Love and Other Words
Description of book
After a decade apart, childhood sweethearts reconnect by chance but how many words will it take for them to figure out where it all went wrong? From the New York Times bestselling authors of the “delightful” (Shelf Awareness) The Unhoneymooners.
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.
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Ratings & reviews
4.1
★★★★☆586 ratings
swift-book-romantic · swift-written-wellwritten · swift-book-sad
4.3
★★★★☆544 ratings
swift-narration-pleasant · swift-narration-calm · swift-narration-elevates-book
Isabel
Superfin berättelse. Så bra att lyssna på när man är lite sjuk eller ledsen och behöver något mjukt och mysigt. Om jag har någon kritik skulle det vara att sidokaraktärerna inte var särskilt utvecklade.swiftReviews:swift-recommend-recommends
Book★4
swift-book-cozy · swift-written-straightforward · swift-book-interesting · swift-written-wellwritten · swift-impact-entertaining · swift-book-gripping
Narration★5
swift-narration-pleasant
- Utrolig velskrevet, smuk og fængende historie om den store kærlighed mellem to mennesker ,der er skabt for hinanden. Deres kærlighed bygger på et dybt venskab, og det er yderst rørende at følge med i relationens udvikling. Det fungerer bare så godt, at vi får flashbacks fra deres barndom. Rigtig god oplæser med følelse i hendes stemme. Hun imiterer mandestemmen imponerende godt!
Maya
Book★5
Narration★5
- This book reminded me of both every summer after and it ends with us. A heartbreaking end to a childhood love that was never forgotten. There were times were I found the sheer persistence of this love over time a bit overdone/unrealistic and eliots inability to move on frankly concerning given how he thought events happended. Like come on! But well. still loved it.
Hanna
Book★5
Narration★5
- 🎧- solid book, such a staple read for anyone who loves childhood friends to lovers, be warned- the miscommunication trope is strong with this one! 🫶
Lily
Book★4
Narration★5
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