Genevieve "Gen" Mitchell is a supporting character in To All the Boys I've Loved Before book series and To All the Boys film trilogy. She is Chris Donati’s cousin. She is Peter Kavinsky's ex-girlfriend and a popular student at school. She used to be best friends with Lara Jean Covey up till high school but during a game of spin the bottle in 7th Grade Lara Jean kissed Peter, Gen's crush, which prompted the breakdown of her friendship with Lara Jean. Peter always was somewhat between Lara Jean And Gen's friendship!
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Genevieve is first mentioned when she and Lara Jean become close friends in 6th grade, mainly due to the fact that they live really close to each other. Gen gets very upset at Lara Jean when she kissed Peter during a game of spin the bottle, because Gen has a crush on Peter and Lara Jean knew it. Peter and Gen start dating in 7th grade, around the same time when Lara Jean and Gen’s friendship begins to fall apart. Genevieve then moves to a different neighborhood, but still goes to the same school. She and Peter become popular and leave the rest of their group behind and Gen becomes best friends with a girl named Emily when they get to high school.
Books[]
To All the Boys I've Loved Before[]
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P.S. I Still Love You[]
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Always and Forever, Lara Jean[]
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Movies[]
To All the Boys I've Loved Before[]
We meet Genevieve in the beginning of the movie, when Lara Jean accidentally bumps into Gen in the hallway on the first day of school. Genevieve criticizes Lara Jean’s boots, and Chris, her cousin, comes up to defend LJ. Later, Gen dumps Peter for some college guy she met, and Peter really wants to get back with her. At school the next day, Peter shows up with Lara Jean, his hand in her back pocket. Gen becomes extremely jealous and confronts Peter about his relationship with Lara Jean in the bathroom of a party. She then takes LJ’s lucky scrunchie from Peter and never returns it. Genevieve never talks to Peter at school, but they call each other every night and she always blows his phone up with texts. They later meet on the bleachers and she asks Peter if Lara Jean is going on the ski trip. Peter says yes, and Gen becomes jealous again, saying that the ski trip was her and Peter’s thing. She then implies that she wants to get back together with Peter (who finds himself conflicted about his growing feelings for Lara Jean.) On the bus of the ski trip, Gen sits with Peter. They ski together and Peter agrees to meet up with Gen in the hot tub that night ( feeling dejected due to believing Lara Jean wasn’t interested In pursuing a real relationship with him.) Lara Jean shows up before Gen does. She greets Peter in a friendly way, but ignores her at first. Lara Jean points out that he didn’t even offer to reach her how to ski. Peter hits back, saying he didn’t want to be sweet to her after she refused to sit with him on the bus ride. Lara Jean is bewildered, because she thought Peter would thank her for letting him sit next to who he actually wanted. Peter sighs exasperatedly. A look of frustration is shown on his face as he comes to the realization that Lara Jean did not reject him, but was simply unaware of his feelings for her. He tells her he wanted to sit next to her and he even went all the way across town to get her favorite yogurt drinks. Lara Jean and Peter begin making out, just as Gen arrives and sees them together. Feeling heartbroken and crushed that Peter didn’t even tell Lara Jean to leave because she was on her way to hang out with him there, her jealousy reaches its boiling point. She takes a video of Lara Jean and Peter making out in the hot tub and anonymously posts it to Instagram, claiming the two of them had sex. Once off the bus, Gen is sickly sweet to LJ and shows her the lucky scrunchie she claims Peter gave to her, and tells Lara Jean that Peter slept in her room the night after Lara Jean kissed Peter. Lara Jean then ends things with Peter. He later shows up at her house, hoping to explain that nothing happened between him and Gen, but Lara Jean doesn’t listen and tells him to go home. School re-opens and Lara Jean’s locker has been vandalised with photos of her and Peter in the hot tub. Lara Jean then confronts Gen in the bathrooms, extremely upset that she posted the video of them on Instagram. Gen denied posting the video and reveals that she has been upset at Lara Jean since she kissed Peter in 7th grade during a game of spin the bottle, when LJ knew that Gen had a crush on Peter.
P.S. I Still Love You[]
With their relationship on the rocks, Lara Jean becomes increasingly jealous of Peter's relationship — and past relationships — with Gen, and fears that the two could be restarting their former relationship. It is eventually revealed, however that Gen's parents are divorcing and Peter has been platonically helping her understand and struggle through. Genevieve is still cold towards Lara Jean until the end of the film. She was not invited to Lara Jean’s tree house party but went anyway, since she heard about it from Peter. When they open the time capsule, Gen hides the friendship bracelet in a tree nearby because she is embarrassed because she put the same thing in as Lara Jean. Later, when Lara Jean asks Gen to meet her in the treehouse, she shows Lara Jean that she put her friendship bracelet in the time capsule, and tells LJ that Peter is crazy about her, and the only reason she calls Peter is because her parents are splitting up and Peter has already gone through a divorce.
To All the Boys: Always and Forever[]
Gen gets accepted to NYU (New York University) and during the senior trip to New York City she goes on a college tour to NYU. She meets a senior at NYU named Heather that she becomes friends with who invites her to a college party. Later that night she goes to a college party at NYU with her cousin Chris and Lara Jean Covey. Genevieve then goes to prom and hangs out with Lara Jean and Chris. After their graduation, Gen celebrates by bowling with Lara Jean, Chris, Peter, and Trevor. She really shows her true colors to Lara Jean when asking her about her trip to Korea and helping her decide to choose NYU over Berkeley.
Appearance[]
It is said in the book that Genevieve has blonde hair, a nose with a bump on it, and is endearing and very attractive.
In the movie, she has wavy copper blonde hair, blue eyes, and pale skin. She is Caucasian.
Personality[]
Genevieve is very manipulative but can be sickly sweet to others if needed. She likes to toy with people's emotions if it means getting her way and can be petty and vindictive. However, it is said that she used to be more kind and friendly up until her last year of middle school when Lara Jean kissed Peter in a game of spin-the-bottle and broke her trust.
In the second film, she shows a softer side to herself, being there for Lara Jean after her breakup with Peter. She also shows that she still has tender feelings for her ex best friend when she reveals to LJ that she kept the friendship bracelet that the two made together, and tells LJ that Peter really is crazy about her.
In the third film we see a strong character development from her. She seems to make an effort to be kinder to Lara Jean. Gen is shown making a genuine conversation with LJ, and she encourages her to go to NYU with her. On the subway after an NYU party, she tells LJ “this could be us” excitedly. She even compliments Lara Jean’s shoes! (A full circle moment from the first movie)
Relationships[]
Family[]
Chris is Genevieve's cousin. They don't have a close relationship, Chris choosing Lara Jean's side over Gen's any day, and trying to distance herself from her cousin.
Love Interests[]
Peter Kavinsky is Genevieve's ex-boyfriend. She was very clingy and controlling and hypocritical, barely talking to him in person one minute and blowing up his phone with texts the next. They broke up at the beginning of To All the Boys I've Loved Before because of relationship conflicts. She and Peter are still friends throughout the series, much to Lara Jean's dismay.
Others[]
Lara Jean used to be friends with Genevieve until they started high school. She loved Lara Jean and her family until she saw Peter kiss Lara in her friend's basement. In the movie, the same situation occurs when Lara Jean kisses Peter during a game of "Spin the Bottle". Genevieve thinking Lara kissed Peter knowing she liked him and, feeling like Lara Jean had broken her trust, she stopped being friends with her. Lara Jean currently dates Peter Kavinsky.
John and Genevieve were childhood friends. Gen used to believe Lara and John were meant to be together, just like her and Peter. Ironically, both of those couples didn't work out.
Appearances[]
Books[]
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Movies[]
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
To All the Boys: Always and Forever
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In the movies Gen and Lara Jean both get accepted to NYU and they ended up going to the same college together.