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After a decade apart, childhood sweethearts reconnect by chance in New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren’s touching, romantic novel Love and Other Words…how many words will it take for them to figure out where it all went wrong?

The story of the heart can never be unwritten.

Macy Sorensen is settling into an ambitious if emotionally tepid routine: work hard as a new pediatrics resident, plan her wedding to an older, financially secure man, keep her head down and heart tucked away.

But when she runs into Elliot Petropoulos—the first and only love of her life—the careful bubble she’s constructed begins to dissolve. Once upon a time, Elliot was Macy’s entire world—growing from her gangly bookish friend into the man who coaxed her heart open again after the loss of her mother...only to break it on the very night he declared his love for her.

Told in alternating timelines between Then and Now, teenage Elliot and Macy grow from friends to much more—spending weekends and lazy summers together in a house outside of San Francisco devouring books, sharing favorite words, and talking through their growing pains and triumphs. As adults, they have become strangers to one another until their chance reunion. Although their memories are obscured by the agony of what happened that night so many years ago, Elliot will come to understand the truth behind Macy’s decade-long silence, and will have to overcome the past and himself to revive her faith in the possibility of an all-consuming love.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gallery Books (April 10, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1501128019
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1501128011
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 1.1 x 8.25 inches
Reviewer: Nisha
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Beautiful love story!
Review: Love and other words is truly a special book.Christina Lauren did an excellent job portraying both characters especially Elliot. Also loved how Macy is in the medical field. Felt I could relate being in a similar profession.Macy, a pediatric resident is engaged to a well known artist who has a child. Things are going smoothly until she runs into an old childhood best friend/lover (Elliot) at a coffee shop. The story unfolds with two timelines. One is in the past from Macys POV when her mother dies and her father finds a weekend home to help heal their family. The other is in the present again from Macys POV when her and Elliot run into each other after 11 years. The story unfolds from there and their love story gets SO good. I could seriously not stop reading.This is a perfect best friends to lovers and second chance romance trope! This really showed how a strong friendship can overcome the biggest obstacles. I gave this ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars because for one it took me surprise with all the emotional aspects that seriously had me tearing up!! I adore and admire the special friendship and connection between the two main characters Macy and Elliot which created a love for each other that is absolutely unmatched. This book left me with a big smile at the end. Highly recommend!

Reviewer: kaitlyn
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I don't know how to rate this... Between three and four stars I think.
Review: Wow. This was a good story. The writing was incredible and I finished the whole book in one day ( yes, I am a Elliot).There's just some holes in the plot that really don't make sense.Firstly, I am hugely against cheating so the fact that Elliot cheated pretty much just made everything after that a mute point. He did actually cheat right?? I'll have to go back and reread and make sure. And I think that telling her that he thought it was her the whole time is just such a line... I get where he's coming from but I didn't forgive him. Also, the fact that he never found out about her dad or managed to contact her sooner... Like really?? I find it super hard to believe that his loving parents who thought of macy like a daughter and who spent a ton of time with her dad and Macy wouldn't have hunted down what happened to them when they suddenly never showed up again. And that whole family would've been at the funeral and helped her in a heart beat. It just doesn't make sense for 11 years to pass. I think a year would've been more realistic to have passed before Elliot and Macy had a conversation. So good story, lots of angst, but in the end I just couldn't relate to the whole forgiveness and undying love thing when he cheated and they hadn't seen each other in so long..

Reviewer: Ashley Millard
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Beautiful
Review: A beautiful love story. I really enjoyed this one. It was my first book “back” to reading and I’m so happy a friend recommended.

Reviewer: Tiama Anderson
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: loved it
Review: Very well written and emotion evoking would recommend to others. I now understand why it’s a highly recommended book for most!

Reviewer: arlene rios
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Kept my attention
Review: Very cute story , usually takes me A while to read this book, but I read it in a week

Reviewer: Sofia Baraklilis
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: endearing characters and love that grows
Review: I wasn’t expecting to love this book as much as I did but I couldn’t help but root for Macy and Elliot. The story has dual timelines. Macy and Elliot as kids growing up and in present day after ten years of not speaking to each other. As the pair grows closer in the past and reconnects in the present, the story has you rooting for their love and friendship the entire way and has you questioning what it was that drove them apart.I love their honesty with each other and how unafraid, at least for Elliot, they are to state what they feel and mean and have it be “this is it” right from the beginning. So often characters (and lets face it, us as humans) keep our real thoughts and feelings to ourselves in fear of embarrassment and such and from the beginning of Macy and Elliot meeting as young kids there was an honesty that was so refreshing and, I think, made for deep friendship between the characters.I loved the back and forth timeline. I always seem to like the ‘then and now’ in books as it really captivates your attention and makes you hooked on what happened and this book does it well. I loved seeing their relationship grow as kids growing up and I also loved the present day interactions and wondering just what happened and still rooting for them anyway. I liked how the characters had redeemable qualities and not so redeemable qualities that made them on a whole more believable as characters.The only negative, and why this book is 4.5/5 and not 5/5 is the climax of the novel. I won’t spoil it but when we finally find out what drove them apart I was expecting it to be more Macy focused and while it was, there was a side to Elliot’s story that surprised me and I feel like it could have and should have been explored more, especially between two characters that don’t hold back with each other.Overall I adored this book and would recommend to others.

Reviewer: Lynne M. Spreen
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Very slow
Review: It's unusual for me not to love a Christina Lauren book, but this one I actually skimmed in the second half. It started out beautifully. Macy and Elliott are young teens when they meet. They are next-door neighbors (his house and her dad's vacation home). Macy and her dad are struggling to go on after Macy's mom dies.Over summers and vacations, Macy and Elliott, like soulmates from day one, grow up together and eventually discover love. Then something happens and they don't see each other for eleven years, but then they do, and slowly reconnect. Emphasis on slow. My least favorite trope is lack of communication. In this case, it's excruciatingly slow. They might be reading together and one asks the other a troubling question. Both of them fall silent. The answer then comes maybe the next summer.They both have trauma. They make it worse for each other. Finally, after a lifetime apart, they open their mouths and resolve the problems. After all the waiting, the ending is quick and not that satisfying. Really a pretty unusual miss for this author duo, IMO.

Reviewer: Anne
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I loved this book. The connections that the author develops between the characters are thoughtful, believable and very emotional. As teenagers, I loved Elliot’s perception & his sensitivity to Macy’s struggles and Macy’s willingness to eventually learn to share her worries and questions. Although the story definitely has tragedy, it also has moments that made me smile and left me with an uplifting feeling. The second chance romance is both heartbreaking and heartwarming. This is my first read of a novel by Christina Lauren, it will definitely not be my last. I am looking forward to reading her other books and only hope they can match this wonderful romantic story.

Reviewer: María R.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Llegó 4 días antes de lo esperado, en muy buenas condiciones

Reviewer: Tora-lee A.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I would rate this book 10 🌟 if I could, the writing was beautiful and story, chef's kiss, however I really wanted more from the ending. The entire book was a huge beautiful build up and then last few chapters felt rushed and anticlimactic. I wanted more

Reviewer: IG
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Good

Reviewer: Tara
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Das Buch ist ein schönes Buch was ich gerne erneut lese