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What Age Is To All The Boys I'Ve Loved Before Appropriate For?

My daughter loved the Netflix movie and wants to read the Lara Jean Covey books, but some themes seem more mature. Fellow bookworms, what's your take?
2025-12-15 10:20:02
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Ladi Lee
Ladi Lee
This one is pretty sweet with only a little bit of relationship drama. I think that this would be fine for teens and up, probably around 13 or 14. This novel follows a girl and writes about her gentle coming-of-age story. The title of this web novel, ‘BOYFRIEND BEFORE 18: Beyond wishes, True love exist’ seems to be a similar kind of light story. The novel follows two classmates who develop into a first relationship. The two of them slowly and hesitantly develop into true love while trying to grow up as they figure themselves out. It is a sweet and gentle comfort read for around the same age.
2026-08-05
Edwin
Edwin
I read To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han and it was so precious. It was like reading a diary of a girl who was telling all the guys she had ever had a crush on how she really felt. The main character was so worried that the love letters she wrote would be sent to the guys she had crushes on, but it was hilarious. The romance in this book was so sweet and it was all about feelings. It was a really great book for kids who have grown up from middle-grade novels but aren’t quite ready for more mature novels. The main character, Lara Jean, and her sisters were dealing with the fact that their mom had died a few years prior and it really added to the story without being too much. My niece read this when she was 14 and I loved it too. I was really worried about some of the scenes in this book but they were never inappropriate. My niece and I had some great conversations about this book.
2025-12-16
Vaughn
Vaughn
I think that ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’ is a sweet, funny and heart-warming book that most tweens and teens will enjoy reading. I would recommend this book to 11+ year olds. Most of the conflicts in the book are centered around embarrassment and misunderstandings. There is no trauma or mature themes in this book. It is much like a safe rom-com that the whole family can watch together. The love triangle is not full of jealousy, rather it is a great way for the main character to learn more about herself.
2025-12-16
Ian
Ian
This book could work for a larger age range than 12-18, because of how well-author Jenny Han handles the topics of first love and identity. She approaches them with such tenderness that it makes sense for adults to read this too. (Plus, it feels like you’re reliving your teenage self through Lara Jean’s adorable innocence.) Lara Jean is a Korean-American teen, and while there’s nothing graphic in this novel, younger readers might not get some of the subtler cultural moments that Han includes. And the romance between Lara Jean and Peter is a fun, “pretend”-type of trope, which makes for a thoughtful examination of real relationships, as not everything is as it seems. It’s a wholesome book that is never childish, so I’d place it somewhere in the middle of works for a range of readers in the middle school to high school range. It’s similar to ‘Anne of Green Gables’ in that way.
2025-12-19
Daniel
Daniel
This novel is another good choice for the young teen just starting to experience first loves and trying to get along with family members. 13 and up is the suggested age for this novel because it deals with some mature issues but they are not too heavy for the young teen to handle. The novel is written in first person from the girl's point of view and it reads as if you were hearing all of this from your best friend. It is a sweet novel about first love but there is some kissing and mild tension. It is a good novel for the pre-teen to read but there is enough substance for the older teen to get caught up in it too. I think this novel is so good because it has a lot of humor but also tackles some real and serious issues in a very real way. A good example of this is when all of the letters that Lara Jean wrote to all of the boys that she had ever felt any kind of way towards in the past are accidentally sent to them. Her take on the situation and how she deals with it is so real and nostalgic for anyone who has ever experienced anything similar.

The novel does not have the reader experience or your child experience elements of more serious novels and thus would not be of concern to parents. There is no substance abuse, no explicit relationships, etc. The focus of the novel is on Lara Jean’s growth as she navigates expressing her feelings to those she loves. This novel is far less intense than The Fault in Our Stars, for example, and thus would be appropriate for many middle schoolers. The movie adaptation of the novel does minimize some of the more minor details that appeared in the printed version (such as the reputation of Peter Kavinsky, for example) and thus may be an even more gentle introduction to this novel for younger readers.
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