Does The Summer I Turned Pretty's Belly choose Jeremiah or Conrad in the books? (2025)

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Does The Summer I Turned Pretty's Belly choose Jeremiah or Conrad in the books? ›

But, fans of Belly and Jeremiah might want to look away now as in the books written by Jenny Han, Belly ends up marrying Conrad.

The series ends with Belly marrying Conrad, and the couple starting a new life together.

Jeremiah had sex with Lacie when he and Belly were broken up. Multiple characters assume that the only reason Belly is marrying Jeremiah is because she's pregnant. Conrad recalls having a sexual relationship with a girl from his university.

But after Susannah's death, Conrad's grief created distance between him and Belly leading to their breakup at prom. This summer, Belly and Conrad seek closure for their failed relationship, while she and Jeremiah resume their friendship, after she picked Conrad over him.

Belly doesn't lose her virginity in the books.

But, fans of Belly and Jeremiah might want to look away now as in the books written by Jenny Han, Belly ends up marrying Conrad. Yes, really! In Jenny Han's third book, We'll Always Have Summer, Belly breaks up with Jeremiah after two years when she discovers he cheated on her while they were on a break.

In the second episode, it's revealed that Belly loses her virginity to Conrad by the fireplace in the house at Cousins Beach after the snow at the beach scene. “I felt like that's where Belly was in her journey,” Han tells Variety. “These two characters were very much in love and had known each other their whole lives.

In the final book, "We'll Always Have Summer," Belly and Jeremiah become a serious couple and even go to the same college. When Belly discovers he hooked up with someone else while they were on a break, she breaks up with him. He begs her to take him back and proposes, to which she agrees, much to her family's chagrin.

The two did not have sex during their two year relationship. While Belly came close to believing she was ready to give her virginity to Jeremiah, even seriously considering consummating their relationship during a trip to the beach house one time, she ultimately decided against it.

Belly's First Time

While the pair also staged a secret visit to Cousins during Christmastime on the page, Belly and Conrad did not have sex. But in the second episode, it's revealed that the couple are intimate for the first time in front of the fireplace. "Conrad, it's only you," she tells a sleeping Conrad after.

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Belly and Jeremiah break up and Belly moves to Spain to study abroad. Conrad then begins writing her romantic letters. When Belly returns, she and Conrad begin dating again and the book ends with the couple getting married.

This was in the final novel We'll Always Have Summer where Conrad breaks down and passionately confesses his true feelings for Belly and begs her not to marry Jeremiah. He even openly cries in front of her and, despite her resisting, tightly embraces Belly while doing so.

“They really love each other. They really are best friends—and now more.” As for why Belly chooses Jeremiah in the season finale, Han says that, as always, Belly is following her heart. “I think part of what she loves about Jeremiah is his openness and the way he allows her to really see him and love him,” she says.

Jeremiah's Cheating Twist Leads To His Sudden Proposal To Belly. Part of the series of events that unfold, in The Summer I Turned Pretty series, when Belly finds out about Jeremiah being with another girl is that he spontaneously proposes.

Conrad is described in the books as being two years and a quarter older than Belly, which would make him 18-years-old.

Belly finds Conrad sitting out on the beach, looking heartbroken over his mother's fate. She goes to sit with him as he cries. Belly kisses Conrad to comfort him, and he kisses her back.

Belly and Jeremiah plan to get married at Susannah's iconic beach home in Cousins in the third book. While planning, Belly finds out that Conrad has been living there. It's not long before she realises that she actually loves him. Belly and Jeremiah break up and Belly moves to Spain to study abroad.

Who does Belly end up with in the books? Belly marries Conrad in The Summer I Turned Pretty books. Despite going to the same college, the relationship between Belly and Jeremiah ends after the younger Fisher brother cheats on her at a party. The betrayal leads to their and Belly's move to Spain.

Jeremiah was Belly's first kiss, abruptly kissing her during a game of Truth or Dare at fourteen years old. Belly had been furious since he stole her first kiss, which she wanted to be special, and he had only done so as a joke and to make Taylor jealous. The two did not have sex during their two year relationship.

Do Taylor and Steven end up together in The Summer I Turned Pretty books? Unfortunately, there are no answers about Taylor and Steven's relationship in It's Not Summer Without You. Unlike the show, Taylor and Steven have very minor roles in the book and we don't see either of their romantic lives explored in depth.