To All The Boys I've Loved Before

"Do you know what it's like to like someone so much you can't stand it and know that they'll feel the same way?"

- To All the Boys I've Loved Before

Do you still remember the first time you fell in love? Are you the kind to confess your love to someone or do you just keep it inside yourself like Lara Jean? 

To All the Boys I've Loved Before is story of Lara Jean, who never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh. As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all.

I really like this book. When I saw it, I was first attracted by the title then the cover and then I got so curious I bought it. Reading the book, I was transported back when I was in high school when all the crushes with boys bloom. I remembered how I met my first love and what crazy things I did for him (that was quite embrassing, I tell you) just so he would noticed me. I can also relate to Lara Jean, how I used to write short letters or notes for him but then I never had the courage to give it. He was a popular guy at that time and I'm just a wallflower in a pilot section (in short, nobody). I got three crushes back then but I already forgot the other two. This book really got the soft side of me. Teenage love, innocence, curiousity, risk of being in love, family, sister's relationships and friendships; Jenny Han really hit all of these right on bull's eye. It gives you this tender feeling, joys and smiles you don't know your having or even doing when your reading it. Even the settings complements to the theme, which let you easily imagine each scenes without too much difficulty. I also like how she associates her own culture in her book. I love Korean culture, so when I read it I also got to learn more about it. It is really a must read book. Now that the sequel it out, I am reading it all over again but even if it's the second time it still have the same effect like I was reading it for the first time. 

These are my favorite lines from the book.

"Love is scary: it changes; it can go away. That's the part of the risk. I don't want to be scared."

"Life doesn't have to be planned. Just roll with it and let it happen."

"I want to say yes, but I don't want to be with a boy whose heart belongs to somebody else. Just once, I want to be somebody else's first choice."

"What must it be like, to have a boy likes you so much he cries for you?"

"It wouldn't kill you to get out of your comfort zone a little bit."

Thank you for reading my blog. I hope you like it. The sequel P.S. I Still Love You will shortly come after this.