Book Journal Entry // She Used To Be Young by Elle Parker

While we wait for the final book in Elle Parker’s Camelot Court series to come out, she’s given us a prequel novella to tease a new series. I couldn’t resist fitting it in this month. Now I’m looking forward to where this series is going to go. Be on the lookout for the Book Journal With Me video. I just had to record a chill book journaling session for a bit of me time.

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BLURB:

Addie Barrow has loved Blake Hawthorne all her life.

He’s the boy who has always shown up for her. Her twin brother’s best friend. An extra son folded into the Barrow family. Blake belongs with them. He is family, protecting her, remembering little things, and noticing what others don’t see.

Except for one truth she can’t say out loud.

Addie believes he belongs with her. She wants to be more than the kid sister quietly in love with him. But when she finally accepts that Blake may never feel the same, she reaches for certainty and experiences the alluring power of being openly wanted.

Until that becomes dangerous.

When Blake shows up for her again, she can’t ignore the feelings she buried. Or the cost of wanting to be chosen. Blake is forced to confront what he couldn’t face: the girl he wanted to keep, the family he held onto instead, and the risk of hoping love can survive in silence.

She Used To Be Young is the bittersweet origin of the Twin Hearts Saga, a story of childhood friendship, chosen family, and the first heartbreak in Addie and Blake’s lifetime of love.

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STATS:

• Series: Twin Hearts Saga #0.5 (prequel novella)
• Pages: 169
• Publication Date: 07/09/2026

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MY REVIEW: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 🔥

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