Love Lettering: The charming feel-good rom-com that will grab hold of your heart and never let go

I've only just recently read my first book by Kate Clayborn, but enjoyed it so much I couldn't wait to read this book, especially as it sounded really unusual. Meg makes her living by designing hand lettered custom journals etc. and after a piece in The Times has become quite famous and known as The Planner of Park Slope. But supposedly she can also read signs in relationships that other people miss and last year wove a secret sign into some wedding invitations as she knew the marriage was doomed for failure. The first chapter of this book is when the bridegroom comes back to the shop and asks how she knew - he'd found the secret code! In the end the ex-bridegroom, Reid (maths whizz) and Meg start a stilted sort of friendship, each quite awkward characters and set in their ways. A lot of the time they are out and about finding lettering inspiration for Meg, with Reid being very closed off about his job, which he seems to hate, along with New York. Meg tries to persuade him otherwise, and their relationship slowly (very slowly!) starts getting easier, but they are both quite quirky characters. I really loved the hunt for the different lettering around the city, I love old signs and that part of the story really interested me (and even made me go out and buy a journal and some pens to start my own bullet journal!), but whilst I did enjoy the story it didn't quite live up to the fabulous start, where I was expecting really great things for the rest of the story. So I loved the very beginning, lost interest a bit in the middle... but then towards the end something completely unexpected happened and Meg and Reid's lives were completely turned on their head, which reignited my interest. I definitely warmed to the two main characters as the book went on and really liked them by the end, but it did take me a while getting there. But an interesting book, and one that I definitely will remember.