Begin Again
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An Indie Next Pick
Filled with a friend group that feels like family, an empowering journey of finding your own way, and a Just Kiss Already! romance, Emma Lord's Begin Again is an unforgettable YA novel of love and starting again.
As usual, Andie Rose has a plan: Transfer from community college to the hyper competitive Blue Ridge State, major in psychology, and maintain her lifelong goal of becoming an iconic self-help figure despite the nerves that have recently thrown her for a loop. All it will take is ruthless organization, hard work, and her trademark unrelenting enthusiasm to pull it all together.
But the moment Andie arrives, the rest of her plans go off the rails. Her rocky relationship with her boyfriend Connor only gets more complicated when she discovers he transferred out of Blue Ridge to her community college. Her roommate Shay needs a major, and despite Andie's impressive track record of being The Fixer, she's stumped on how to help. And Milo, her coffee-guzzling grump of an R.A. with seafoam green eyes, is somehow disrupting all her ideas about love and relationships one sleep-deprived wisecrack at a time.
But sometimes, when all your plans are in rubble at your feet, you find out what you're made of. And when Andie starts to find the power of her voice as the anonymous Squire on the school's legendary pirate radio station-the same one her mom founded, years before she passed away-Andie learns that not all the best laid plans are necessarily the right ones.
"A gratifying romance." - Publishers Weekly
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Thank you to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for the advanced copy for review. I was sent Begin Again by Emma Lord to read and review. I have read her previous so I knew I was in for a treat with this one and it did not disappoint. Andie has just transferred to a new college that is her parents alma mater and her personal dream. It doesn't hurt that it's also bringing her closer to her boyfriend. They've been long distance and it's put a strain on their relationship, but little does Andie know that her boyfriend had the same idea. He transferred back home to be close to her. Uh oh! Andie tries to make the most of the situation by doing what she does best, making friends and helping others help themselves. She starts truly building a life for herself at her new college, but she still feels out of place and like what she's planned isn't where she needs to be. I loved this story! It has so many fun characters, but it's not at all hard to keep track of everyone. Her grandmas are a hoot! Her friends are truly the best! And her harsh teacher ends up being not so bad after all. I won't spoil anything about love interest(s), etc, but it was so good. Definitely worth all the angst and slow burn.
Description
An Indie Next Pick
Filled with a friend group that feels like family, an empowering journey of finding your own way, and a Just Kiss Already! romance, Emma Lord's Begin Again is an unforgettable YA novel of love and starting again.
As usual, Andie Rose has a plan: Transfer from community college to the hyper competitive Blue Ridge State, major in psychology, and maintain her lifelong goal of becoming an iconic self-help figure despite the nerves that have recently thrown her for a loop. All it will take is ruthless organization, hard work, and her trademark unrelenting enthusiasm to pull it all together.
But the moment Andie arrives, the rest of her plans go off the rails. Her rocky relationship with her boyfriend Connor only gets more complicated when she discovers he transferred out of Blue Ridge to her community college. Her roommate Shay needs a major, and despite Andie's impressive track record of being The Fixer, she's stumped on how to help. And Milo, her coffee-guzzling grump of an R.A. with seafoam green eyes, is somehow disrupting all her ideas about love and relationships one sleep-deprived wisecrack at a time.
But sometimes, when all your plans are in rubble at your feet, you find out what you're made of. And when Andie starts to find the power of her voice as the anonymous Squire on the school's legendary pirate radio station-the same one her mom founded, years before she passed away-Andie learns that not all the best laid plans are necessarily the right ones.
"A gratifying romance." - Publishers Weekly
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Thank you to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for the advanced copy for review. I was sent Begin Again by Emma Lord to read and review. I have read her previous so I knew I was in for a treat with this one and it did not disappoint. Andie has just transferred to a new college that is her parents alma mater and her personal dream. It doesn't hurt that it's also bringing her closer to her boyfriend. They've been long distance and it's put a strain on their relationship, but little does Andie know that her boyfriend had the same idea. He transferred back home to be close to her. Uh oh! Andie tries to make the most of the situation by doing what she does best, making friends and helping others help themselves. She starts truly building a life for herself at her new college, but she still feels out of place and like what she's planned isn't where she needs to be. I loved this story! It has so many fun characters, but it's not at all hard to keep track of everyone. Her grandmas are a hoot! Her friends are truly the best! And her harsh teacher ends up being not so bad after all. I won't spoil anything about love interest(s), etc, but it was so good. Definitely worth all the angst and slow burn.