The Love Letter

How it reads

The Love Letter is romance (literary romance, specifically), and its dominant mood is romantic. The relationship is the engine of the story. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.

It's set in a small town setting, in the present day, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are love, identity and art and creativity. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending is bittersweet: it resolves, but at a price. At 257 pages it's a quick read. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.