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Perfect for fans of The Half of It, Maggie Horne's debut YA contemporary novel is an ode to lifelong friendships and discovering queer community.
Perfect for fans of The Half of It, Maggie Horne's debut YA contemporary novel is an ode to lifelong friendships and discovering queer community.
You only get one soulmate, and I'm not throwing mine away.
Alana and Gray have been the perfect couple ever since they got together before high school – and neither of them think that should have to change just because Alana came out as a lesbian.
Sure, things are a little different now: their romantic relationship is over, but their best-friends-since-forever relationship is stronger than ever. And yeah, Alana sees the way her other friends now exclude her in tiny, almost unnoticeable ways, but she still has Gray, and that's all that's ever mattered to her. Really, the only difference is that instead of kissing Gray herself, Alana sets him up with other girls to do that.
But when new girl Tal arrives, she stops Alana and Gray in their tracks.
Suddenly, Gray's all-in on his plan to get Tal to fall in love with him, and, for the first time, Alana's reluctant to help. As Alana and Tal grow closer, and Alana begins to think Tal might share her feelings, she has to decide whether to embrace her queerness and risk losing the life she thought she was building, or continue to hide parts of herself and maintain the status quo.
Don't Let it Break Your Heart is a tender and romantic exploration of identity, love, and friendship that turns the friends to lovers romance trope on its head.
Maggie Horne is a writer and editor who grew up near Toronto, Canada. She attended Oxford Brookes University and received a BA in Publishing Media, but, after living in the UK for three years, she imported her best-ever souvenir in the form of her wife. Maggie now lives outside of Ottawa with her family. She works in marketing and spends the majority of her free time gazing adoringly at either her wife, sons, dogs, or Mexican food.
Maggie is the author of middle grade novels Hazel Hill is Gonna Win This One (an Indies Introduce Summer/Fall 2022 Selection and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection) and Noah Frye Gets Crushed from Clarion Books, and YA novel Don't Let it Break Your Heart from Feiwel & Friends. After a childhood spent reading her local library's entire YA section in her quest to find the queer books, Maggie's always trying to write the characters and stories she knows she would have needed growing up.
Praise for Don't Let it Break Your Heart:
"A complicated and modern look at first queer love, finding your people, and the exhilarating risk of letting go in order to find yourself. Maggie Horne's book immerses you in a world of humor, growing pains, and teenage drama that makes your heart burst." -Gabriel Shane Dunn, New York Times-bestselling author of I Hate Everyone But You
"Full of incisive humor and heart, Don't Let it Break Your Heart deftly embraces the complexities of queer romance and friendship, coming out, and showing up for the queer community-and for yourself. Horne gorgeously explores the nuances of emerging queer identity in this must-read romance that is sure to earn a place in readers' hearts." -Auriane Desombre, author of I Think I Love You
"Funny, fresh, and full of feeling, Don't Let it Break Your Heart is a thoughtful love letter to friendship and possibility. Maggie Horne's voice shines through Alana, but each of the characters leapt off the page and into my heart." -Jen St. Jude, author of If Tomorrow Doesn't Come
"An emotionally charged queer romance that deftly unpacks the distinction between coming out and being out with nuance and heartfelt honesty. Don't Let it Break Your Heart is a gorgeously rendered, visceral [YA]debut about a girl untangling herself from the people who have always defined her . . . and discovering her dreams, her desires,
Perfect for fans of The Half of It, Maggie Horne's debut YA contemporary novel is an ode to lifelong friendships and discovering queer community.
You only get one soulmate, and I'm not throwing mine away.
Alana and Gray have been the perfect couple ever since they got together before high school – and neither of them think that should have to change just because Alana came out as a lesbian.
Sure, things are a little different now: their romantic relationship is over, but their best-friends-since-forever relationship is stronger than ever. And yeah, Alana sees the way her other friends now exclude her in tiny, almost unnoticeable ways, but she still has Gray, and that's all that's ever mattered to her. Really, the only difference is that instead of kissing Gray herself, Alana sets him up with other girls to do that.
But when new girl Tal arrives, she stops Alana and Gray in their tracks.
Suddenly, Gray's all-in on his plan to get Tal to fall in love with him, and, for the first time, Alana's reluctant to help. As Alana and Tal grow closer, and Alana begins to think Tal might share her feelings, she has to decide whether to embrace her queerness and risk losing the life she thought she was building, or continue to hide parts of herself and maintain the status quo.
Don't Let it Break Your Heart is a tender and romantic exploration of identity, love, and friendship that turns the friends to lovers romance trope on its head.
Maggie Horne is a writer and editor who grew up near Toronto, Canada. She attended Oxford Brookes University and received a BA in Publishing Media, but, after living in the UK for three years, she imported her best-ever souvenir in the form of her wife. Maggie now lives outside of Ottawa with her family. She works in marketing and spends the majority of her free time gazing adoringly at either her wife, sons, dogs, or Mexican food.
Maggie is the author of middle grade novels Hazel Hill is Gonna Win This One (an Indies Introduce Summer/Fall 2022 Selection and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection) and Noah Frye Gets Crushed from Clarion Books, and YA novel Don't Let it Break Your Heart from Feiwel & Friends. After a childhood spent reading her local library's entire YA section in her quest to find the queer books, Maggie's always trying to write the characters and stories she knows she would have needed growing up.
Praise for Don't Let it Break Your Heart:
"A complicated and modern look at first queer love, finding your people, and the exhilarating risk of letting go in order to find yourself. Maggie Horne's book immerses you in a world of humor, growing pains, and teenage drama that makes your heart burst." -Gabriel Shane Dunn, New York Times-bestselling author of I Hate Everyone But You
"Full of incisive humor and heart, Don't Let it Break Your Heart deftly embraces the complexities of queer romance and friendship, coming out, and showing up for the queer community-and for yourself. Horne gorgeously explores the nuances of emerging queer identity in this must-read romance that is sure to earn a place in readers' hearts." -Auriane Desombre, author of I Think I Love You
"Funny, fresh, and full of feeling, Don't Let it Break Your Heart is a thoughtful love letter to friendship and possibility. Maggie Horne's voice shines through Alana, but each of the characters leapt off the page and into my heart." -Jen St. Jude, author of If Tomorrow Doesn't Come
"An emotionally charged queer romance that deftly unpacks the distinction between coming out and being out with nuance and heartfelt honesty. Don't Let it Break Your Heart is a gorgeously rendered, visceral [YA]debut about a girl untangling herself from the people who have always defined her . . . and discovering her dreams, her desires,
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"A complicated and modern look at first queer love, finding your people, and the exhilarating risk of letting go in order to find yourself. Maggie Horne's book immerses you in a world of humor, growing pains, and teenage drama that makes your heart burst."
Gabriel Shane Dunn, New York Times-bestselling author of I Hate Everyone But You