Love and Other Words is one of the most beautiful stories I have ever read. It is an enthralling read about friendship, first love, and broken hearts. Therefore, this article reviews Love and Other Words, one of the most cherished books ever.
About the Book
Title: Love And Other Words
Author: Christina Lauren
Genre: Romance, Contemporary
Publisher: Gallery Books
Type: Standalone
Pages: 432 pages
Goodreads rating: 4.6/5
Macy Sorensen is a new pediatrics resident, planning her wedding to a single father whom her best friend had met only a few times. But then she runs into Elliot Petropoulos—the first and only love of her life and the careful bubble she’s constructed begins to dissolve. There was a time when Elliot was Macy’s whole world, but he broke her heart the same night he declared his love. This book is narrated in alternating timelines between Then and Now. Then Elliot and Macy started as friends and grew into something more, and Now They met again as strangers. There is so much history and emotion between them.
Love and Other Words Book Review
Elliot and Macy are soulmates. Elliot’s devotion and adoration for Macey are so beautiful that it evokes jealousy and frustration inside me because I realize now that there is zero to no chance for me to ever come across a man like Elliot Petropoulos on this earth.
This warm love story begins with Macey’s dad getting a summer house that is neighbored beside Elliot’s, and from there, they start forming a heartfelt friendship and a profound bond through books and words.
Over the years of weekends spent inside a closet, their sacred haven, one day, an irreversible tragedy causes Macey to disappear on Elliot and leave him and their relationship at a loss for 11 years.
“Favorite word?” he whispers.
Christina Lauren, Love and Other Words
I don’t even hesitate: “You.”
This book is told in an alternating timeline. Now Macy has a stable life. She has her dream job and a financially stable fiancé. She was out to meet her best friend when she came across Elliot- her life’s first and only love. And then the story goes 15 years back to when they were teenagers and met for the first time.
When they were children, whenever they met up, they used to ask their favorite words of each other. But, as the book continues, the most critical question everyone has is, “What happened to them?”. The contentment between Elliot and Macy is there. Even after years of not seeing each other, the warmth and recognition remain.
“I never got to fall out of love. I just had to move on.”
Christina Lauren, Love and Other Words
There is a bit of a reveal which I have mixed feelings about. I will not go into detail because I will end up giving spoilers. In some ways, this felt cliched, but it made me feel several emotions – just as the characters felt several.
I also loved the relationship Macy had with her dad and how her mother made a list for Macy so that she could influence Macy’s life even after her death. I loved every single rule made by her mom. The kind of love between Macy’s Mom and dad was all-consuming.
“It never occurred to me that love could be anything other than all-consuming. Even as a child, I knew I never wanted anything less.”
Christina Lauren, Love and Other Words
Overall the book was excellent and felt like a comfortable read.
Conclusion
Rating: 5 / 5
Recommendation: Undoubtedly. 100%
I love stories that bring me solace and hope of finding love, so this will undoubtedly be your go-to book. Elliot and Macy go a long way back from Strangers to Best Friends to lovers to Second Chance Romance. This book will keep you on your edge.
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About the Author
Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of longtime writing partners and best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, the New York Times, USA TODAY, and #1 internationally bestselling authors of the Beautiful and Wild Seasons series, Dating You / Hating You, Autoboyography, Love and Other Words, Roomies, Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating, and many more. The coauthor duo writes both Young Adult and Adult Fiction and has produced eighteen New York Times bestselling novels together. In addition, their books have been translated into 30+ languages.
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