Will you believe I discovered the penguin cam of the Edinburg Zoo two months ago? I have been watching the lovely creatures every day since then!

Apart from that coincidence, I really appreciate this book with the timely topic of people feeling like they are not good enough, having insecurities, feeling lonely despite not being a senior citizen. All of this is what our current deafening and demanding world is about.
What is it that we – like Ally – feel the need to posh up our lives? Appearing as if we've got it all together, as if there is nothing but green grass to share? Being brave is not about doing something heroic, being brave is about finding the courage to share who we really are, flaws and insecurities included. Opening up is so much more difficult than to appear wholesome.

And as we're on the subject of being brave, let me risk being a kill-joy by mentioning I was disappointed in The Typo being quite flat when it comes to diversity. In a city like Edinburgh, surely there are more flavors of the human kind? When near the end of the book a woman with a guide dog was mentioned I was happily surprised.
So yeah, it would have been nice to have characters included who are worth mentioning when it comes to skin color, sexual orientation, religion, history, cultural background, or chronically ill or disabled people, you name it. Unfortunately, I keep adding that to a lot of reviews on books I've read recently...

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of the book.

Emily Kerr crafts an engaging story about a woman learning to be brave again after losing confidence to chase her dreams, coupled with a very sweet epistolatory romance.

Amy Cameron once singlemindedly chased her dreams of being a professional violist until a bad performance resulted in a scathing review. Two years later, her violin is gathering dust, her job is on the line and none of her friends will respond to her messages, leading to a very lonely existence. An email typo leads her to becoming pen friends with Cameron Armstrong, a photographer on expedition ships to Antartica. Feeling ashamed of her lonely life, Amy embellishes the truth about her life - having friends, busking and performing at the Variety, a theatre she actually works as marking manager.

This book was just a delightful, funny and cosy read and I breezed right through it. I loved the emails between Amy and Cameron. While I was thinking 'noooooo Amy, don't lie!, just tell him about the truth', I liked that Emily Kerr didn't make her embellishments too over-the-top, and that they became a catalyst for Amy to rebuild herself, i.e. a bit of a 'fake it til you make it'. The resolution was also very well executed. I do wish, however, that Amy confronted all of her friends more strongly about their exclusion of her. At the very least I had a proper chat with Cass, since they were closer.

Coupled with the descriptions of Edinburgh (oh how I long to go back!), I really enjoyed this and ended up buying books from Emily's back catalogue (I read 'The Fixer Upper" last year and loved it). If you like your romances combined with self-improvement journeys of your heroines, this is definately one to give a go.

Thanks to One More Chapter/Harper Collins UK and NetGalley for the ARC.

The Typo by Emily Kerr is a charming chance encounter romcom with You’ve Got Mail vibes.

Two strangers miles apart connect when Amy receives an email meant for Cameron . Their lives are completely different but their connection grows as they begin to correspond through email. Is Cameron who he says he is and is Amy being her true authentic self? Funny and romantic,The Typo will have you rooting for Amy and Cameron’s HEA.

Thank you to Netgalley, the author and publisher for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

I really really wanted to enjoy this book.

I'm not even sure why I didn't, I normally love a book where epistolary romances bloom but I just found myself bored by the emails back and forth and it ended up making me bored with the whole book.

I'm willing to try this author again as I feel like this book had so much potential and maybe it was a case of "it's not you, it's me".

Unfortunately, this was a DNF at 35%

Cute little romance - the writing was a bit childish in some parts, but overall I enjoyed it and it was a quick read.

Thanks NetGalley for the copy!

The Typo by Emily Kerr, published by Harper Collins, One More Chapter is a romance novel.
Amy, a blogger meets Cameron an artist because of a typo in an email adress. And that leads both of them on a wild goose chase, leading to a well desreved hea. A beautiful story, well written and beautifully told. Sweet and charming.

Penguins, penguins, penguins and penguin poo

I really enjoyed this. I adored the relationship between Amy & Cameron I like the different with it being via mail and they not actually knowing what each other looked like.
Amy’s growth was amazing I’ve never felt so proud and happy for a character.
She really became who she’s always wanted to be it was lovely.
I actually didn’t see the little twist coming I was so shocked.
I loved how detailed the places were described I felt like I could picture the theatre and the boat.
This is a sweet happy romance with witty banter. 2 adorable kittens and lots of talk about penguins.
Definitely be recommending