Emily has a PhD in English from the University of Southern Mississippi, MS, and she has an MFA in Creative Writing from GCSU in Milledgeville, GA, home of Flannery O’Connor. She spends her free time reading, watching horror movies and musicals, cuddling cats, Instagramming pictures of cats, and blogging/podcasting about books with the ladies over at #BookSquadGoals (www.booksquadgoals.com). She can be reached at emily.ecm@gmail.com.
This week marked the end of an era. Since 2022, Jenny Han fans and romance readers everywhere have been enthralled by the Prime series adaptation of The Summer I Turned Pretty. But this year, with the final season hitting the streaming service, this series is all anyone is talking about it. There might be no definitive song of the summer, but the TV series of the summer is clear. This was the summer of The Summer I Turned Pretty. And now that we’re entering the final days of the season, we’ve reached the end of this season’s most addictive show. The Summer I Turned Pretty has finally aired its final episode. Now what do we do?
Get Ready for Season 3 of XO, Kitty!
Season 3 of XO, Kitty, the series based on Kitty from Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, wrapped filming in Seoul in July. So even though The Summer I Turned Pretty is over, we still have plenty of Jenny Han adaptation content to look forward to!
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Netflix has shared behind-the scenes footage of the highly-anticipated third season, and they announced new cast members! Sule Thelwell (Saint X) will play Marius; Soy Kim (Like a French Film, Sorry Not Sorry) will play Yisoo; and Christine Hwang (Law and Order: SVU) will play Gigi. Hojo Shin, who joined the cast as supporting character Ji-won in season 2, will now be a series regular.
Netflix has not announced a release date for the new season of XO, Kitty, but fans can expect to return to KISS in early 2026.
Check Out Jenny Han’s Other Books
Jenny Han said in an interview in August that she doesn’t have any new books coming out any time soon. But she has plenty of books in her back catalogue that you should check out if you haven’t yet. Of course, there’s The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy—The Summer I Turned Pretty, It’s Not Summer Without You, and We’ll Always Have Summer. There’s the Burn for Burn series: Burn for Burn, Fire with Fire, and Ashes to Ashes. And who could forget the To All the Boys books?: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, P.S. I Still Love You, and Always and Forever, Lara Jean.
But outside of her wildly popular YA trilogies, Han has also published a short story in the Christmas romance-themed collection My True Love Gave to Me. Her middle grade book, Shug, is also a must-read. Then you’ll also want to check out Jenny Han’s heartfelt children’s chapter book Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream.
Read These Books Like The Summer I Turned Pretty
So you’ve watched all of The Summer I Turned Pretty. You’ve seen To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and XO, Kitty. You’ve read all of Jenny Han’s books. What do you do now? Take a look at our recommendations for books like The Summer I Turned Pretty, and add these novels to your TBR! If you love The Summer I Turned Pretty, you’re sure to find your next favorite on this list.
Summer might be over, but that doesn’t mean The Summer I Turned Pretty vibes have to end. Happy reading (and watching), Jenny Han fans!
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