Wait, *that* peach scene in The Summer I Turned Pretty season three was different in the book?

Jenny Han really blessed us with the latest episode of The Summer I Turned Pretty. If you’ve already seen it, then you know it had everything: Conrad’s voiceover, his POV, and him clearly pining after Belly. But the standout moment in The Summer I Turned Pretty season three episode five was undeniably that peach scene.

So, basically, Belly and Jeremiah were supposed to go wedding shopping, but Jere gets stuck at work trying to impress his dad. Obviously, Conrad stepped in to help, classic. On their way back, Belly gets hungry and they stop at a roadside peach stand. She eats a peach. He watches her. And we hear the voiceover, as Conrad quietly longs for her, it’s intimate, tender, and loaded with tension.

Now, Jenny Han has made some major changes in the TV adaptation, and she’s already teased that the show’s ending will be different from the books. So naturally, it’s interesting how different the peach scene actually was in the book.

What was the peach scene like in The Summer I Turned Pretty book?

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The scene plays out almost identically in the show and the book but with one major difference: The POV.

In the TV series, the moment is told from Conrad’s perspective. We hear his thoughts via voiceover, including the heartbreaking line: “Whatever I thought was happening here, was only in my head. She and Jere, that’s the reality.” It leaves viewers wondering if Belly truly feels nothing for Conrad anymore, or if she’s just avoiding it.

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But in We’ll Always Have Summer, the book tells the exact same scene from Belly’s point of view. And her thoughts are telling a very different story.

When Conrad gently wipes peach juice from Belly’s chin, the book reads, “It was maybe the most intimate thing anyone had ever done to me.”

Belly then admits, “I felt light-headed, unsteady on my feet. It was all in the way he looked at me, just those few seconds.”

Even when she walks away to grab peaches for Jeremiah, she’s physically shaken. “Just one look, one touch from him, and I was shaking. It was madness. I was marrying his brother.”

So, while Conrad thinks the moment was one-sided, the book confirms it definitely wasn’t. Belly still has feelings for him, intense ones, and she’s barely holding it together.

So, what does this mean for the show’s ending?

Jenny Han has said the show will have a different ending than the books, so it’s impossible to know exactly where it’s going. But this peach scene feels like a major breadcrumb. By giving us Conrad’s POV, but hiding Belly’s true feelings (unlike the book), Jenny is building tension and keeping everyone guessing.

But if the book is anything to go by, Belly’s heart might not be as settled as she thinks.

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