Day #11 - TATBILB: P.S. I Still Love You

Lara Jean has it made: she has the boy of her dreams, Peter Kavinsky, the perfect volunteer job for her transcript, old folks home Bellevue, and she finally has the respect of her stuck up cousin. Then in walks John Ambrose McClain and everything changed. Who will she pick?

This is the second instalment of the To All The Boys I've Loved Before trilogy, and Lara Jean Song Covey is back and better than ever. This film has more drama and much higher stakes than the last film (for a teen romcom that is!). You still get the same loveable characters, the cuteness, and the laughs from the first film, we just get to know Lara Jean and her family even better.

One thing I love about this movie is that we delve a little more into Lara Jean's Korean heritage. In the first film it's mentioned at the beginning when they have a family dinner and later on Peter mentions going to the Korean grocery store to pick up Lara Jean's favourite snacks. In P.S. I Still Love You, they kick off with Korean New Year celebrations and the Covey sisters are learning how to tie the bows on their hanboks before heading over to the celebrations. It's nice to get a wider look into the traditions important to this family that the books went really deep into.

It's also nice to look at how innocent Lara Jean handles having feelings for two boys - one is her complimentary opposite, the other shares her personality exactly. She always believed love was a fairytale and she is suddenly realising that real relationships don't happen the same way they do in her favourite romance novels. She really starts to grow up in this film and realise what it is that she expects and needs from the people in her life.

There's still a perfect happy ending though.

I can't wait for tomorrow when my TATBILB marathon will be complete!