Valentine’s Day comes around each year and people either love it or resent it. For most of us it’s a day that really makes you feel single if you’re single and if you are in a relationship, it makes you feel the pressure of making the day special. Whatever category you fall into, here are three book-to-film adaptations that may help you with your Valentine’s day. 

The Summer I Turned Pretty 

If you’re trying to hide away from the cold and be transported back to the hot summer months, The Summer I Turned Pretty is the series for you. Following Belly as she navigates friendships, family tensions and first love. A story that transitions between past and present-day allowing the reader/watcher to understand Belly’s relationships evolving. 

The Summer I Turned Pretty book trilogy creates intense feelings of first love, crushes, and heartbreak, and ultimately portrays the dramatic feelings of being a teenager. The moments between characters are sweet but also intense at times. This is a young adult book that touches on first love, heartbreak, and friends falling out. 

The show can be streamed on Prime Video and currently only has season one, with season two in the works. The show encapsulates the book’s feelings but adds to each character. We see more of Jeremiah, Conrad and Steven and what they are up to during the summer. The show is easy to binge and has some very sweet moments between the characters. 

If you are looking for teenage drama, angst and a “2000s feel” show, this one’s for you.

A Walk to Remember 

Nicholas Sparks has numerous books and book to movie adaptations that are sad with romantic elements. My favourite one is A Walk to Remember. Landan and Jamie’s story tore at my heartstrings. The movie focuses on first love and falling in love with an unlikely match. It is definitely a tearjerker, so be warned. 

The book however is set in a different time – in the 1950s vs the movie is set in the 1990s, yet Landon describes his love for Jamie in almost the same way as the movie’s portrayal. The book is short and easy to binge, but have tissues nearby. 

If you are looking for a teenage love story that may make you sob, this one’s for you.

When Dimple Met Rishi/Mismatched 

Maybe this Valentine’s Day you want to see reluctance to fall in love. This is seen as Dimple is reluctant to fall in love and makes it hard for Rishi to win her over. In the book, Dimple and Rishi’s story is sweet with facets of first loves. Dimple feels as though she may not be ready to fall in love, but soon realizes Rishi is the one for her. The mesmerizing way someone may make you feel with just a look, the reluctance to fall for those looks, and the feeling of pushing someone away are all captured in this story. The book is sweet and a quick read. 

The adaptation can be found on Netflix by the name of Mismatched. The title has changed as well as the plot in this TV adaptation, but the main focus of pursuing Dimple is still prevalent in season one and may make you laugh, smile or blush while watching. The show is easy to binge.