‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Season 2 Review: Jenny Han Delivers Postcard-Perfect YA Romance

Amazon hit drama returns with a big twist that finds the serenity of Cousins Beach forever changed

Lola Tung as Belly Conklin and Chris Briney as Conrad Fisher in "The Summer I Turned Pretty" Season 2 (Prime Video)
Lola Tung as Belly Conklin and Chris Briney as Conrad Fisher in "The Summer I Turned Pretty" Season 2 (Prime Video)

The second season of Prime Video’s teen romance series “The Summer I Turned Pretty” stays on course.

Author Jenny Han is a familiar name to young adult readers thanks to her contemporary romances like “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.” Once Netflix adapted that trilogy into a wildly popular series of rom-coms, Han emerged as a real power player in film and TV. Han has evolved into a savvy and reliable showrunner, bringing her own novels and characters to life with a deft touch and keen understanding of her core audience. This revelation may have come to many of her fans via the sweet but sharp Netflix series “XO, Kitty,” but she’d already established her behind-the-camera credentials over on Amazon thanks to the adaptation of her pre-To All the Boys YA romance series, “The Summer I Turned Pretty.”

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