Great read! Looking forward to reading more from this author! I highly recommend this book and author to all!

I kept saying to myself I was going to stop listening to this one when I started the audiobook. Second chance romances are such a tough sell for me. I don't know what it is but they rarely grasp my attention enough to keep me reading. This was on of those rare ones which did. I could not turn it off I kept going back as I needed to know what drove this seemingly perfect childhood couple apart.

Elliot and Macy seemed perfectly matched. As they grew up and this two bookworms friendship grew with them I couldn't grasp how they weren't still together. Even in the present you could see the love between them. Not gonna lie, I saw the Macy plot twist coming in and it made total sense why she dropped off the face of the earth for so long but damn did this book make me cry all the same. It was tough! But it was so worth the ride because this pair truly was meant to be together. Although Elliot did annoy me that he didn't allow Macy a little while to get her head together when she was telling him why she never called him. When he got all up in his man pain I felt like slapping him. She was obviously hurting and for a man so in touch with all of her feelings from a mere look it annoyed me it wasn't obvious she was having an emotional breakdown. It did ruin the ending a touch because it seemed so out of character from the rest of the book.

I did enjoy the journey and honestly couldn't stop listening. I'm glad I got to reading/listening to it eventually. It really was a great romance read and shows that when done right second chance romance really is a good trope.

I absolutely adored this book from start to finish Macy and Elliott were so adorable.
Wonderful writing beautiful story .
Outstanding author who I will certainly be looking out for in the future.

This book was so beautifully written, the descriptive nature of Elliot & Macy’s relationship as is blossomed was amazing. I wasn’t expecting the death of Macy’s dad to also be linked to the 11 years of being without each other so this was a good twist to it. It actually made me think of my own relationship in more depth & the little things I love about my partner. Loved how it was all linked to their shared love of reading & the ending was so cute. “Favourite word?......You”

Note to editors: I struggled to read this book for a long while due to the format of the wording. Actually ended up buying the audiobook and constantly switching between listening and reading to be able to advanced.

REVIEW
This book was seriously beautiful. It was about reconnecting with a person that has been everything to you in the past. Also about looking into yourself and find what makes you happy.
Yes, there is also some dealing with loss (and fear of loss, which is different), but I would definitely recommend this story.
For the record, I normally struggle with books that are switching between past and present, but this was an exception. It was written in a way that never made me feel tired of “visiting” the past. And each time change was managed in a balanced way.
It has been a five stars all along.

I adore the books of Christina Lauren so I had high expectations for Love And Other Words.
The story focuses on Macy and Elliott during two time lines - as teenagers and when they meet again after a separation of 11 years.
As you would expect, Macy, Elliott and the supporting characters are all well-developed and you quickly feel part of their world. Both time lines moved at a good pace and nothing was unnecessarily dragged out.
I have a few niggles about the big reveal (ie, what drive them apart) but I'll forgive them as I enjoyed this book so much!

It took me a little while to process this book but it really was kind of wonderful. Different to what I was expecting but somehow more.

Told in two separate time lines, one the present and the other 10-15 years earlier, it really drew me in to the lives of Macy and Elliot and the relationship between them. I absolutely adored watching them first become friends at the age of 11, seeing them grow up together and for that friendship to turn into something more. It’s just so sweet and real and perfect. Also, I have to say how much I loved the way the author portrayed the relationship between Macy and her father, the closeness and understanding between them was beautiful to read and I loved how much he tried as a single parent to do what was best for his daughter despite not really understanding her. He’s such a strong and reassuring presence.

The present day I wasn’t so sure about. I found it fascinating watching Elliot and Macy meet again 11 years later and I still adored Elliot but there was something about Macy I couldn’t get. It is deliberate, she’s shut down, unemotional and distant and it does work but makes it difficult to connect with her or understand her actions.

The story itself focuses primarily on their relationship and is a lot more serious than I was expecting but it does flow along quite nicely. The author gets the pacing pretty much spot on and the mixture of past and present is perfect. There is just enough revealed to give you an idea of what happened but still keep you guessing. It is an emotional read in places and I will admit to crying more than once (including in my workplace on one occasion) but it also made me smile and just sigh with the cuteness of it all.

It really is a wonderful story and I did come to really care about the characters. If you’re a fan of CoHo I think you’ll love this.

I feel the need to just draw breath because I’ve powered through this book in 24 hours (thank you, weekend). The story compelled me to not let go until I was done and I was helpless to disobey. Such is the power of this story and these characters.

It’s been a while since I’ve fallen in love with a lead character so fully as I did with Elliot. Macy was definitely likeable and I grew to love her but Elliot reeled me in with his congruence very quickly. Macy and her dad were grieving when they bought their weekend bolt hole which was next door to a bustling family house. Elliot became Macy’s honest best friend, her confidante, her everything. Through then and now, we saw them grow together and that they’d had an eleven year gap between meeting again in their late 20s.

“It’s a perfect description. I never got to fall out of love. I just had to move on.”

I felt so many emotions reading their story, I felt like a family witness. It hurt me, I hoped, I wished and I cried. I didn’t know where the story was going to go but I can only say that I felt a great impending heartbreak on the horizon. This sense of what was to come, had me racing to read more, to find out.

These characters wormed their way into my heart and I feel a little reluctant to let them go. I utterly enjoyed this book, despite the emotions, because of the emotions. I hope for more of this genre from Christina Lauren and I will need a hard copy of this on my shelf.

I voluntarily read an early copy of this book.

Reviewed for Jo&IsaLoveBooks Blog.

I have heard so much about this book I was so excited when I was given the opportunity to read it thanks to Little Brown Book Group. I was hooked, loved it. It is a love story like no other.

I couldn't put this book down! I wanted to read another book by Christina Lauren after reading Dating You/Hating You and this didn't disappoint. It was a very sweet, innocent love story and I loved the way that the characters grew throughout the book. Highly recommended.

I loved that this book had characters who loved books! I loved Christina Lauren’s writing. I loved the characters – Elliot, Macy, Sabrina, Macy’s Dad. I recommend this book wholeheartedly! I guarantee that you (reader) will swoon at the incredible romance portrayed in this book.