Thanks to Kensington Books for the free advance copy.

Meg is a hand-letterer who makes custom planners, wedding invites, and more for her clients. One day, an old client, Reid, returns to her shop, demanding to know how Meg knew his marriage would fail - he had noticed how Meg weaved the word MISTAKE into the art in his wedding program. A conversation turns into a walk turns into sign-finding games turns into...more?

LOVE LETTERING is for all of us who love a classic rom com. If you liked EVVIE DRAKE STARTS OVER or THE AUSTEN PLAYBOOK, you need this book. It's a relatively slow burn for a romance novel - not even any kissing until halfway through! - but that only adds to the realness of this story. It reads like you're actually watching two people feel each other out and fall in love slowly, then all at once.

What I loved most about this book is how Meg's job as a hand-letterer is so integral to the story. It's not the type of book where the heroine owns a small business but never seems to actually do any work. It's her passion and she's good at it, and the plot would fall apart without it.

I also loved the descriptions of how Meg sees letters in her everyday life. She's always spelling out words in her head and rolling them around in her mind, feeling out each letter. It adds, dare I say it, whimsy to the story, and gives you such a great look into the mind of an artist.