The humor in this is absolutely brilliant. I was laughing out loud so often that I kept waking up my toddler while he was sleeping lol

‘The Typo’ tells the story of Amy Cameron, who one day receives an email with an exciting offer meant for a 'Cameron A'. With a swift Google search, she promptly forwards the email to Cameron Armstrong, sparking an unexpected friendship. As Amy and Cameron get to know each other via email, Amy delves into her experiences as a violinist performing on grand stages, while Cameron shares tales of his photographic expeditions across Antarctica. However, unbeknownst to Cameron, Amy hasn't touched her violin in two years; instead, she’s a marketing manager at a small Edinburgh theatre on the verge of closing.

Based on the synopsis, I was keen to dive into this story. I admit I was a little concerned that on first glance it sounded very similar to Christina Lauren’s recent novella ‘The Exception to the Rule,’ however they could not have been more different. Kerr’s MC’s really lack the kind of chemistry needed to pull this premise off. Add in the fact that their first meeting wasn’t until 90% of the way through the story and what you’re left with is an underwhelming love-story.

I found it challenging to empathize with Amy and her struggles, mainly because of her prolonged and deliberate deception about her true identity and situation. Though not malicious, her actions failed to engender any sympathy from me. Meanwhile, Cameron, as the male protagonist, came across as flat and lacking depth. Introducing alternating points of view could have significantly enhanced both his character and the overarching storyline.

At the end of the day, I struggled through this book and for me, it just did not deliver.

Thank you to NetGalley, Harper Collins UK and One More Chapter for this eARC.

Not exactly my cup of tea, which is interesting because I usually love books with lots of texting or letter writing. It just felt a little forced between the main characters and I didn’t vibe with them as much in the end.

Had such high hopes for this book after reading the blurb but unfortunately it really didn’t deliver.

Amy Cameron is unhappy. Her friends have married and mostly forgotten her, her job as communications liaison for a local theater is going no where and the theater will likely close due to a lack of business anyway, and she has no other prospects. In fact, the one thing that brings her joy, playing violin, was stolen as a result of a terrible review two years before.

Then, one day, she gets an email meant for someone else. It seems important, so Amy tries to find who the art gallery might have meant. A deep dive on Google lands her the name of a photographer who seems the likely recipient. And so she forwards it.

The two begin a correspondence: Amy from Edinburgh, Cameron from a ship traveling around Antarctica.

Amy feels an immediate connection as their email becomes more frequent, but fearing he may find her boring, she embellishes and lies about who she is, forgetting they may eventually meet.

When that day arrives, Amy has done her best to right her wrongs, only to find that Cameron has his own secrets to share.

I have mixed feelings about The Typo, but my suggestion is to stay with it through the rocky start because the second half is stronger. Initially Amy is difficult to like. She seems depressed, but watching her doubt and denigrate herself over and over is hard to watch. You long for someone, anyone, to step in and offer some help. Eventually she manages to help herself, which largely works.

I wouldn’t say this is a romance; it is much more about deciding who you are and who you want to be — and getting yourself there. If you’re hoping for romance, it’s important to go in knowing that it’s only email communication for the first 90% of the book. The two leads don’t meet until the last few pages.

Amy has a charming older neighbor who is sadly underused, a few promising coworkers, and two emotional support cats. It is sweet at times, frustrating at others. I did love the email exchanges but that part of the story felt more like a catalyst for Amy to get out of her own way to make her own happiness. Who needs a boy, anyway!

Thanks to NetGalley and One More Chapter and Harper Collin’s UK Books for the ARC to read and review. Available May 3, 2024.

Couldn't finish this one. The main character was immature and annoying. Her friends were cringe and really no friends at all. I didn't even make it far enough to meet the male protagonist. The writing just wasn't for me.

While I enjoyed the writing style and flow of The Typo by Emily Kerr, it left me wanting it to be a bit different. To me this book was more of a coming of age than a rom com, and while I enjoyed the emails back and forth, I wish there was more of them together in person.
I hope to read more by Emily Kerr in the future.

Thank you netgalley for an arc of The Typo by Emily Kerr

I have enjoyed some of Emily Kerr's books already, so I was looking forward to reading The Typo.
A simple typo that could have been ignored ends up connecting two individuals who are unknown to one another.
Amy thinks she is a failed violinist, trudging along in her life as a marketing manager for an Edinburgh theatre that is possibly about to close.
An email that lands in her inbox because of a typo means she somehow ends up searching for the person who should have received it.
Cameron is on a boat in the Antarctic when he receives a message from a stranger who forwards an amazing opportunity to him.
I enjoyed the story and how the two strangers built a relationship via email despite not knowing one another.
Their being strangers ends up being a significant factor in their character development, as their closeness develops and they realise they aren't being true to themselves or the other, which spurs them on to do different things with their lives that they have been too afraid to try and do.
Could there have been more romance?
Probably.
They didn't finally meet until very late in the book, so we don't get a chance to see their relationship develop in the same way that we see their friendship begin to blossom, but a cute ending.
Many thanks to NetGalley and Harper Collins Fiction for an ARC.

The Typo follows Amy Cameron who receives an email intended for a different Cameron. After finding Cameron Armstrong, who she believes is the right recipient, they start emailing back and forth. In the beginning, we see Amy embellishing her life, wanting to seem more interesting, as we also get to see her day-to-day life and inner thoughts. As time goes on her embroidered life strays more and more away from the truth, causing her enough discomfort to want to make her lies a reality - a reality in which she doesn't feel isolated, forgotten, and lost.

While it is a romance, I would argue that The Typo is more about falling in love with yourself, and your life, and making your dreams a reality. We get to witness Amy growing from feelings of inadequacy and a certain hopelessness of not fitting in and having gotten stuck in a rut which brings her no joy, to Marie Kondo-ing her life. Choosing to take chances and actively make the life she's built up in her emails fact instead of fiction.

The romance aspect ended a bit abruptly as A Cameron and Cameron A don't meet until the last couple of chapters. I would have preferred to see the characters come together and sort through the mess their emails had created, both for and from both of them. To see more of the new life Amy created for herself, to experience more of the positivity and confidence she inspired in herself to weigh out the slightly woe-me attitude most of the book depicted and consisted of.

The Typo is a cute and fun read about self-love and acceptance, one which has me wanting to go to Edinburgh and dance along at a cèilidh asap despite the dreary weather.

Thank you NetGalley for sharing this book's ARC with me.

The Typo follows Amy, a Marketing Manager for a failing theater, and Aaron, a photographer on an Antarctica expedition. They find themselves emailing back and forth and forming a friendship. Will their friendship last in the real world? Are their feelings more than friendship?

This was such a fun book, but I wanted more Cam and Amy! I was pretty disappointed that there were only two chapters of them in person. I felt like the build-up in emails could have been better as well. 3/5 stars for me. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.

This rom com had neither rom nor com. The writing was not bad - the sentence structure, grammar, spelling. etc. were all acceptable. The premise was interesting and believable, but the actual storytelling didn't feel immersive. It resembled an overly wordy journal that lacked imagery to engage our senses. The emails between the male and female leads were especially difficult for me to get through. I have no idea how they fell for one another through such tedious missives. Their interactions lacked flirtation and chemistry. I wanted to enjoy it but, sadly, did not.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the Publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The first 50% of this book was pretty much 1.5⭐️. The letters between the two characters had little substance, no chemistry, and were just painfully boring. The good news is that the second half really picks up. The character works on herself, the plot gets more interesting, and some likable characters are introduced. But then it wraps up quickly, there’s no resolution with some of the best characters, some insanely unrealistic events, and little development with the relationship. Overall, I tried, but this book really wasn’t for me.

Received via netgalley as an arc copy.

Way too slow.
There's slow burn and there's lukewarm tap water. This is tap water.

Dnf at 58%, honestly not worth your time

This book is cute! It’s an easy read with a lot of heart. Don’t forget the You’ve Got Mail vibes sprinkled in which is what originally drew me to this book.

I enjoyed following Amy on her journey of self love and acceptance. I found myself rooting for her through out the book as her growth as a character really did shine through. I may have even learned a thing or two from her.

I will say that I wish we would have gotten a dual pov, I loved following Amy’s journey and would have liked to see more of Cameron’s as well. I also wish that Amy and Cameron would have met a lot earlier in the book than they did. It felt a bit rushed toward the end but overall, I did enjoy this book!

Thank you NetGalley and HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter for the arc of this book. All opinions are my own.

dnf @ 52%
⟶ the way this was 270 pages and i still couldn’t do it 🫢

🧸 thoughts — this is one of those books where you’re just looking at words, not reading. it started out okay yk I thought maybe it would be an average 3 star but no it was just a whole lot of nothing. i’m probably not even gonna remember this in a week’s time 🙁

💌 plot — this follows amy cameron, whose job I can’t even remember, and one day she gets an email for a really exciting job offer, except it’s not for her. her email address is “a.cameron” but it was meant for “cameron.a” so she forwards it to him and they form a friendship. clearly they’re both very lonely ppl bc all she does is tell him about the email and he starts spilling his guts out to her like damn—

cameron is a photographer, and he’s currently on a ship abroad (doing what? idk) and so amy thinks he’s this super cool guy and she’s just not enough. so she pretends to be a musician (i think!?!?) to try make herself more interesting. (however it flopped bc I was still bored to death). anyways they end up exchanging emails back and forth and “falling in love”

🌷 tropes —

➸ online romance
➸ fake identity
➸ friends to lovers

🧨 why did i not love this — the romance.. it was non-existent. and I am a big romance girlie but just where was it!?!? im not sure. the emails were very formal it was weird. like it felt like I was watching an exchange between colleagues or student and teacher. if they’re friends shouldn’t they be just a little more casual ESPECIALLY if this is supposed to be like a blossoming romance. also very very slow. like i hate dnfing yet I couldn’t push myself through 270 pages that’s how tough of a read it was. in my reviews I usually do a “what I liked” and “what I disliked” but honestly. I can’t think of anything pleasant rn

💝 conclusion — honestly i’m not too sure if it’s the book or me that’s really the issue bc im not a fan of these tropes to begin with. so maybe someone who is would like this more. would I recommend? maybe not. however !! i wouldn’t not recommend either (that makes no sense) but i think it definitely wasn’t the worst book ever so there’s that <33

thank you to netgalley and the publisher for kindly providing me an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!!

I love a good rom com and thought the premise of the book was unique and refreshing. Amy and Cameron start corresponding by email after Amy receives an email by accident. As they email back and forth they both develop feelings but you come to find out they *both* have been keeping secrets about their work from each other.

I wish the book would have given us more of Cameron’s story. You only get to know him through emails then extremely briefly in the last 2-3 chapters of the book when Amy and Cameron finally meet in person and that’s when you learn about Cameron's secret. Amy is a likable character and deals with booster syndrome which I think a lot of adults can relate to but I felt like it took a while for her to get going as far as putting herself out there with her music. In the end it seems they get their HEA together following their dreams.

it was really long.
i really hoped this is a light book that is easy to read and will take me 1-2 days to finish.

the book wasn’t long itself, even though it took me 5 days to read it. (and it’s a long time for me). i was thinking about dnf it every second chapter, but the voice inside me was keep pushing me. i wanted to believe that the end would be beautiful and breathtaking and different but it wasn’t. i wasn’t excited about how it ended.

SPOILER
there were only two chapters where characters communicate in the real life, and it was disappointing.

I absolutely adored The Typo by Emily Kerr. It was an uplifting story with many relatable themes. I really saw myself in Amy, whose self-doubt was all-consuming and having negative impacts on her life. Her path to disrupt that mindset and take steps towards accomplishing her dreams intertwined with her conversations with Cameron made for a really heartfelt novel that I thoroughly enjoyed! Thank you to NetGalley and the author for granting me this ARC!

The premise is great - a typo in an email address leads to pen pals leads to a blossoming romance. It's You've Got Mail without the bookstore and with a typo.

Unfortunately this book did not do it for me. The story plodded along and the emails between Amy and Cameron were difficult to get through at points. I think this is because I struggled to connect with either of the characters.

There was a fun little twist in the last quarter of the book which many readers will enjoy, and to give the author credit, there is a real "coming into one's own" feeling that many readers will connect with.

Thank you to NetGalley for the advance reader copy.

This book had a lot of potential, but unfortunately just wasn’t for me (DNF at 20%).

I do think this book will find an audience, mainly because Kerr is asking some incredibly important (and relatable) questions about connection and isolation.

Additionally, I really did like Kerr's—honestly somewhat risky—choice to use email communication to explore this topic of connection specifically. But to use email missives in this way, meant that I needed either more (1) character development or (2) scene setting from the story proper.

As for the first, Amy’s character was flat, and, as a result, what could have been “relatable” turned “cliché” instead—both in how she was described and the comments she made in dialogue with other characters. Secondly, I wanted to understand her corner of the world.

Recently, Scotland as a literary setting has made a comeback. In other books I’ve read in the last few months, I felt like place was essential to plot (like Edinburgh is a part of the writer’s and characters’ person – I mean, how could it not be?). In this case, I think the story could have been re-set anywhere and not really changed. At least from what I read in the first few chapters. Let me add that the scene-setting we get from Cameron’s emails was more successful engaging me as a reader. Perhaps a dual POV would have helped here.

As always, I am grateful to NetGalley and HarperCollins for the opportunity to review an ARC of this work.