Introducing The Queen of Lexis!

Let’s be honest, after thirteen years it was time for a refresh. The Queen of Teen Fiction has served me well all these years, but times have changed. I set up this blog with the intention of introducing books to teenagers who need them, especially because it was something I wish I’d had myself when I was a teen. And whilst getting young people to read is still hugely important to me, I didn’t feel like the Teen Fiction aspect of my brand didn’t truly reflected me anymore. 

Though I’ll still focus on YA fiction because it remains my main passion, I want to celebrate all stories and all reader groups. Plus, the KatieBookQueen handle I’ve had on social media for years just needed to GO. 

my first ever logo for The Queen of Teen Fiction in 2011

For the past few weeks I’ve been brainstorming ideas. I knew I wanted to keep the royalty theme because I liked my crown, and I didn’t want to change the overall look of my blog or what I do. But The Queen of Fiction just wasn’t hitting the same, so I knew simply dropping the Teen wasn’t going to work. And then everything new I tried was already taken on social media because, you know, it’s 2024 and almost every possible username combination that isn’t cringe is already in use. 

But then my sister, with her English degree and trauma associated to the word lexicon, came up with The Queen of Lexis, and that was that. I bagged the @ on my socials and here we are. 

So, no big change in terms of looks, no new logo or colour scheme. I’m still wearing the crown. But under a new name. The only downside is redirecting everything to my new URL. I’ve fixed as many links as I can but to anyone searching for a particular link, just swap out the queenofteenfiction in URL for queenoflexis, and it should work! (I’m so sorry to all the publishers and authors who now have broken links to my blog, please blame GoDaddy and their constant issues) 

Changing something that’s been integral to my life for over a decade is terrifying, but I hope you enjoy the new and improved me!