Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren

Here's what it is about...

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.  

Here's what I thought...

     Love and Other Words in another great addition to the Christina Lauren collection.  I have really enjoyed their books in the past and this is another good love story.  I must admit that sometimes reading about people in their 20's dating and falling in love feels odd since I am much older but I still enjoy a good romance.    
     Macy and Elliot have a great story of best friends that grow up together, fall in love but then fall apart.  I liked Macy even though she had very obvious emotional issues and was rather closed off. Elliot is funny and sweet as her book nerd friend and you can't help but root for them to figure their crap out.  If I have to complain, I would say the last few chapters felt a bit rushed because I felt like there was so many emotions involved I would have liked a bit more of a fleshing out of those.
     If you like a good angst-y friends-turned-lovers story I think this would be a great one for your beach bag this summer! 4/5 stars

Favorite Quotes:

"Don't spoil her with toys; spoil her with books."

"Unfortunately for me, I don't speak Danish Eyeball."

"I can be enough of your world that it feels like everyone is."

 

Author info:

 Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of long-time writing partners/besties/soulmates/brain-twins Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. The coauthor duo writes both Young Adult and Adult Fiction, and together has produced fourteen New York Times bestselling novels. Their books have been translated into 30+ languages. (Some of these books have kissing. Some of these books have A LOT of kissing.)