Full Review by Books Paradise
June Parker nails the particular intimacy of writing to someone you have never met. Funny, generous, and completely disarming by the final letter.
Two strangers on opposite ends of a mistaken correspondence agree to keep writing anyway. Over two years of letters they fall in love with a version of each other neither has met — and then one of them books a ticket.
A Story Worth Following
Letters From Elsewhere is a swooning epistolary romance about the person you become on paper, and whether they survive the arrivals hall.
Atmosphere & Writing
Sharp, warm humour throughout. June Parker writes with a control of tone that keeps Letters From Elsewhere vivid from first page to last.
Characters That Stay With You
Both voices are distinct and fully alive. They carry the story’s weight without ever feeling like devices.
What Worked Brilliantly
- Wonderful letters
- Real humour
- Earned ending
What Could Be Better
- Slim outside the letters
- Predictable final act
Final Verdict
Letters From Elsewhere is a rewarding read for anyone drawn to romance and contemporary. Letters From Elsewhere is a swooning epistolary romance about the person you become on paper, and whether they survive the arrivals hall.
“They agreed to write until one of them stopped.”
