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Love and Other Words
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June 1, 2022
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June 30, 2022

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hannah jo
Jun 25, 2022 rated it it was amazing
“favorite word?” “you”.

this book was everything
ariadne
this review will include spoilers. you have been warned :)



i’m stumped. i have no idea what to rate this. but i will say that so far, i think this is my favorite christina lauren novel.

despite my declaration, i’m torn. this includes two of my favorite romance tropes: friends to lovers & second chance. this also has a dual timelines and normally i tend to prefer one over the other, but i do think this handled it really well although i think i like the “then” portions more. i was invested in both
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Lorena Rajković
Mar 03, 2023 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Star rating: 3.5
steph ⋆˙⟡♡
Mar 13, 2022 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2022
I'm sad it took me as long as it did to finally sit down and read this....

It was BEAUTIFUL. I absolutely loved this book. Honestly, I pictured young Elliot as a baby Spencer Reid and adult Elliot as Sam Winchester???? Please tell me if you did also!!!

This was a second chance romance, childhood friends to strangers to lovers and it was BEAUTIFULLY written.

I loved the back and forth between past and present to learn about how they met, how they grew and bonded together and how they re-bonded and
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Magdalena
Jun 20, 2022 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
it's very heart-warming and absolutely heart-wrecking. 5 stars without any hesitation. ...more
Brett Evermor
Jun 15, 2023 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
I laughed, I cried, I reread passages over and over to make sure I pictured every scene perfectly. Erin Mallon’s narration of the audiobook was exceptional. My only real critique is that the ending felt rushed. It needed 30 more pages to fully flush the aftermath out but besides that, I thought it was a wonderfully tender love story. Deft will reread it, sooner rather than later.
Aya Shimizu
Apr 15, 2025 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
In the tiers of fluffy rom coms this was definitely top tier - not to deep & not too not deep
but ngl I wrote this review a couple weeks after reading it and had to strain the noggin to remember what it was about
Amanda
Jan 30, 2022 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Brynn
Feb 27, 2022 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: owned
Jesse
Feb 10, 2022 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Jackie
Mar 31, 2024 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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addy
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Megan
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mehreen
Mar 24, 2023 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Ashauna
Jun 21, 2024 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition