Lover Birds
By (Author) Leanne Egan
HarperCollins Publishers
Harper Fire
3rd July 2024
4th July 2024
United Kingdom
Young Adult
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance a
Paperback
368
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 26mm
320g
With an irresistible enemies-to-lovers romance, and perfect for fans of Alice Oseman and Becky Albertalli, Lover Birds is a beautifully-written, inclusive and heart-pounding romance.
When Isabel Williams moves to Liverpool, she criticises seemingly everything in Eloise Byrnes life her city, her accent, her trademark boldness so if, when she catches Isabel staring, Eloise feels her pulse race, it must be because they hate each other. It surely couldnt be for any other reason, could it Eloise needs to get her ADHD under control in time for A-Levels, but when she meets Isabel, school becomes the least of her concerns. What begins as outright contempt turns into an oddly satisfactory rivalry, but for their rivalry to shift further into romance, their relationship must withstand Isabel's classism, Eloises distrust, and whatever secrets their friends are hiding from them.
With a wonderful cast of characters, an irresistible romance, and an incredibly moving and powerful portrayal of ADHD, Lover Birds is an unmissable debut from an extraordinary new voice in YA fiction.
Leanne Egan grew up in Liverpool before moving to London to pursue their MA in Publishing Studies. Shortly after graduating, the world fell apart, so mostly they've just been getting a lot of writing done. In addition to their debut novel Lover Birds, Leanne is the writer and producer of the scripted fiction podcast Tell No Tales, and when not working on one of their various projects, they're probably doing something writing-adjacent, like inventing increasingly absurd characters for their friends' Dungeons & Dragons campaign.