He simply wanted some closure before he left NYC for good. Meg’s careless conjecture has backfired, but Reid isn’t interested in making her M-I-S-T-A-K-E public. Privately speculating the couple’s inevitable doom, she hid a secret code of M-I-S-T-A-K-E amidst the artistic swirls. A year ago, Meg crafted Reid’s wedding program to the exact specifications of her clients - with one major exception. A former client with an engagement that never reached the altar, Reid is in possession of Meg’s worst M-I-S-T-A-K-E. The inexplicable erosion of her relationship with roommate-slash-BFF Sibby is Meg’s biggest problem…until Wall Street quantitative analyst Reid Sutherland walks through the door.

Blessed with Instagram renown and a New York Times endorsement, The Planner of Park Slope has no shortage of clamoring clients to commission intricate hand-lettering and calligraphy. Meg Mackworth is at the pinnacle of her professional career and the rock-bottom of her personal life. Love Lettering is about signs, art, words, and the power they wield over us - it’s only fitting that the reader treats the neat black letters on the page with as much gravity as the book does. My advice is to linger on each page and let the words engulf you. It’s not a book to race through and devour in a short span of time. Whichever option you choose, my enthusiastic recommendation remains the same. Or perhaps it’s a way to start the new decade on a perfect note. This book was charming and I’d recommend it to someone looking for a quick and light read.Love Lettering is a way to end the decade on a perfect note. This was a sweet book, but not having any knowledge of fonts I had to look up most of what she described. Meg convinces Reid to accompany her through her city walks- her goal is to find inspiration for her work and his is to find something (anything) to like about New York. From that encounter, an unlikely partnership emerges. A year later, Reid shows up in her shop looking for an explanation as to why she put a hidden message in his wedding program. She had previously done work for weddings, but stopped after she met a couple that she thought was doomed to fail- and included a hidden message in their wedding programs with her prediction. These jobs allow her to live in New York City, so either she has a crazy amount of clients needing monthly planners written/drawn out or she charges a ton per month.

I’m not sure exactly what to call her- calligrapher? Graphic artist? I’ve read the entire book and I am still not sure- but she is high in demand within New York City to hand-write out rich people’s planners. Not just of the protagonists, Meg and Reid, but a love story between a woman and New York City, Meg and her best friend Sibby. Love Lettering, by Kate Clayborn, is a love story.

Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn