Bridget and Gabe Are Not Okay
the sequel to the YA Book Prize-winning Gwen and Art Are Not in Love
Will be published approx. on 13. August 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-1-5266-9009-8 (ISBN)
Description
Return to Camelot in the much anticipated and funny follow-up to the instant New York Times bestselling and YA Book Prize winning Gwen and Art Are Not in Love.
They fell in love. They won a great battle. It should have been happily ever after. But now, Camelot's famous couples have fallen apart.
Newly crowned King Gabriel is having panic attacks in cupboards in-between council meetings. He can't tell Arthur just how not okay he is - so he's set him free, to find love with someone who can get through the day without breaking down.
Bridget has lost her spark for sparring, forfeiting again and again in the lists. When she's invited to join Gabriel's round table, she hopes it'll be the change she needs. But trying to navigate the post-happily-ever-after reality of a relationship with Gwen, when Bridget no longer feels like the dashing knight Gwen fell in love with, feels impossible.
With the kingdom still reeling from an attempted uprising, and rumoured sightings of the Holy Grail, the Questing Beast and the Green Knight happening across the country, the gang depart on a PR tour destined for disaster. Can Gabriel be the king his country deserves? Can Bridget get her jousting groove back? And will they find their way back to the courtly love that once seemed fated?
They fell in love. They won a great battle. It should have been happily ever after. But now, Camelot's famous couples have fallen apart.
Newly crowned King Gabriel is having panic attacks in cupboards in-between council meetings. He can't tell Arthur just how not okay he is - so he's set him free, to find love with someone who can get through the day without breaking down.
Bridget has lost her spark for sparring, forfeiting again and again in the lists. When she's invited to join Gabriel's round table, she hopes it'll be the change she needs. But trying to navigate the post-happily-ever-after reality of a relationship with Gwen, when Bridget no longer feels like the dashing knight Gwen fell in love with, feels impossible.
With the kingdom still reeling from an attempted uprising, and rumoured sightings of the Holy Grail, the Questing Beast and the Green Knight happening across the country, the gang depart on a PR tour destined for disaster. Can Gabriel be the king his country deserves? Can Bridget get her jousting groove back? And will they find their way back to the courtly love that once seemed fated?
Reviews / Votes
A total rollicking delight ... Lex Croucher is one of my favourite romcom authors, and they should be yours too * CASEY MCQUISTON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE on Gwen and Art Are Not in Love * Congrats to Gwen and Arthur on their permanent acquisition of my ENTIRE heart. Suffice it to say that I loved this book to a degree that's slightly ridiculous * BECKY ALBERTALLI, bestselling author of SIMON VS. THE HOMOSAPIENS AGENDA on Gwen and Art Are Not in Love *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 12 to 18 years
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-5266-9009-8 (9781526690098)
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Person
Lex Croucher grew up in Surrey, reading a lot of books and making friends with strangers on the internet, and now lives in London. With a background in social media for NGOs, Lex now writes historical-ish rom-coms and fantasy for both adults and teenagers. Their debut YA novel, Gwen and Art Are Not in Love, won the YA Book Prize 2024, the Books Are My Bag Readers' Award for Young Adult Fiction, and was an instant New York Times bestseller.
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