Releasing: May 12, 2026

Always Best Buds

“Physics is going to kill me, but I’ll die happy!” 

Liv passes the note to her best friend, Jan, on the first day of their junior year, 1982. They are stoked to make this school year a most excellent one. And it’s starting off stupendously with a class full of totally awesome boys.

These dramatic and boy-crazy notes continue all year long, helping them to survive the emotional ups and downs of navigating their first crushes.

Jan is the brainiac.

Liv is the athlete.

Miles is the musician.

Jace is the mysterious new boy.

All of them are band geeks.

And all of them are stressed to the max.

Will their friendship survive the year or will it end in jealousy and messy break ups? 

ALWAYS BEST BUDS is a sweet heart-warming romance full of friendship, fun and 80's nostalgia. 

•  lower YA 

•  epistolary

•  80s       

•  friendship

• first love

• nostalgic

• clean