The Summer I Turned Pretty author explains why the show is ending with season 3
27 July 2025, 20:02
Is The Summer I Turned Pretty season 3 the last season? Here's what Jenny Han has said about the show ending.
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The Summer I Turned Pretty author Jenny Han has opened up about why she decided to end the show with season 3.
The third season, which focuses on Belly's (Lola Tung) relationship with Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno) despite her continued feelings for his brother Conrad (Christopher Briney), is now well underway. There's also 11 episodes this season, which is several more than season 1 and 2.
But sadly, there won't be any more after that. The Summer I Turned Pretty season 3 will be the last time we see Belly, Jeremiah and Conrad and the show will end in September.
Jenny Han, who wrote The Summer I Turned Pretty books, has now explained why the beloved TV show is ending, and why she didn't split the final book into two seasons.
Lola Tung talks The Summer I Turned Pretty
Why is The Summer I Turned Pretty ending?
Talking to Entertainment Weekly about why The Summer I Turned Pretty is now coming to an end, Jenny said: "Three books, three seasons. It feels right to me."
For context, the show is based on a trilogy of books. Season 1 adapts the titular book, season 2 adapts It's Not Summer Without You and season 3 will adapt We'll Always Have Summer.
Based on the show being so popular and the last book taking place over a much longer time period than the first two books, some fans hoped that We'll Always Have Summer would be split into two seasons.
However, instead of doing four seasons, season 3 will have 11 episodes. By comparison, season 1 had 7 episodes and season 2 had 8.
Jenny also teased that season 3 will differ from the books. She added: "There are going to be surprises. There are the things that [fans] know and then there are things they think they know and then there's going to be, hopefully, things that surprise them."
Will there be a The Summer I Turned Pretty spin-off?
As it stands, Jenny has announced no plans to build on The Summer I Turned Pretty universe and there are no more books in the franchise.
However, that hasn't stopped Jenny from creating spin-offs before. Her beloved To All The Boys I've Loved Before books and films have since spawned the XO, Kitty series on Netflix.
Could Jenny write a new series in The Summer I Turned Pretty universe, focusing on one or more of the characters? Bookmark this page and we'll let you know if Jenny announces anything.
Petition for a prequel series about Laurel and Susannah starts here!
Read more The Summer I Turned Pretty news here:
- The Summer I Turned Pretty completely removes important Belly detail in episode 3
- The Summer I Turned Pretty's Gavin Casalegno hints Jeremiah's ending might be different
- The Summer I Turned Pretty author hints key book moments have been 'changed' in season 3
- The Summer I Turned Pretty author reveals why she changed season 3 ending from the book
- The Summer I Turned Pretty team tease spin-off after final season
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