Journey of firsts as 'Summer' ends

Ahead of series finale, showrunner Jenny Han takes glee in surprising its fans.

- BY JEN YAMATO

CHRISTINA HOUSE Los Angeles Times HAN SAYS she's open to creating more stories in the series, but there has to be "genuine excitement" for her.

This article contains spoilers for Season 3 of "The Summer I Turned Pretty."

As "The Summer I Turned Pretty" comes to a close, Isabel "Belly" Conklin (Lola Tung) is living her best life in Paris. Her childhood friends, the brothers and romantic rivals Conrad (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah Fisher (Gavin Casalegno), have grown too, following the messy implosion of their summery love triangle. And fans are anxious to see how the story will end and who its heroine will end up with - as the third and final season of Prime Video's global hit wraps up Wednesday.

But showrunner and creator Jenny Han, who adapted the coming-of-age romantic drama from her own bestselling YA novels, is the last person who'd let slip whether fans will get the swoony endgame of their dreams or one that deviates from the books.

"I do love surprising people," says Han with a smile over video chat, fittingly from France, days before the Paris-set finale brings closure to a season that's seen a roller coaster of emotions (and a trail of emotional carnage) shape Belly's journey into adulthood. "I feel strongly about wanting the audience to have the experience of not knowing what's going to happen next... even though I know that others are probably restless to see how it all ends."