I felt really drained reading this book and I did have to DNF at 46% as I could feel myself getting into a reading slump.
The characters weren't interesting enough and the story didn't grab my attention from the start.

There’s so much to love about The Typo. Firstly there is the light, witty email exchange between Amy and Cameron, she telling him about things like watching the Edinburgh Zoo penguins on a webcam, while he tells her about Rockhopper penguins stealing pebbles from each other in Antarctica. I loved Amy and Cameron as people too. We saw very little of Cameron apart from through his emails, yet it was easy to get a good semse of him as a character. Amy was present on nearly every page, in her emails, in her mentally-draining, dead-end job at the failing Edinburgh Variety Theatre and in her flat, where sheis clearly afraid of picking up the violin languishing in a corner. I could easily imagine her embelishing her life to try to seem more interesting to Cameron, who in her eyes is living a life of adventure far more interesting than her humdrum one. I could feel her growing guilt too. I loved the way she learned to face her fears and reclaim the life she lost two years earlier. For both Amy and Cameron this is a story about not only finding love but also seizing their dreams. This story is emotional at times, funny at others and a fantastic read from start to finish.

Unfortunately I did not enjoy my time reading this novel. I was intrigued by the premise as I like these type of pen pal stories, but the emails exchanged lacked chemistry and weren’t very romantic. It would have been nice if they met earlier and we saw more of them as a couple. I just didn’t feel connected to the romance or characters, and the writing was dry.

One thing I did like though was Amy’s sense of feeling left out of her social group and being behind her peers. It’s something I think a lot of people can relate to, and her feelings of loneliness were palpable.

This is such a cute read! I love books where it’s email/letters correspondence and this one is just a fun and easy read.
There were times where I feel like there’s too much description and it’s a bit slow but overall, I’d say this is very enjoyable and really got me picturing the vibes of Edinburgh 🤭

Unfortunately I had such high hopes for this one but it just wasn't for me. I found the story to be a little too slow and didn't really gel with either of the characters..

I really wanted to love this book. Don't get me wrong, the ending was great. But the pace of the book was too slow for my liking and it honestly was somewhat boring getting there. Still, I could see this book being loved by a group of patrons at my library though.

Unfortunately this book was not for me and I had to give up at the halfway point. I feel like so many people will enjoy this and will enjoy the back and forth from the mmc and fmc but I couldn't get invested.

I always love books with this trope and The Typo was no exception. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, both the characters and storyline were great.

I was struck by the poignant shift in Amy's social circle when her friends entered into relationships, causing a change in their behaviour towards her. The small error in the book that sparked a series of emails between Amy and Cameron was a delightful detail that brought a smile to my face. Their interactions had a charming and distinctly British quality. Amy's job at the bar and her friendly relationship with Malcolm, her colleague, added a sense of warmth to the tale. If you are looking for a heartwarming read without any explicit content, I would highly recommend this book. However, I do have to mention that the pacing of the story felt a bit slow at times.

The evolution of Amy's social dynamics underscored how romantic relationships can impact friendships, revealing the intricacies of human connections. The typo that initiated the email exchange between the characters acted as a catalyst for their developing bond, injecting a light-hearted element into the plot. Amy's role at the bar not only offered a glimpse into her character but also set the stage for her deepening bond with Malcolm, emphasizing the significance of workplace relationships. For those in search of a gentle and uplifting read, this book is an excellent choice for its focus on tender moments and the absence of explicit material. Despite its strengths, readers accustomed to faster-paced stories may find the narrative's leisurely speed requires some patience.

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Unfortunately, this was a DNF for me. Nothing was seeming to work for me with this book. I couldn't stay engaged and was bored to tears.

Amy is living very much her second-best life, working in theatre admin with a behind-the-times boss and not thinking about the violin case in the corner of her sitting room, her music career lost thanks to a mysterious incident and her friends all moving on into coupledom and babies. So when she receives an incorrectly addressed email offering a photographer and exhibition, tracks him down and starts emailing with him, her life becomes more interesting - mainly because she makes it so by claiming to be not quite what she actually is.

Beseiged by guilt and falling in love by email, she sets out to adjust her own life to match the illusion she's created and in turn opens up her vulnerability to make new friends in a lovely colleague and a sweet older neighbour (he has two cats; the cats remain fine through the book). Will Amy and Cameron ever meet, is there more to his Antarctic adventures than he's letting on, and will her half-truths catch up with her?

I love the theatre setting and the details of Amy's work to turn its fortunes around; as usual with Kerr you get well-researched background details as well as romance and plot.

4.5 stars from me

Review publishing 15 May https://librofulltime.wordpress.com/2024/05/15/book-review-emily-kerr-the-typo/

I was super excited for this book after reading the synopsis, but sadly it already lost me almost three chapters in.

It started out so slow that I ended up skimming the pages, waiting for it to pick up a little. Then, when we finally got to the emailing part, I was excited again, only to lose interest with every new email.

With this being a romance, I was expecting three to be, well, romance. But every single email felt so extremely formal I felt like I was reading something for work instead of for pleasure, which is really sad because there was so much potential there.

I forced myself to keep reading and will say I enjoyed the ending, I'm just disappointed in how we got there.

Thank you to Netgalley, Harper Collins UK and One More Chapter for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is a romance book with no romance and unfortunately I did not enjoy it. What’s meant to be a budding romance between Amy and Cameron starts due to a typo in an email address. Their romance slowly continues through emails, but these emails were lacking the chemistry and romance I would want in a romance book. It’s hard to create a romance by email between two people who’ve never met. I think I would’ve liked it more if we got they met and we got to see their relationship develop by email after they already met. Also without the emails I feel like Amy talks very little about Cameron and her feelings for him and it’s more so focused on her job.

Overall, I did not like this romance book with no romance.

I liked this cute and easy read about a couple who meet because of a typo in an email address. I liked the settings (Scotland and an Antarctic research boat) and enjoyed the emails as a way for the couple to get to know each other. It did feel a bit long before they actually met in person and I might have liked more of the story to fall after that vs before. But I was entertained and would read more from Emily Kerr.

Great characters in this slightly unusual plot. Both the main characters of Amy and Cameron seemed totally believable although some aspects of the story less so. Amy Cameron lives in Edinburgh working at a theatre as a marketing manager which has a steadily declining audience due to the poor choice of acts chosen by her boss. She lives a solitary life as more and more of her friends drop by the wayside, getting married and having families. When she receives an email, clearly not intended for her, from a gallery asking her to produce an exhibition of her work she sets about trying to find the intended recipient.. After a lot of research she eventually finds the person in question and asks them to let her know how things turn out. Cameron, a wildlife photographer is currently on a trip to Antarctica. He is pleased to receive Amy's email and they begin c0rresponding with each other until a real friendship begins between the two of them. The trouble is Amy lies to Cameron that she is a concert violinist instead of working in a theatre. Being a concert violinist was Amy's dream until a critic condemned her performance, shattering Amy's confidence. From that point she did not pick up her violin and put her dream's of success to one side. I enjoyed this book although some of the descriptions of the Antarctic wildlife were a bit drawn out but the overall plot was unusual and captured my imagination. Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me to read this book in return for an honest review.

Loved the quirky title of this one. Emily has penned an excellent, well planned book with lovely characters and an intriguing storyline.

This was fine. It was a cute premise and I enjoyed the start of the book a lot more than the middle and conclusion. There was just too much miscommunication and I didn't really buy the chemistry at all between the two main characters. Also, the emails got a bit redundant and tiring pretty fast. There is only so much tripe about penguins one can read. Despite my best efforts I didn't really empathize with Amy or Cameron and whilst this book wasn't 'bad', I can't say I really enjoyed it.

This was okay. I think it would have been better if it was dual pov. I don't feel like we really know anything about cameron besides the fact that he likes animals. There wasn't really a hint of a romantic relationship between them for the longest time.

I received an arc through netgalley.

I really wanted to love this one, I just found it a little too cheesy and predictable for me. It was totally a me thing though, I’d still buy it for a friend!

Sadly this was a DNF for me

I really wanted to love this book, however I couldnt get into it

I love books where characters first meet through email/text/phone calls etc and you can slowly see the attraction and them falling in love

My main issue with this book is that Amy spends a lot of the time lying to Cameron about what her job is, although she felt bad about it, she wasnt doing anything to change it and it just got annoying to me. Also this is a very slow burn, i got just over 50% before i dnfed and theres been zero talk of attraction to each other or any real flirting or anything to get me infested in their relationship, slow burns really arent my thing and this just wasnt doing it for me

- she accidentally gets sent an email meant for him, so she tracks him down and forwards it onto him and they start a friendship
- 1st person, single pov

Thank you to NetGalley and One More Chapter for the arc - all opinions are my own