady. I didn’t know who this person was.” (pg. 19) He was marrying my girl, and I couldn’t do anything about it. I just had to watch it happen, because he was my brother, because I promised. Take care of him, Connie. I’m counting on you.” (pg. 146)The family dynamic between Conrad and Jere was so complex it made me cry for both of them because they were brothers and one of them would be hurt. I mean, family is family and you don’t intentionally hurt family. But Ernie has a point that if she’s the one, then you have to go for it rather than live with that regret.

Laurel knew the under text of Conrad’s meaning. We all knew. Because he wouldn’t have inserted himself into the situation if he wasn’t torn up about Belly crying and wanting to help her because he loved her and wanted her to be happy. Laurel knew Conrad loved Belly, but wasn’t going to push him on it because that’s not their style. He had to take that thorn out himself, and that’s not easy. It’s not easy to confront your anger and pain and say, I’m removing it from my life and moving on. To figure out what healing looks like.If there is anything I think Taylor wasn’t, it’s not a good friend—if that’s confusing, let me just say that she was a good friend. Even in all those times she might have said something mean, it came from a place of hurt. But Taylor always looked out for Belly’s best interest. When Laurel wasn’t going to support Belly, Belly knew she had to plan the wedding by herself but she had no idea where to begin. I loved loved loved that Taylor was there for her and brought her wedding binder and all the magazines and was there with her yellow legal pad. That’s honestly a great, lifetime friend right there 💚. I loved the moment though when Belly did tell Taylor about her engagement and how supportive Taylor was because she was always Team Belly. I also loved when Belly asked Taylor to be her maid of honor, knowing how long they had been friends and how much they endured together. UGUUUUUUUUGGGHGHGHGHHGHGH!!!! He screwed up!!!! He could have been with the woman he loved all this time if didn’t screw the freak up. *world’s biggest sigh* Jeremiah was trying to prove that he loved Belly enough to marry her and that their love was stronger than Belly’s love with Conrad because she did choose to marry him. Belly wanted to prove that she also loved Jeremiah more than she loved Conrad and to prove to herself that she was over Conrad and could go through with the wedding to live a happy future with him. But they weren’t marrying each other for the right reasons. But they did love each other and that wasn’t something I ever doubted. Jere does deserve someone who wants to be with him and someone who will give all that love to him and not have it split between someone else. If she loved Jere, she would love him with her whole heart and no less. Belly breaks up with Cam midway through season 1 after confessing that she's in love with someone else and, at the end of the season, Jeremiah reveals that he's in love with Belly. Belly begins considering a relationship with Jeremiah. He's set to take her to the debutante ball but, when Jeremiah finds out that his mum Susannah has cancer, Conrad fills in for him.

I need you you to know that no matter what happens, it was worth it to me. Being with you. It was all worth it.'” (pg. 276) The Summer I Turned Pretty is a trilogy of young adult romance novels written by American author Jenny Han, and published by Simon & Schuster. The series includes The Summer I Turned Pretty (2009), It's Not Summer Without You (2010), and We'll Always Have Summer (2011). [1] Belly’s disappointment in Jeremiah makes her think of his brother, Conrad. She recalls how, six months earlier she had driven down to the Fishers’ beach house and stayed the night. Conrad showed up and the two of them shared fun conversations. Belly never told Jeremiah about that day because she felt guilty about it. That day made Belly realize that, even after a few years of dating Jeremiah, she was still in love with Conrad.I also wonder if they will have more summers in Cousin’s and if they will keep that tradition alive. I like to think they will and that when Conrad and Belly have kids they will bring them there. Or when Steven and Jere has kids, that they will go to Cousins. They can keep the cycle and romance going with the kids too 😂. Oh wait, that would be weird because they would be related at that point 😂. But I hope that they do have many summers in Cousins. Plot: I have read many love triangles, but this is the first love triangle in a contemporary novel that I felt the most conflicted about because I loved Jeremiah and then I understood and loved Conrad. But I wanted both of them to be happy but that wasn’t what happened. Or not right away. I also liked how we got a taste of both ships—the possibility of their love—before Belly ended up with her one true love. You know, honestly, if we had seen more of this vulnerable, honest, caring, cute, and banterish Conrad in the other books, maybe I would have been team Bonrad sooner. I mean, I just really liked this version of Conrad who wasn’t an a**. On the morning of the wedding, Belly learns that Jeremiah has vanished and that Conrad went to go look for him. When Conrad finds Jeremiah, they have a verbal fight over Belly that escalates into Jeremiah punching Conrad. Jeremiah agrees to return with Conrad to the wedding but says he never wants to see Conrad again afterward.