Personalised love books compared
| Darling ReasonsReasons I Love You and 24 other titles | WonderblyTen Reasons I Love You | LoveBookLoveBook | Fill-in journalKnock Knock's What I Love About You | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price in the UK | Digital £9, softcover £22, hardcover £39 | Softcover £29.99, hardcover £39.99, layflat £54.99 | Sold in US dollars (below) | £8.54 on Amazon UK (RRP £8.95) |
| Price in the US | Digital $12, softcover $29, hardcover $49 | Softcover $44.99, hardcover $59.99, layflat $79.99 | Paperback $54.99, hardcover $69.99, or a $19.95 yearly membership for half price | $10 |
| What's inside | Fifty reasons, one per page, and your dedication | Your answers to ten questions, set in a love poem, over 44 pages, with a dedication | 40 to 200 pages you put together from their illustrated pages | 112 small pages of prompts to finish by hand |
| Who writes it | You. A writing assistant drafts from your answers, and you keep, change or rewrite every word | A poem by novelist Julia Gray, built around your ten answers (up to 100 characters each) | You, editing each page, starting from their text and pictures | You, by hand |
| Pictures | The two of you, from our character builder, in four illustration styles | Illustrated by Alys Patterson, with four covers to choose from | LoveMojis you design to look like you | Printed prompts, no pictures of you |
| Size | 21.6 cm (8.5 in) square | 23 cm (9 in) square | 8.5 × 5.5 in (A5) | 4.5 × 3.25 in |
| Formats | Digital, softcover or hardcover; printed books include the digital book, which opens as soon as you pay | Softcover, hardcover or layflat | Paperback, hardcover or digital (PDF, EPUB or a web link) | Small hardback |
| Before printing | Read and change every page | Preview the whole book before you buy | You see each page as you edit it | Not applicable |
| Reviews | New in 2026, so only a few so far | 4.5 on Trustpilot from over 91,000 reviews | 4.8 from over 10,000 reviews, by its own count | 4.6 from about 22,000 Amazon ratings |
| Delivery | 7 to 9 working days in the UK and 10 to 12 working days in the US, printed near them | About a week in the UK and under two weeks in the US, by its own estimates | Printed by partners in the UK, Canada, Australia, Germany and India | From stock at Amazon and bookshops |
Choose Darling Reasons if
You want fifty reasons in your own words rather than ten, the two of you illustrated to look like the real people, a digital copy to give straight away, or a book the whole family or team writes together. You read every page before anything is printed. See what's inside ours.
Choose Wonderbly if
You'd like a finished love poem, written by a novelist around ten short answers, from a long-established brand with tens of thousands of reviews, and you'd rather not do much writing yourself. There's a layflat edition too.
Choose LoveBook if
You enjoy designing, and want to put the book together page by page from a large library of illustrated pages, with up to 200 pages for one price. It takes longer, and you have complete control.
Choose a fill-in journal if
You want the lowest price and the charm of your own handwriting, and you're sure you'll fill every page. It's the most personal option if you finish it. If writing fifty things from scratch sounds daunting, our free reasons generator can help with either.
Where we fall short
- We're new. We opened in autumn 2026, so we have far fewer reviews than brands that have been around for over a decade.
- We don't make a layflat edition, and our books are a little smaller than Wonderbly's.
- We use a writing assistant to draft from your answers, where some brands say they don't use AI at all. Every word is yours to keep or change, and nothing is printed until you approve it.
- A printed book takes one to two weeks to arrive, longer to Australia. The digital book is instant.
Questions
What is the best personalised love book?+
It depends what you want to give. For the most reasons in your own words, with the two of you illustrated, it's a book of fifty reasons like ours. For a short love poem built around ten answers, Wonderbly's Ten Reasons I Love You. For designing every page yourself, LoveBook. For the lowest price and your own handwriting, a fill-in journal.
How many reasons are in a reasons I love you book?+
It varies. Wonderbly's Ten Reasons I Love You is built around ten answers, set in a poem. Ours has fifty, one per page. A fill-in journal has a prompt on every page for you to finish by hand.
What's the difference between a fill-in journal and a personalised book?+
A fill-in journal arrives with printed prompts and blank lines, and you write every page by hand before giving it. A personalised book arrives finished, printed with your words and their name and, with ours, the two of you illustrated on the cover.
Which personalised love book is cheapest?+
A fill-in journal, at around £9 or $10, if you don't mind writing every page. Of the finished books, our digital book is £9 ($12) and opens as soon as you pay, and our softcover is £22 ($29).
Prices and details for other books are as shown on their own websites and on Amazon on 5 November 2026, and may have changed since. Sources: Wonderbly, Wonderbly on Trustpilot, LoveBook prices, LoveBook FAQ, Knock Knock's journal and the journal on Amazon UK. All the facts about ours are on our facts page.