Thank you to St Martins Press for sending me an ARC of Emma Lord’s Begin Again on Net Galley! Keep an eye out for this one on January 24, 2023!
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Begin again was an endearing coming of age story following college freshman, Annie Rose as she starts her life at Blue Ridge State College (maybe University?).
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Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice: None—It’s YA
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Read if you like:
📻 Secret radio shows
🌈 LGBTQ representation
🪅Quirky catchphrases
✅Overachiever FMC
☕️ Caffeine Addict RAs
🎤 Finding your own voice
💕 Friends to Lovers


This review will be posted to instagram.com/feelingthroughfiction on September 3, 2022

I simply loved this book. It was just the medicine I needed while cooped up in bed sick. It was cute, easy to follow, and kept me engaged with the story from start to finish. The chemistry was dynamic and the characters were just a joy to follow. Read this book in one sitting so I know I can recommend this to my friends.
Thank you for the free copy in exchange for an honest review!

Thank you @wednesdaybooks for the e-arc of Emma Lord’s next romance, Begin Again!!

Here’s what I loved:
• the college setting
• Bagelopolis
• there are great messages in this one for
college students
• fun games
• friendship
• romance that will make you swoon

Emma Lord never fails to write a books filled with heart, laughs, learning, romance, and scenes that make me really hungry.

I highly recommend picking up one of her books and reading this one when it comes out.

★ ★ ★ ★/5
Steam: kissing
TW: past death of a mom, abandonment, cheating

This was so cute and I love Andie and Milo. Seeing them fall in love was such a treat. There is just something about Emma Lord's writing that so comforting. Seeing Andie grow in her confidence and discover how she fits in was a lot of fun.

I received an arc through netgalley.

This is a cute, sweet read about Andie, a bright eyed college girl with the need to plan and fix everything. Headed to college as a mid year transfer to surprise her boyfriend and follow in her mother’s footsteps, Andie comes to the realization that not all plans work out, you can’t fix everything and sometimes you just need to Begin Again!

I just reviewed Begin Again by Emma Lord. #NetGalley

Such a great read! This was one of the better romances I’ve read this year. The characters were so well written and the plot really sucked you in. Loved it!

Begin Again follows Andie as she navigates transferring to her dream school mid freshman year.

Emma lord again just knows how to woo us with her words. This book is filled with adventure, love, heartache, friendship and family.

Emma lord does it again with this super cute quick YA romance with multi-layered main characters.

This book is as much of a romance as It is a New Adult, finding yourself in college and letting go of your fears. I love this book. 10/10

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC in exchange of an honest review.
Emma Lord has quickly become one of my favorite contemporary writer but this book sadly wasn’t one of my favorites. Don’t get me wrong it was a good read and it’s a solid 3.5 stars but it started a little weak, got better and then I just didn’t enjoy the way of some problems were fixed. At some point it was a little too much, not every character needs a quirky personality and introduction and it lead to just being too overwhelming in the first quarter of the book.
I will definitely be reading more of her books but this will not be on the top 3 of hers for me.

I thought this story was so cute! Admittedly I requested the book because of the cover and the title being a Taylor Swift song, but I really enjoyed this! It was charming and was beautiful to read about the new adventures and found family. I'm not typically a YA girl, but I thought this was cute.

I love all of emma lord's books, but I think that begin again has taken over the top spot on my ranking. I absolutely loved everything about this book!

Andie is such a likable and relatable protagonist. I completely understood her motivations, wants, and needs, and I was rooting for her from the beginning. I loved her journey of growth and self-discovery as the book went on. It was wonderful to see her grow into the person that she always wanted to be.

Emma lord always writes fantastic friendship dynamics - I think it's one of her biggest strengths - and the "All Knighters" are my favorite friend group of hers to date. I loved how andie, milo, shay, and val all supported each other 100% and really created a little family.

This book made me laugh and cry and I know that I'll be revisiting it many many times

i liked the found family (a wonderful group of characters!) aspect, and how andie really came into herself as the story progressed, “beginning again.” i loved milo! the celery eyes….the curls……the caffeine addiction…..i just wished andie would’ve outgrown connor a little sooner. that twist though! oof.

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I really enjoyed reading this book and I related to it so well. I loved Andie's character and the way Emma Lord wrote her, as I could relate to her struggles and successes as a fellow college student. Emma Lord's writing is so captivating and I loved the way she wrote this story. I was constantly hooked after every chapter and needed to know how the next chapter ended. The story itself is so relatable and relevant to people my age, so I enjoyed relating to that aspect. Overall, the story was interesting and such an enjoyable read. I definitely recommend it!

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for this free arc in exchange for my honest review.

Emma Lord is a fabulous writer, and I've loved her previous works but sadly this one just wasn't for me! The characters and their respective struggles were relatable and engaging, but I just felt as though there was too much going on at once for me to ever feel 100% immersed in the story. I love that we're getting more college set YA though, and hope this is the start of a new trend of seeing more college age MCs!

Emma lord has literally never missed. I always love her books! She consistently writes compelling protagonists and fantastic friendships and interesting plots. The only downside is, as with her previous book, I've read this eons before publication so I'll be waiting even longer for book 5! A solid autobuy author who has never written a less than 5 star book.

This was a cute read that brought me back to my own college days. I enjoyed the growth exhibited by all of the main characters and it all made me very nostalgic. However, I didn't feel the chemistry from the main couple like I have in some of Emma Lord's other books. But I love seeing YA books that take place in college and this one was certainly fun.

This was a cute YA book with good character development. I loved all the characters and friendships.

I love Emma Lord's previous work and was excited for her new book and that it was set in college. I loved the new friends and Milo. I thought the book was cute and a nice quick read but it was hard to read about her bf for SO much of the book. I kept waiting for the relationship to end and I think it dragged on a little too long and the twist made me even more frustrated. I also thought the ribbon details were a little too much, just seemed to take up too much plot and nothing like that was involved in my college experience.

otherwise I loved Andie and Milo's relationship development and college setting.

wanted to read this since i loved tweet cute! and emma lord does it again, the book is cute and well written and it definitely has the same vibe as tweet cute expect it’s set in college. a die and milo were rlly cute!!
big thing that annoyed me was the no-swearing thing though. it was genuinely so annoying and i wanted to punch her everytime she replaced sweats with food names like it was sooooo annoying.

This is my 4th Emma Lord book and I can safely say that I love them all. Thanks to @netgalley and St. Martin's Press, Wednesday Books for the early copy of BEGIN AGAIN, a contemporary YA coming-of-age novel. (PUB 01.24)

This book tapped all my sweet spots. It made me feel young again, like I was back on my college campus. Plus- I'm a sucker for nostalgia and this was dripping with it. All the best bits of the "newness" of college. Dorm living, creating a found family, and taking risks. The personal awareness that grows when you put yourself out there. The angst that comes with relationships- past & new, platonic & romantic. It had everything that I've come to expect from Lord- top notch writing, a fair bit of humor, characters that are smart yet vulnerable and tender moments.