Romance is the key that finally unlocked the world of reading for Amelia Lord after she had avoided it throughout her life.

Love was all over her TikTok feed in the form of BookTok – the app’s literary subcommunity – just as she was searching for a new hobby to take up after moving from her home in Newport to Gloucester.

The 28-year-old social media and events coordinator did not read at all before she was 21.

Although “intrigued”, a dyslexia diagnosis made her think she couldn’t do it.

“I kept seeing BookToks on my TikTok,” she said. “I was seeing loads about it and it piqued my interest.”

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