3.5 rounded up to 4 ⭐️
Loving the personality of the FMC, maybe I relate too much 🙈 but she's very likeable in terms of being a very normal person. I personally enjoyed the story, I liked the format of writing through the emails. I understand why it wasn't but I would have liked this a lot more if it could have been from a dual POV, I felt like I was missing that. It was a nice fast paced read, the writing was a little basic but I liked it nevertheless.

Thank you NetGalley & the publisher for the advanced copy of this book!

This book is too cute!

When a gallery sends Amy Cameron an email intended for someone else, she tracks down the intended recipient and begins an email correspondence with Cameron Armstrong, who is on an assignment in Antarctica. Over the course of their correspondence. Amy finds the strength to be the kind of person Cameron thinks she is and builds her life from one that feels lonely, unsteady and unfulfilling to one that is full and fulfilling. The journey is one that is fun to watch, entertaining, and generally a sweet story.

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This was cute, but maybe too much of a slow burn, major emphasis on the SLOW.

I liked it, but it won't be memorable.

Despite having moments where I had fun reading, there were also times when it was hard to keep my interest. I found Amy and Cameron easy-to-like characters, but I didn't feel the chemistry between them; I think they would have been better off as friends.

Thank you so much, NetGalley and the publisher for sending me this ARC.

Thank you NetGalley & the publisher for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

My thoughts:

I made it about 50% before I just couldn’t take it anymore, I apologize I had to DNF this one.

The writing style was really bad in my opinion, it lacked any character/ emotion… I wanted to be invested I just couldn’t, I didn’t find myself like the book at all besides them emailing about penguins at one part and that made me smile, other than that unfortunately I really wouldn’t read this one or recommend.

There are very few books that I have read that I say were boring. This is one of them. The Typo had dull characters, not a very good plot. There was nothing that I can say I liked about this book. I read it and knew that it is not one I would read again. There was no connection for me to any character in the book. I had such high hopes when I saw this book.
Thank you NetGalley, Emily Kerr and One More Chapter for the copy of the book The Typo. This is my personal review.

When Amy receives an email that isn’t meant for her she tracks down the intended recipient and so develops an email pen pal exchange.

I usually love friendship to romance novels but this was a very slow burn and I didn’t really feel the spark between Amy and Cameron.

The Typo by Emily Kerr is a cute epistolary romance. Amy receives an email intended for Cameron and duly forwards it on to him. From this initial contact they strike up a friendship by way of email as Cameron is on a ship in the Antarctic and Amy lives in Edinburgh.

I found this to be a light and entertaining read but I didn't really feel the chemistry between the MCs. I found it more of a developing friendship rather than a romance. Maybe it would have worked better if we hear from both POVs rather than just Amy's.

Thank you to Netgalley, Harper Collins UK and One More Chapter for providing me with a digital arc to read and review

A lovely, lovely book. Both the main characters are so likeable and I really enjoyed their relationship building. Highly recommended.

A really easy, sweet and fun romance novel. I will be recommending this to friends as a light relief with a predictable but fun plot line with great characters. Though I will warn the that it is a slowwww burn romance.
I also loved all the penguin mentions and the emailing back and forth was an interesting easy of moving it forward, though at times this didn't translate well onto my kindle which was annoying.

Amy is a musician at heart but works in marketing for a dying theater in Edinburgh. Her friends are really not her friends anymore, and she finds herself babysitting the neighbors cats more often than socializing with humans. Then one day, a errant email finds its way to her inbox and she is instantly connected with Cameron, whose email address is very similar, as he regales her with his adventures of photographing the Antarctic. However, Amy is compelled to make herself look more interesting, so she regales Cameron with tales of her life as a musician.

So realistic, I can picture myself in Amy's shoes. When you find yourself almost alone, you crave friendship even if it comes in the unlikely form of email; the new definition of pen pals. The interactions with Cameron and Amy are funny and sweet. You sympathize with Amy even if she feels she's in the wrong with her embellished story, but she does the right thing in the end.

Emily Kerr is great at giving us feel-good stories with some sweet romance peppered in. I always enjoy reading her novels and others similar to this. This may not be everyone's cup of tea, but it is definitely worth a read.

Thank you to Harper Collins UK, One More Chapter and NetGalley for the ARC. The opinions expressed are my own.

This was definitely an easy read, with some good character development and a great writing style - however it just didn’t click with me.

I’ve read epistolary novels before and loved them, but in this one it perhaps moved too slowly narrative wise, which I found frustrating, and as such became less engaged in the story.

I really wanted to like this one but I just couldn't get into this story, it was hard for me to read and honestly I think it just wasn't my type of book which I'm bummed about because it sounded so good!

This is a light and easy read. I enjoyed the penguin and Antarctic descriptions. The email format didn’t really work for me and the pace was a bit slow.

📚ARC Review 📚

The Typo ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Amy Cameron receives a wrongly addressed email about an upcoming competition for photographs. After doing some online research she finds Cameron A. who takes pretty landscaping pictures. Knowing this email should have went to him, she forwards it and wishes him luck. They continue to communicate with each other through emails and video calls since Amy is in Edinburgh and Cameron is on a ship in the Antarctic. Wanting to impress Cameron, Amy lies about what she does for a living. But when Cameron wants to meet her in person, she doesn’t know whether to tell him the truth or not.

Overall, this one was just ok for me. I wished there were more of a connection in the email threads they had. I loved the idea of reading them but the cute banter just wasn’t there. They didn’t meet til the end of the book and even then they didn’t have the greatest chemistry. I don’t know, something was just off for me.

This book publishes on May 3, 2024. Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter for my advanced readers copy. This is my honest and voluntary opinion.

Beware- most of this novel is in emails. Emails between Amy, in Edinburgh, and Cameron in Antarctica. I found it to be a fine conceit- it's unlikely friends to lovers but it's very slow burn. As interesting, though, is watching Amy come out of her shell as the relationship blooms. Thanks to netgalley for the ARC. There's not a lot of depth here but it's a light enjoyable read.

Pen pals from miles away
After a wrongly sent email two people grow closer over emails.
Can you really fall in love with someone just over emails?

I have mixed feelings about this story because whilst it was easy to read and I enjoyed the strangers to friends to lovers development, it all felt a bit too slow for my liking. It was a lot lighter on the romance than I expected. I’m not sure it fully fits into the romance genre for me. The only romance we see is a bit of light flirting in the emails and then the epilogue set a few months later where they are together.
I preferred focusing on the story of Amy regaining her confidence, saving the theatre and rediscovering her passion for playing the violin.
The ending was a bit of a letdown, it felt rushed and a bit unresolved (particularly the parts of her quitting her marketing job at the theatre and the random revelation from Cameron) 🤷🏻‍♀️
This book might not have been my cup of tea, but may be for any contemporary romance fans looking for something light and easy.

Amy receives an e mail which she realises isn't for her. After some searching she forwards it to a man called Cameron.
They start to email each other but Cameron is on an Antarctic expedition and Amy is working at a theatre in Edinburgh.
They tell each other their stories and plan to meet but what will reality bring?

This book is a charming, light read but nothing epic. Amy and Cameron meet online after an e-Mail is sent to the wrong Address. After a brief exchange of e-mails they quickly hit it off and their relationships start to grow.

I hated how self-conscious and depressed amy was at the beginning of the book. I was so happy to see her grow into herself and start being happy again, but I was sad that it was a guy that got her out of her slump.

The relationship between Amy and Cameron didn’t feel very special or romantic until the very end of the book.. I guess I just wanted more romance. A relationship based on emails for 85% of a book was just to slow for me.

I do want to thank NetGalley and The Author, Emily Kerr for allowing me an advanced reader copy of The Typo.