A review by purplelorikeet
Love Letters by Katie Fforde

3.0

I'm currently slogging through another of Katie Fforde's books but having read a few reviews found it was one of the least favorites of hers. So I tried this book and the results are improved.

Laura is twenty-six years old and soon to be made redundant from her bookstore job since the shop is closing. At a book event being held there, she chats with Eleanora and is quite honest with her opnions, feeling she has nothing to lose at this point. Her new acquaintance turns out to be an agent and thinks Laura is perfect to help out with a literary festival being planned. In the course of finding out more, it comes out Laura is a huge fan of Dermott Flynn and is roped into going to Ireland to attempt to bring him out of seclusion to star at the festival.

Laura makes lots of new friends, meets her hero, finds herself doing things she never thought possible, falls in love, etc. It's a fairly typical sort of contemporary romance and much of it takes place in Ireland. I found it was enjoyable for the first half or so. Somewhere in the second half, a supposed misunderstanding derails things and this put me off a lot of that part of the book. Because the character just made assumptions and ran away from the situation instead of trying to clarify things. And the way it plays out, it seems the Dermot is made out to be in the wrong when most of the issue really falls on Laura. Not to say he is not to blame for some issues but the main mistakes were made by Laura. And worse, she's a well-read protagonist, including contemporary romance. She should have known better. :)

This was a pretty good read but could have been so much better. I'd give it a solid three stars.