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A review by littlebirdbooks
Love Letters by Katie Fforde
5.0
Usually when I read books, I think they’re great/amazing/fantastic and it’s because they are. But some books go beyond that. This one went beyond that. I first picked up this book because it was recommended and cheap in Sainsbury’s. I saw adverts about it which sparked my interest. When I first started reading it I got distracted by another book and left it for a while. I finally managed to pick it up again and I am so glad that I did.
The main character is Laura, quite shy, likes a quiet life and loves her books. I can totally identify with this character. Which helped me get into the story even more. She worked in a bookstore which had to be closed down (right at the beginning) and then was thrusted into organising a Literary Festival with people she didn’t even know. It was all terribly exciting and Laura didn’t like terribly exciting (and for that matter neither do I haha).
Everybody wants the elusive Dermot Flynn to come to this festival and Laura was misunderstood and people thought she actually knew him. Even when they did understand that she didn’t in fact know him she still had to travel to Ireland to get him to turn up. What she hadn’t expected was to fall madly in love with him!
There are many times in the book when you think “will they, won’t they?” My stomach was turning just with the thought that she wouldn’t be willing to listen to him or open up and tell him how she felt. All the way through the book I knew that this could be my favourite as long as it has a happy ending. And luckily for me. It did. I would have been gutted if it had a unhappy ending because that would have ruined the book and wouldn’t have suited the book at all.
This book is a must read.
The main character is Laura, quite shy, likes a quiet life and loves her books. I can totally identify with this character. Which helped me get into the story even more. She worked in a bookstore which had to be closed down (right at the beginning) and then was thrusted into organising a Literary Festival with people she didn’t even know. It was all terribly exciting and Laura didn’t like terribly exciting (and for that matter neither do I haha).
Everybody wants the elusive Dermot Flynn to come to this festival and Laura was misunderstood and people thought she actually knew him. Even when they did understand that she didn’t in fact know him she still had to travel to Ireland to get him to turn up. What she hadn’t expected was to fall madly in love with him!
There are many times in the book when you think “will they, won’t they?” My stomach was turning just with the thought that she wouldn’t be willing to listen to him or open up and tell him how she felt. All the way through the book I knew that this could be my favourite as long as it has a happy ending. And luckily for me. It did. I would have been gutted if it had a unhappy ending because that would have ruined the book and wouldn’t have suited the book at all.
This book is a must read.