To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Lara Jean Song Covey keeps her most intense feelings locked away — literally. Whenever a crush becomes too much to bear, she writes the boy a letter pouring out everything she feels, seals it, addresses it, and hides it in a hatbox she inherited from her late mother. The letters are never meant to be sent; writing them is how she lets a crush go.
Then, without warning, all five letters are mailed. Suddenly the boys Lara Jean has loved — including her older sister's ex-boyfriend and the impossibly popular Peter Kavinsky — know exactly how she once felt. To dodge the fallout with the boy next door, Lara Jean strikes a bargain with Peter to fake a relationship, each of them using the other for their own reasons. But pretending starts to feel a lot like the real thing.
The first book in Jenny Han's beloved trilogy is a warm, funny coming-of-age romance about family, first love, and the terror and thrill of being truly seen.
A popular boy who strikes a fake-relationship bargain with Lara Jean.
A teen whose secret love letters are accidentally mailed to every boy she's ever liked.
The boy next door and Margot's ex-boyfriend, and one of the letter recipients.
Lara Jean's spirited younger sister, who secretly mails the letters.
Lara Jean's responsible older sister, who leaves for college in Scotland.
The novel is set in Charlottesville, Virginia, where Lara Jean lives with her father and her sisters Margot and Kitty. Readers coming from the Netflix adaptation are often surprised by this: the films relocate the story to the Portland, Oregon area, so the on-screen scenery is not the Virginia of the books.
Yes. To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2014) is the first book of Jenny Han's To All the Boys trilogy. It is followed by P.S. I Still Love You and then Always and Forever, Lara Jean. The three books follow Lara Jean continuously, so they are best read in that order.