5 TV Shows To Watch While You Wait For ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Season 3

Fans of The Summer I Turned Pretty are in for a treat as, after a long wait, the eagerly anticipated trailer for the third season of the show is finally here!

Set to release in July 2025, the final season of the show will pick up a couple of years after the events of the second season and delve deep into the drama and messiness of the love triangle that the fans can’t get enough of.

Based on Jenny Han’s bestselling YA romance trilogy, this coming-of-age romantic drama is set in the coastal town of Cousins Beach. It follows Belly (Lola Tung) and her complicated relationship with brothers Conrad (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno). 

In the last season, Belly and Jeremiah had gotten closer and began dating towards the end of the show. The trailer for the upcoming season depicts the two very much in love and even wanting to get married. However, Belly’s feelings for Conrad still linger, and this sets the stage for potential messiness and drama that fans eagerly await.

If you want to fill The Summer I Turned Pretty-shaped void in your life till the show returns with its third season, here are some titles that you can stream online.

TV Shows Like The Summer I Turned Pretty

My Life With The Walter Boys

A spiritual twin of The Summer I Turned Pretty, this one is also about a coming-of-age tale and a messy love triangle. In the show, Jackie (Nikki Rodriguez) leaves her Manhattan life after a tragedy. She moves in with her mother’s best friend and her family, including the titular Walter boys. The series follows Jackie’s struggles with navigating her new life and relationships, especially the growing romantic bonds between her and two of the Walter brothers.

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XO, Kitty

Another one of Jenny Han’s literary universes follows the love story of Lara Jean and Peter Kavinsky. Fans all around the world loved the To All The Boys series, and this spin-off, which focused on Lara Jean’s sister Kitty Covey (Anna Cathcart), gave them everything and more. In the show, Kitty decides to go study at a boarding school in Seoul, South Korea. Her new adventure means drama and challenges by the dozen, including a love triangle that’s filled with twists and turns.

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Maxton Hall - The World Between Us

If enemies-to-lovers is your favourite trope, then you should give this German YA romance drama a chance. In this one, scholarship student Ruby (Harriet Herbig-Matten) accidentally stumbles upon a secret that unwittingly ties her to millionaire heir James (Damien Hardung). Despite their initial off-step, the two slowly begin to grow closer.

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Heartstopper

This sweet British romantic drama is based on Alice Oseman’s web comic of the same name. It’s a coming-of-age tale of Charlie Spring (Joe Locke), a gay teenager who falls in love with his seemingly straight classmate Nick (Kit Connor). The show also stars Olivia Coleman and Jonathan Bailey.

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Never Have I Ever

Co-created by Mindy Kaling, the show follows Indian-American teen Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan), who is dealing with the loss of her father and wants to make the best out of her remaining time at school. Her oath leads her to become involved in a complicated love triangle between swim jock Paxton (Darren Barnet) and her academic rival Ben (Jaren Lewison). 

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