This was very cute and I really enjoyed it! Definitely was not what I was expecting, which I was super happy with. A book I would recommend to friends!

A quaint story that has a lot to offer its readers, especially trope-y romance book lovers. Full of charm, I didn't always connect with the characters, but I had a better time with this than my first foray into Colleen Hoover.

I love a story that's nothing like one I've read before, and this was definitely one of those. The story focuses on Alice. After her friend Gabby's breakup, she writes a story to make her feel better. Then, in circumstances that are connected to this tale in real life, Gabby finds love. Alice writes another story, and it happens again and again and again. . . She is then commissioned to work with a reclusive woman, and this brings about all the questions and mystery. This one was so fascinating. I only wished there were more about the stories Alice was writing. I was so drawn into them, and I liked the twists and turns of these sub-stories within the greater story about Alice. All in all, this was a wonderful book to kick off my year of reading. Thanks to NetGalley for the early look at this February 2023 release!

The cover is what caught my eye to start and wow am I forever grateful that it did. This was like the best book for book lovers ever and I could not put it down. If you are looking for a new romance book to sink your teeth into then check this one out. The characters and plot just come together so well.

I received this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This is a cute plot and I think an easy read.

The Love Scribe is an intriguing fantasy that manages to poke at the readers’ sense of romantic importunity. But Meyerson’s navel-gazing style won’t be for everyone.

Alice has been blessed with a sudden and unexpected gift that she discovers by mistake. Her best-friend Gabby is suffering from a harsh break-up, so Alice writes her a story about a hummingbird that trails love behind it wherever it goes. Soon afterward, Gabby finds true love. When she shows the same story to her sister and other friends, the process repeats itself. Alice soon figures out that she is a love scribe, blessed with the ability to sculpt stories that heal others and help them move forward with their lives. She starts writing stories for strangers, and her ratio continues to hold up. She manages to lead friends and family members to their true love – ever her widowed mother. Soon she has dozens of strangers lining up for her advice. She becomes a love scribe for hire, and begins writing stories which will hopefully draw her clients closer to their lovers.

At the height of this, she receives a note asking her to go to the home of Madeline Alger, notoriously unlucky in love and in possession of a magical library that can rearrange itself at will. Alice struggles to complete a story which will finally bring love to Madeline. But might real love be headed Alice’s way instead?

There’s a lovely sense of magical realism that perfumes The Love Scribe and keeps it alive and lively. The worldbuilding here is fairly unique, and the magical twists inherent in the story differentiate itself from other books in its genre.

The book has a lot of fun with fate. Alice’s parents, for instance, only meet because her grandmother insisted upon giving Alice’s mother “a man’s name”, so that she can better compete with the world outside. A mixup lands Bobby in her future husband’s dorm room, and later, along comes Alice. Near misses factor heavily into this story, as does the magic of luck both good and bad.

Alice is a lovable character, and I liked Madeline and Gabby, as well as the men who enter Alice’s life and portend a whole new start for her. My only real problem with the book is Meyerson’s prose style, which sometimes falls deep into ruminative passages when it could easily give us more clear-cut, direct language. For some this will be delightful; others will scream at her to get to the point already. But if you like worldbuilding and whimsy, The Love Scribe is a great option for a cold winter’s day.

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This is a sweet book about finding love and romance with the help of the written word.

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A lovely story that touches the emotions.

A lovely book about happy endings --- and not just your own, but those of other people. A great read for any romance lover.

I thought this was a great story, full of love, hope, and promise. I opened it without expectations and was pleasantly surprised.

This was a cute story but also so, so heartfelt and touching in so many ways. I really loved the ideas in this one, someone who can speak love into existence? Swoon!