Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual assault (referenced), Death of a parent, Grief, Infidelity, Cheating, Substance abuse
Love and Other Words
by Christina Lauren
Worth it for the intimacy of first love built over books, favorite words, and years of almost-saying the truth. The reunion works because it makes Macy and Elliot face the hurt instead of sanding it down.
goodreads 4.2/5 839,479 ratings
storykind_community 4.18/5 11 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length432 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice3/5 · Vanilla with emotion
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Friends to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Rekindled
- Medium
- Vanilla with emotion
- Cathartic release
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- Best friend
- Best friends to lovers
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Closure
- Scholar/intellectual
- Betrayal to trust
- Slow seduction
- Romantic fulfillment
- Secretly soft
- Mutual pining
- Longing glances
- Intellectual connection
- Touch starvation
- Eye contact intensity
Fantasy promise
- Contemporary romance
- Second chance
- Small town / village
- Contemporary
- Childhood sweethearts reunited
- First love
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- Right person wrong time
- Reconnecting after tragedy
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Emotional
- Heavy
- Career woman
- Nostalgic
- Literary
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- Survivor
- Heartwarming
- Character-driven
- Bookworm/scholar
- Bittersweet
- Romantic
- Yearning
- Comfort read vibes
- Page turner
- Betrayal and forgiveness
- Emotional devastation
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Book details
- Length
- 432 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book