The books don’t talk much about Laurel’s appearance, but Laurel in the book is Korean-American, just like the author Jenny Han. In the book, it’s Laurel Dunne, but the show changed it to Laurel Park.

Lastly, the main change is Laurel’s last name. She works hard and deserves to find the right person. We were happy that Laurel got a love interest. Laurel doesn’t have a romance in the book and instead spends most her time with Susannah. In the show, Laurel dates a fellow author Cleveland Castillo. In the books, Laurel is actually a teacher, which explains why she can spend her summers at Cousins.Īnother change is Laurel’s romantic life.

Laurel mentions that she is an author and has an upcoming event. Laurel DunneĪt the beginning of the show, we saw Laurel, Steven and Belly driving to Cousins Beach. Warning: Spoilers if you haven’t read or watched The Summer I Turned Pretty. While we didn’t love every change, we’re impressed that the show still captured the character’s personalities and the book’s heart. Overall, we really liked Amazon’s adaption. Belly’s turning 16, guys are noticing her and their families are hiding some major secrets. We first read these books over a decade ago and quickly became invested in this summer story about Belly Conklin, who falls in love with two brothers named Conrad Fisher and Jeremiah Fisher.īelly measures her life in summers, always counting down the days until June when she can go to Cousins Beach. When we found out that Amazon Prime was making one of our favorite series a TV Show, we couldn’t wait to watch it. Get the drama behind the scenes.Before T o All the Boy’s I’ve Loved Before, Jenny Han wrote The Summer I Turned Pretty, which released in 2009.

In the meantime, The Summer I Turned Pretty is available to stream on Prime Video. But, her fate isn't guaranteed in the show-season one made changes from the book to series, and Blanchard was spotted hanging out with the cast in one of Han's TikToks.įilming has begun on season two, which added Elsie Fisherand Kyra Sedgwick in mysterious new roles. The second season of The Summer I Turned Pretty will follow the events of It's Not Summer Without You, which focuses on Belly, Conrad and Jeremiah in the aftermath of the death of Susannah ( Rachel Blanchard). The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 2: Everything We Know Instead, it shows the three characters-Belly and Conrad on the side, with Jeremiah in the middle-in front of their Cousins Beach summer house. While fans theorized in the comments section that Conrad would wear the aforementioned dress to prom, the cover doesn't depict anything of the sort. 'Yoooooo!' he said, joking, 'I look good in a dress! That's crazy!'

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