The Story of Us

This is the story of us Bestie...
We're Katja and Lou, the faces behind BestieBoox! ๐ซ
We initially met in a dance class and discovered that we had so much in common, including our love of romance books. We immediately became best friends with each other, and our other behind the scenes best friend, Beth, who currently is living her best life travelling! Since we met we've always talked about the dream of one day starting our own book business and we finally realised it was a now or never moment, so we decided to take the jump and go for it! This is where BestieBoox was born!
A bit about each of us...
I've always loved reading ever since I was a child, to the extent that I rarely went anywhere without a book. It became a joke amongst my family that I prefer books over people, so much so that my parents used to hide books from me during school holidays to stop me from devouring them all in a few days and having to buy me more. Outside of BestieBoox I'm a scientist and a dog mum to a pup named Roscoe. I love dancing and it has always been my way of relaxing outside of a book. I'd always dreamed of one day following my heart and starting a business but it wasn't until fate stepped in and I found my best friend that it started to became a reality and the beginning of an era! ๐
Follow Lou on InstagramI love to travel, to sing and to dance with my favourite people to celebrate life. When it's raining outside, I love nothing more than to curl up with a blanket and a book! As a kid I would constantly be hiding under a blanket until 1am with my little torch because a story had captivated me and I simply could not stop. Somewhere between growing up and all the responsibilities that adult life throws at you, I lost sight of my love for reading. Finding it again felt like healing the little girl who used to disappear into a book for hours. I had always dreamed of building my own little business, there were plenty of ideas that never made it out of my notes app. When I met Lou everything just clicked and it felt like the moment I had been waiting for, like it was meant to be.
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As you can see both of us have always felt like we belong between the pages of a book. That feeling is exactly what we want to give you with BestieBoox. We want to help you romanticise reading again and turn it back into that magical, all consuming moment you felt the first time a book truly swept you away.
Lou & Katja