There’s a reason this romance made the best-of lists at Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, and PopSugar and within the first twenty-five pages I knew why. If Kate Clayborn ever holds auditions for a new BFF, I’ll be first in line.
Meg is an up-and-coming hand-letterer in NYC and Reid a former client. Meg made Reid’s wedding invitations and programs, but Reid and his fiancé never made it down the aisle. Meg, following an impulse that surprises even herself, hides a message in the lettering of the program – ‘m-i-s-t-a-k-e’. Reid pops up in her shop to find out how Meg could possibly have predicted their fate.
In many romances, the hero and heroine are not equally developed, but this is not the case in Love Lettering. In Clayborn’s adept hands, Meg and Reid are both fully formed, along with a cast of supporting characters who I loved almost as much as Meg and Reid. I say almost because nothing can compare to Meg’s original, hilarious, and relatable take on the world.
What made me love this romance best of all, however, is the way letters and the city of New York emerge as characters in their own right. Meg sees the world through the lens of color, shapes, fonts and letters, and by the end, you will too.
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