Love, loss, friendship, and the betrayals of the past all collide in this first women’s fiction novel from New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Christina Lauren (Autoboyography, Dating You / Hating You).

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.

Wow! Another Top Fave of 2018! I have read back to back amazing books these past two weeks and I am on SUCH A BOOK HIGH!

You know that all-encompassing love that you dream about… the kind that pulls at your heartstrings, the kind of love that starts off as young love and becomes something more—the anxiousness of that “more” that consumes your every waking minute—this is how I felt reading Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren, a new favorite of mine by this amazing writing duo.

Love and Other Words is addicting—the love story of Elliott and Macy told in alternating timelines of the past and present both uplifting and heartfelt yet devastating at the same time.

Elliott and Macy have known each other since their teenage years when Macy’s mother passes away and her and her father find a vacation home next door to Elliott Petropoulos and his family. What begins as a friendship grows to best friends to best of everything to that something “more” that the reader can feel from their very first meeting. The relationship between Elliott and Macy is one of the most exquisite relationships I have ever read.

Elliott… oh sweet Elliott who is wise for his years. There was something about this gawky, nerdy teenage boy that captivated me from the get-go. Their conversations, their love of books, that something “more” that you can’t even define that was always present when they were in each other’s space was just so delicious.

And Macy… Macy growing up without a mother role model but with a near-perfect father who tried his best to be everything she needed… thrived in this special connection and relationship with Elliott and his family.

Reading the alternating timelines of then and now and watching their relationship grow then fall apart was magnificent to be a part of. Not only because it was riveting but completely all-consuming… I wondered what and how things went wrong and was waiting with bated breath for what their future would hold and if they could ever find their way back to each other again.

And boy… Christina Lauren DID.NOT.DISAPPOINT!

I can’t tell you how or why or what happens but I will leave you with this… people wish and hope for destiny and after everything these two characters have been through—the happiness they found stole my heart and soul and left me breathless. Love and Other Words is moving and extraordinary and everything a reader could ever want in a story. This book is complete and utter perfection.

I’ll go anywhere you go. *le sigh*

I will LOVE this book FOREVER and EVER! This is Christina Lauren at their finest and just WOW!!! This is their first book in the women’s fiction genre and I hope that they give us more! <3

Read Love and Other Words TODAY!

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