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Love and Other Words Paperback – 2 Oct. 2018

4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 38,283 ratings

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With frank language and patient plotting, this gangly teen crush grows into a confident adult love affair
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With frank language and patient plotting, this gangly teen crush grows into a confident adult love affair ― Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Lauren writes of the bittersweet pangs of love and loss with piercing clarity, and delivers a resoundingly life-affirming tale of what it takes to claw one's way to necessary healing, both romantically and personally ―
Entertainment Weekly

Christina Lauren has found a new sweet spot, with heartbreaking and hopeful language that will evoke the whirlwind immediacy of adolescence and the complicated choices of adulthood.
Love and Other Words weaves past and present together in an emotional story that will have you declaring your favourite word is LOVE

Love and Other Words is a triumph, the kind of book that makes you feel so deeply for the finely drawn characters that you almost forget they're fictional. You'll be swept away by the heartbreak, the joy, the chemistry, and the charisma woven through the fabric of Macy's and Elliot's star-crossed relationship. As the story unfolds - expertly interweaving the past with the present - you'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll root for Macy and Elliot to find their way back to each other against all odds. A true joy from start to finish

A gorgeous book . . the perfect mix of angsty and romantic, with a little bit of sexy thrown in, too. It pummeled my emotions and left me an utter disaster, but I was happy and content when it was all said and done. While not a traditional romance, it certainly was a beautiful love story ―
Kimberly Faye Reads

This story is the perfect blend of white-hot young love and women's fiction, with an ending that will satisfy readers who love both ―
Frolic

Filled with high jinks, pop-culture references, and grin-inducing flirtation, it's truly a romance for the 21st century. A smart, sexy romance for readers who thrive on girl power ―
Kirkus Reviews on Dating You, Hating You

Lauren channels the elements of beloved romantic comedies... the dual perspectives of Evie and Carter will have readers ripping through the book to find out if these two can work things out ―
Booklist on Dating You, Hating You

The stellar writing team behind Christina Lauren is back in top form in this light, funny and unflinchingly honest stand-alone novel about growing up, standing up and falling in love ―
RT Magazine, Top Pick on Dating You, Hating You

Will we ever stop falling in love with Christina Lauren's fictional men? The answer to this is HECK NO ―
Fangirlish

I am so completely and utterly in love with this book. It captured my heart and it did not let it go. Simply beautiful ―
Steamy Reads (5 Star Review)

A major success. It's now obvious that anything Christina Lauren writes is worth checking out, even if it's out of a reader's comfort zone. I've rarely ventured into the genre and wasn't sure how different it may be from Christina Lauren's contemporary romance novels. However, I worried for nothing because I was quickly hooked by
Love and Other Words... and would happily recommend it to any Christina Lauren fan or readers looking for a sophisticated story of love and loss ― Hypable

Love and Other Words is a beautifully crafted story of friendship and first love, of suffering loss and finding your soulmate. I felt every moment in this book

Christina Lauren takes a unique look at the evolution of infatuation ―
Associated Press

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From the international bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners comes an unmissable story of love and hope.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Piatkus (2 Oct. 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 297 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0349417563
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0349417561
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.6 x 1.57 x 19.81 cm
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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,The Unhoneymooners, The Soulmate Equation, Something Wilder and The True Love Experiment. You can find them online at ChristinaLaurenBooks.com, @ChristinaLauren on Instagram, or @ChristinaLauren on Twitter.

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4.4 out of 5 stars
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Customers find the storyline captivating, consuming, and gripping. They also describe the emotional tone as emotionally charged and sad. Readers praise the writing style as wonderful and the character development as lovely. They mention the pace as perfect and build the characters and story well.

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24 customers mention ‘Emotional tone’24 positive0 negative

Customers find the emotional tone of the book emotionally charged, making them feel really involved in the story. They also say it's the best romantic novel they've ever read. Readers also mention that the book is deeper, more intense, and credible.

"I could not put this book down, I loved it. It has everything, romance, intrigue, drama, favourite words, sadness, emotion, tension and pace...." Read more

"Emotive and passionate read yet again from Christina Lauren. The characters are all very likeable, great story unfolding throughout...." Read more

"...This love story had me giggling, crying and smiling whilst reading it! I could not put it down!" Read more

"...- the book just settled straight into my heart and it felt incredibly right in my soul...." Read more

19 customers mention ‘Storyline’17 positive2 negative

Customers find the storyline captivating, gripping, and sweet. They also appreciate the shared interests and dual time line.

"...It has everything, romance, intrigue, drama, favourite words, sadness, emotion, tension and pace...." Read more

"...The characters are all very likeable, great story unfolding throughout. Elliot is a swoon worthy book boyfriend! Thank you" Read more

"...Overall, a sweet, and nice read. Nothing profound but you're not really expecting that going in to this sort of book." Read more

"I absolutely adored this. I loved the shared interests, dual time line, friends to lovers, childhood lovers tropes. Couldn’t put it down." Read more

12 customers mention ‘Writing style’12 positive0 negative

Customers find the writing style wonderful.

"This book was a cute and easy read. I enjoyed the way it was told in the past and present, but I found there to be a little lack of tension...." Read more

"Great read!It was an easy read. Super soapy and made my heart melt! If you’re looking for a quick pick me up romance - this is it!" Read more

"...It is a beautiful love story. It is so well written that it captured my interest from the very beginning and I just couldn’t stop reading...." Read more

"this book will forever have a special place in my heart. its written so beautifully." Read more

10 customers mention ‘Characters’10 positive0 negative

Customers find the character development lovely and romantic. They also mention the book has a captivating voice and story.

"...The characters are all very likeable, great story unfolding throughout. Elliot is a swoon worthy book boyfriend! Thank you" Read more

"The characters are so real - so incredibly true to life. I felt like I knew these people...." Read more

"...The pace is perfect, building the characters and the story well and its the first book where I’ve been connected to both characters equally...." Read more

"...Intimate and real development of the characters - I felt like I knew them! Beautifully written. Missing Elliot and Macy already." Read more

5 customers mention ‘Plot pace’5 positive0 negative

Customers find the plot pace perfect, building the characters and the story well. They also appreciate the jumps between timelines.

"...intrigue, drama, favourite words, sadness, emotion, tension and pace...." Read more

"...The pace is perfect, building the characters and the story well and its the first book where I’ve been connected to both characters equally...." Read more

"...It’s such a beautiful story and I feel like it’s paced brilliantly, it’s not slow by any means and everything is explained so well...." Read more

"...I really like how it jumps between timelines because you are able to see them fall in love as young adults and then meet again years later and fall..." Read more

A beautiful second chance romance 🤍
4 out of 5 stars
A beautiful second chance romance 🤍
💬 Second chance romance💬 Childhood friends (to strangers) to lovers💬 Alternating timelines💬Macy’s POV onlyThis was my first Christina Lauren book and has been a highly anticipated read for me but as always I’ve put it off due to fear of what was to come, I tried as best as I could to go into this blind although I did nearly spoil a major part for myself 👀Childhood friends to lovers is another elite trope that I don’t see enough of, or clearly I’m not looking in the right places. Straight off the bat I loved Macy & Elliot’s friendship and as time went on seeing their relationship develop romantically was so beautiful, it all happened so naturally and didn’t feel forced at all. It is very clear that the two are soulmates considering after eleven years apart they found their way back to one another (however I did feel like this was rushed and will discuss the spoilers below) I loved how Macy referred to Elliot as her everything because he truly was right from the moment they’d met. I thoroughly enjoyed this book but probably not as much as the five star raters have, had it not been for Elliot my rating would’ve been lower because he is one of the sweetest MMCs I’ve read and is definitely up there with Archer Hale on the book-boyfriend list. Also I kinda pictured him as Matthew Gray Gubler, gotta love a skinny and scrawny nerd 😍⚠️SPOILER⚠️Something that occurred near the end when the big conflict was explained had annoyed me and I know some people can relate to this as well. The incident with Elliot was never fully addressed, imo he was sexually assaulted and so it felt like a slap in the face to men who experience SA but I’d seen someone say we don’t know what state Emma had been in, it would be easy to assume as the reader that her intentions were bad since that’s what was presented to us but because it was never fully addressed and so rushed at the end we won’t ever really know😭 also I felt like there were so many plot holes with no one from Healdsburg/ Elliot’s family not knowing that Duncan had died. Also if Elliot could do a quick Google search of Macy went they’d reunited why had neither of them done so within the last eleven years? Anyway rant over, this book will definitely be giving me a hangover 😭Follow @bilkandbooks on IG for more 🤍
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 July 2024
I could not put this book down, I loved it. It has everything, romance, intrigue, drama, favourite words, sadness, emotion, tension and pace. I enjoyed the way the story was told in the past and the present, the reflection on the relationships involved and the characters. CL describe feelings so well and develop this story perfectly.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 January 2024
Emotive and passionate read yet again from Christina Lauren. The characters are all very likeable, great story unfolding throughout. Elliot is a swoon worthy book boyfriend! Thank you
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 July 2023
The characters are so real - so incredibly true to life. I felt like I knew these people. I stayed up until 3am in the morning reading this book because I just had to finish it! By the time I'd finished, I was crying my eyes out - in a good way. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading romance novels.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 June 2024
I LOVED THIS!!

I’d never read Christina Lauren’s work but that is definitely changing now! This love story had me giggling, crying and smiling whilst reading it! I could not put it down!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 July 2024
Very enjoyable read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 August 2024
This book was a cute and easy read. I enjoyed the way it was told in the past and present, but I found there to be a little lack of tension. I know it's a romance and they don't really have heaps of tension, but I feel like the characters needed a little bit more fleshing out? I don't know if that's the right word, but I felt Macy was lacking a bit in the present. And I don't know, maybe that's how it was designed, to reflect the way that she was feeling, but I feel it could have been more. I liked the ending, and her connection to Elliott seemed very natural, and cute. Overall, a sweet, and nice read. Nothing profound but you're not really expecting that going in to this sort of book.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 July 2024
I absolutely adored this. I loved the shared interests, dual time line, friends to lovers, childhood lovers tropes. Couldn’t put it down.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 May 2018
Truthfully, I didn't know what to expect from this. I have had a bit of a bumpy relationship with Christina Lauren throughout the years and I think it speaks volumes for my growth as a person and as a reader overall. I started with their Beautiful Bastard series and absolutely adored it, and quickly gobbled up the rest of the series. But then I hit a wall wherein I simply didn't want to read any romance novels whatsoever and I ended up abandoning the series at Beautiful Secret (thankfully I'm getting back into my romance mood now), and then I abandoned their other series (Sweet Filthy Boy?), because of the same reason. When they came out with Autoboyography, I was straight onto it and really liked it. I felt it knocked their dynamic out of whack a little bit, just because it was so different to what they usually did - but without comparing it to their other works, it really was a fantastic book and something that is very necessary in young adult literature. So, honestly, I was a little sceptical when this one emerged... But I couldn't stop myself from buying it. When it arrived in the post, I picked it up and started reading.

I fell in love with this story immediately - there were no pauses to think and consider whether I liked what I was reading - the book just settled straight into my heart and it felt incredibly right in my soul. I absolutely adored this book, and it isn't one that I'll be forgetting any time soon. In fact, I would go as far to say that it is a book that I will go back to at some point in the very near future. I added a lot of sticky tabs throughout and I genuinely do look forward to going back to them and reading my favourite parts again.

There are some massively important topics covered in this one - and I think they definitely, 100% hit the mark on women's fiction.
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KT
5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful and poignant
Reviewed in the United States on 2 July 2024
My favorite Christina Lauren (and that’s saying A LOT)
Emotional, sweet, heartbreaking healing...Elliot and Macy’s journey is perfectly paced and beautifully written. I already miss them.
María R.
5.0 out of 5 stars Llegó super rápido!
Reviewed in Mexico on 1 January 2024
Llegó 4 días antes de lo esperado, en muy buenas condiciones
Flor
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best CL book so far
Reviewed in Brazil on 2 September 2023
The book talks about the friends that grow up together, experience love and suddenly break up on a very misterious way for the reader. Manys years later they unexpectedly meet and all unsolved problems and feelings get back and the truth about what happened is shown to us.

With a more drama flavour, in my opinion, the best Christina Lauren book so far.
Nina French
5.0 out of 5 stars Summer Lovin <3
Reviewed in Canada on 24 May 2023
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Everyone needs to read this book! Stop what you’re doing and buy it if you haven’t already! Macy and Elliot are just the type of friends you want to have when you’re growing up. Macy growing up with such tragedy and finding a forever friend in Eli, it’s just amazing to read. All of their first are meant for one another, it just really touched my heart when they reconnect years later. They love is truly magical.I need a second book 😭 this book is unmatched i could not put it down for the life of me 🫶
Tara
5.0 out of 5 stars Schönes Buch
Reviewed in Germany on 20 August 2024
Das Buch ist ein schönes Buch was ich gerne erneut lese