“My Life with the Walter Boys” gets a sequel; impact on the Netflix series

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The successful Netflix series My life with the Walter Boys is returning for a second season and now there is also a sequel to the book on which the series is based, which tells the next chapter of Jackie’s story.

The sequel will be released on April 15, 2025, author Ali Novak told Today.com. It will be titled My return to the Walter Boys.

“I didn’t necessarily have to look for inspiration for the sequel because I’ve always wanted to write it,” she said. “I think the title is very fitting because not only is Jackie returning to the Walter Boys, but I’m also returning to that world after many, many years.”

In the YA romance My life with the Walter BoysNewly orphaned New Yorker Jackie moves to Colorado to live with Katherine and George Walter and their 12 children. This leads to a sweet boy’s dilemma between 17-year-old Cole and 16-year-old Alex. Novak herself was 15 when she wrote the story on Wattpad.

The 2023 Netflix version stars Nikki Rodriguez (Jackie), Noah LaLonde (Cole), Ashby Gentry (Alex) and Sarah Rafferty (Katherine).

The second book “starts with Jackie returning to the Walter ranch after a summer in New York,” Novak says. “The first part was the love triangle. The ‘will she choose Alex or will she choose Cole?’ The second part was always going to be the ‘will they or won’t they’ with Cole now that she’s chosen him.”

Netflix renewed My life with the Walter Boys for season 2 in December 2023.

Novak, who admits she’s on Team Cole when it comes to the books, stressed that the new season will not be based on the sequel to her book.

“None of the content I’m writing right now will be in the second season,” she said. “They’ve just gone in different directions. They’re still the same characters that we love.”