How old is Conrad in The Summer I Turned Pretty? (2024)

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How old is Conrad in The Summer I Turned Pretty? ›

In s1 when Belly turns 16, Jeremiah would be 16 too but he turned 16 4 months before her, Steven would be freshly 17 and Conrad would be 17 but about to turn 18 in a couple of months!

We couldn't help but think that Conrad looks a little older than he is supposed to be in the show, as he is in his first year of uni (or as the Americans call it, college) meaning he is 18 or 19. But, he is played by Christopher Briney who is 25-years-old in real life.

Conrad is described in the books as being two years and a quarter older than Belly, which would make him 18-years-old. By the time readers get to the end of Han's trilogy, Conrad is 26 in the epilogue of the third novel. However, in the show, he is 17-years-old and is going through an awkward adolescent phase.

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.

angsty, secretive, and caring. Conrad doesn't open up easily, and he becomes defensive when this is pointed out. When Conrad is sweet to someone, he is enchantingly so. Just as the people he cares about are convinced that he has distanced himself in an irreparable way, he finds them again.

The easy-going Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno) has the same age as Belly. He's a longtime friend and love interest of Belly. Even though he wants to have fun, he still can't help but develop romantic feelings for Belly.

They do discuss sex, though, with Conrad revealing that he's not a virgin and Belly sharing that she is, just before Conrad stops things from going further. The scene comes back into the conversation in episode seven when Conrad and Belly take stock in the downfall of their relationship.

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.

Belly has been harboring a crush on him since she was 12. She wished for Conrad on every birthday, every shooting star, and every penny in a fountain. Though it seemed he might not have reciprocated her feelings, he's shown to have a soft spot for her.

Conrad Fisher might still be vying for Isabel "Belly" Conklin's heart on The Summer I Turned Pretty, but Christopher Briney only has eyes for his own real-life Isabel — girlfriend of two years Isabel Machado.

Does Jeremiah cheat on Belly? ›

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.

Belly and Jeremiah kiss passionately and often sleep in the same bed. They haven't had sex in the two years they've dated because Belly hasn't felt that the timing was right.

However, in a flashback in The Summer I Turned Pretty season 2, we see Belly lose her virginity to Conrad. Fans of Jenny Han's The Summer I Turned Pretty books will know this did not happen in the original novel series.

As the story progresses, the reader learns that Conrad is aware that his mother's condition has grown worse and realizes the family will likely lose her soon. Much of what appears to be bad behavior is actually evidence of his emotional turmoil. Instead of sharing his feelings with others, he withdraws into himself.

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.

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.

A teen romance book by author Jenny Han had many predicting a low age rating, however, Amazon Prime has recommended it's watched by those aged 16 and over.

The book then flashes forward a few years later as Belly is now 24 years old. She reveals that she a year abroad in Spain after breaking up with Jeremiah, where Conrad wrote her letters.

The story follows Isabel "Belly" Conklin, who is about to turn sixteen, as she and her family reunite with Susannah Fisher and her two sons, Jeremiah and Conrad (the latter of whom Belly has had a crush on since she was ten).

Conrad Fisher

The eldest son of Susannah and Mr. Fisher and older brother of Jeremiah. He is known to push away his loved ones and keep all his feelings inside and rarely, if ever, expresses them.