A review by rachelrreads
Begin Again by Emma Lord

3.0

This was my first Emma Lord YA novel, and it's clear she understands the formula! This is a sweet YA story about 18-year-old Andie Rose, who transfer from a community college to her dream school Blue Ridge State halfway through her freshman year. Through Andie's POV, Lord nicely captures the excitement and the challenges of early college days. It's also clear that Lord herself is a millennial and not a member of Gen Z based on the pop culture references she chooses for the novel! Thus, this was a nice exercise in nostalgia for me; Lord represents the college experience well—even if it's a particularly innocent one and one where going to class is a rare occurrence. This is a cute novel about the growth that happens in early college days with some sweet friendships and romance.