*I received a free copy of [title] from [publisher] via Edelweiss. This has in no way influenced my voluntary review, which is honest and unbiased *Love and Other Words is one of the most poignantly beautiful stories I have ever read! My heart is still reeling, and I want to both laugh and cry at the same time.
Story:
Love and Other Words switches between Macy's childhood and the present, slowly unraveling all her secret thoughts, fears, loves, hopes, and heartaches. Christina Lauren's stories just get better and stronger with each book, and I can hardly even write because my feelings are all over the place.
The character development in Love and Other Words is nothing short of amazing. And the friendship between Elliot and Macy when they were children and teens is beautiful. There were just so many little details about them both that made sense to me.
Love and Other Words is also a devastatingly beautiful second-chance-at love story, and I was so immersed in Macy and Elliot's story I know I'm gong to re-visit them one day.
Characters:
Macy is successful, smart, witty, and lovable. However, she doesn't appear very happy in her present life. In her past, she was rather happy, though, even though her mom died when she was 10. And she gets even happier once she meets Elliot.
Elliot is my new favorite male lead. He's a bit nerdy, extremely smart, sensitive, funny and he has a favorite word for everything!
Elliot's whole family was awesome, the parents, the sisters and brothers, they all wanted only what was best for Elliot.
Writing style :
Love and Other Words is written in first person point of view from Macy's perspective. It switches between the past and the present, and that way, the readers got the full scope of Macy's story - even if some memories were kept until the very end.
Feels :
Love and Other Words brought all the feels. And this story is one of the most beautiful I have ever read.
I would disappear into the background when they touched like this, feeling like I was witnessing something sacred.
It's strange enough to see him from the back, and I'm watching him with such intensity that for a second, I convince myself that it's actually not him after all. Maybe it could be anyone - and after a decade apart, how well do I really know his body, anyway?