Becoming an adult is already hard. Add in involuntary wanderlust, young love, a swarm of bees, and one extremely sassy octopus — Vivian and Frieda will have their hands full as they start new lives with their new familiars!
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Honeycomb Heart is a sapphic romance featuring two young women from Hex, a fictional and magical country populated by the descendants of persecuted witches and their animal familiars. Most Hexian girls yearn for their eighteenth birthday, when they receive their familiar. Vivian and Frieda knew that familiars come in all shapes and sizes, but nothing could’ve prepared them for their new companions.
Because of a past family tragedy, Vivian was already dreading having such a close bond to another creature. Receiving a swarm of several hundred bees as her familiar doesn’t do much to change her opinion. With her swarm refusing to settle down in the meadowlands she knows best, her relationship with her familiar is off to a rocky start.
After eighteen years of dealing with asthma and overprotective mothers, Frieda is craving the freedom of adulthood. Her new familiar Koi is just as ready for adventure as she is — unfortunately, there’s only so much that an octopus can go out and do in the landlocked center of Hex. Frieda knows that Koi deserves better than being stuck in an aquarium tank for the rest of their lives. She’s just scared she can’t provide that for her familiar.
When a chance encounter unites Vivian and Frieda, they embark together on an unplanned journey across Hex, searching forest, desert, and coast for a place where their familiars can not only survive, but thrive. None of this adventuring was on sullen and anxious Vivian’s bucket list. Nor was catching feelings for her travel companion as they endure homesickness, heat stroke, existential dread, and one (1) mountain goat. Yet as the options for potential new homes narrow, Vivian fears that even if she does find the perfect place for her familiar, it won’t be the same place that Frieda and Koi choose…
Launching November 12th, 2025, Honeycomb Heart will be released in ebook and paperback. Honeycomb Heart can be read as a standalone novel, but will have a sequel following the same characters in the near future. Join the campaign to fund its initial publication, get your name in the acknowledgments, and potentially unlock options for hardcover format, as well as other bee- and octopus-themed goodies…
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