Blog Tour & Book Look: Freddie and Stella Got Hot by Maggie Horne

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Blog Tour & Book Look: Freddie and Stella Got Hot by Maggie Horne

We are excited to be part of the blog tour for Freddie and Stella Got Hot by Maggie Horne, a sharp, emotionally layered sapphic YA novel that blends high-school power dynamics, shifting friendships, and a simmering sapphic romance. What begins as a plan for reinvention quickly becomes a story about desire, control, and the cost of becoming who you think you’re supposed to be. Equal parts tender and tense, this book explores what happens when longing, ambition, and vulnerability collide, and how complicated it can be to tell the difference between wanting to be seen and wanting to be someone else. Check it out below and pick up Freddie and Stella Got Hot, out now!

Freddie and Stella Got Hot

by Maggie Horne
Published by: Feiwel and Friends
on January 27, 2026
Genres: Contemporary Romance, LGBTQIA+, Young Adult
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Jenny Han meets Mean Girls in Freddie and Stella Got Hot, Maggie Horne's YA rom-com about getting revenge and falling in love.

By the time the Beaumont-Gardiner Award is announced, everyone's going to hate Levi Preston. And they're going to love us.

Freddie and Stella are on a mission: take down their former best friend turned queen bee Levi Preston by depriving her of the one thing she wants more than anything: The Beaumont-Gardiner Award. Only the coolest, smartest, and - let’s face it - hottest girls win . . . so Freddie and Stella are going to have to get a whole lot cooler, smarter, and hotter.

At first, it seems to work – Freddie and Stella slowly manage to worm their way in with the cool girls. With every shopping date, agonizing salon appointment, and hot yoga class, the girls get closer to the in-crowd and Levi fades more and more into the background. The higher they rise, though, the more uneasy Freddie starts to feel. Stella’s gone from her lovable, goofy best friend to someone she barely recognizes, using her newfound power for evil at every opportunity. Soon, Freddie realizes she’s created a monster – and she needs Levi’s help to put a stop to it.

About Maggie Horne

Maggie Horne is a writer and editor who grew up near Toronto, Canada and now lives in the UK with her wife and a collection of dogs and children. The author of middle grade novels HAZEL HILL IS GONNA WIN THIS ONE (an Indies Introduce Summer/Fall 2022 Selection and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection) and NOAH FRYE GETS CRUSHED from Clarion Books, as well as the YA novel DON’T LET IT BREAK YOUR HEART from Feiwel and Friends, Maggie is always trying to write the queer stories she wishes she could have read growing up.

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Book Look: Freddie and Stella Got Hot

I wanted this look to feel like the book: romantic and nostalgic at first glance, with an undercurrent of heat and bravery. The soft gingham and florals speak to the vulnerability in the story, while the bold teal heels nod to the confidence and risk Freddie and Stella step into.