21-07-2025
'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Season 3: All the Differences Between the Book & Show
'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Season 3: All the Differences Between the Book & Show originally appeared on Parade.
The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3 premiered on July 16, marking the beginning of the end of the beloved Prime Video series. But what are the differences between the book and the show? Let's take a closer longtime fans of the love-triangle-summer-romance story already know, the show is based on the trilogy written by Jenny Han.
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It follows a young woman named Belly Conklin () who finds herself in a love triangle with two brothers, Jeremiah Fisher () and Conrad Fisher ().
'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Season 1 included major changes to the book.
Season 1 added big plot points to the tale—including an involved debutante ball storyline, a volleyball tournament, a character named Shayla (), who becomes Steven's love interest, and the fact that Jeremiah is sexually fluid.
'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Season 2 brought more deviations from the book.
In Season 2, the show added the characters Skye (Elsie Fisher) and Aunt Julia (Kyra Sedgwick), Jeremiah and Conrad's cousin and aunt, respectively, making them a major plot point in the summer house going up for sale in Cousins.
It also incorporated way more of Steven () and Taylor () in the story, along with bringing back Cam Cameron () when he didn't return in the second book at all. Taylor's boyfriend, Davis, in the books was changed to Milo (Will Spencer) in the show, too, among other differences.
Additionally, Season 2 of The Summer I Turned Pretty suggested that Belly and Conrad had sex at the summer house during their winter visit, when in the book, they did not.
'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Season 3: Differences between the book and show continue.
For Season 3, the show made similar tweaks to the storyline to make the story better adapted for the screen. Here's an episode-by-episode breakdown.
Season 3, Episode 1
Steven helped drop off Belly at college when he didn't in the book.
The main plot of the story takes place during the summer before Belly's senior year of college; in the book, Belly was 19.
Jeremiah doesn't have a summer internship in Boston (it starts in the fall).
The episode implies that sex is part of Belly and Jeremiah's relationship, but it isn't in the book.
Viewers learn that Belly was forced to quit playing volleyball due to an injury, which led to her sports psychology major.
Steven works for Jeremiah and Conrad's dad, Adam (Tom Everett Scott), at his bank firm, where viewers meet his boss, a new character named Denise (Yvonne Valadez).
Taylor is dating Davis (Harrison Cone) but hooking up with Steven. Meanwhile, Steven is cheating on a girl named Mia to be with Taylor.
Belly decides to study abroad in Paris during her senior year.
Jeremiah finds out he's not actually graduating and needs to take more courses in the fall.
Conrad gets a summer clinic job and says he can't make it to the dedication for Susannah (Rachel Blanchard).
Belly, Jeremiah and Taylor attend Finals Freakout, an end-of-the-year party/competition; that event didn't exist in the book.
Season 3, Episode 2
Jeremiah's frat buddy Redbird (Tanner Zagarino) gives him sound relationship advice.
Belly's mom, Laurel (Jackie Chung), attends a literary conference, where she runs into Belly's dad, John (Colin Ferguson) and they reminisce about their early relationship. They end up sleeping together at a hotel.
Steven breaks up with Mia and tells Taylor he loves her while driving—but she gets mad, storms out of the car in the middle of the road, and then Steven gets into a car accident. Taylor confesses her love for Steven while he's unconscious at the hospital and decides to break up with Davis. But when he finally wakes up, Steven admits that they "don't work" together.
Conrad gets fired from his summer clinic job after mislabeling something.
Conrad texts Belly for an update on Steven, the first time he had done so in a long time.
Jeremiah proposes to Belly outside of the hospital.
The first two episodes of The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3 dropped at 3 a.m. ET on Prime Video. A new episode will be added weekly until the series finale on Sept. 17.
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'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Season 3: All the Differences Between the Book & Show first appeared on Parade on Jul 16, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 16, 2025, where it first appeared.
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