Let’s break it down by timeline. In Jenny Han’s books, Conrad is 16 in the first book. He’s 17 in It’s Not Summer Without You. He turns 18 in the final book, We’ll Always Have Summer.
On the show, he starts at 17. He’s a senior in high school. This makes his college drama, his family troubles, and his smoking habit feel a tiny bit more legit.
Fun fact: In the books, Conrad has a birthday on the Fourth of July. So he ages up right in the middle of the summer chaos. Talk about terrible timing.
The Quirky Math of It All
Here’s a weird detail: Belly is 16 in the show, but Conrad is 17. That’s only a one-year gap. But it feels massive because he’s so much taller, cooler, and emotionally unavailable.
In the books, the gap is two years (Belly is 15, Conrad is 16). That tiny age difference creates a whole power imbalance. He’s always the one driving. He’s always the one in control.
Or so he thinks. Belly catches up fast.
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