Love and Other Words

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

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Background

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Prologue

Chapters 1-7

Chapters 8-18

Chapters 19-27

Chapters 28-34

Chapters 35-46

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Background

Authorial Context: Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billing

Love and Other Words was written by Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. Their combined pen name is Christina Lauren, and together they have written over 18 novels that have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list.

Christina and Lauren met online while writing fan fiction. In 2010, the duo coauthored their first book, and they signed with Holly Root from the Waxman Leavell Literary Agency in 2011. Christina Lauren’s books have won wide acclaim and multiple accolades, including the Seal of Excellence and several Goodreads Choice Awards. They were inducted into the LibraryReads Hall of Fame and featured in Forbes, The Atlantic, Entertainment Weekly, and Oprah Magazine.

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They write in the adult and young adult categories. Love and Other Words combines elements of both contemporary adult and young adult romance: The “now” timeline follows Elliot and Macy as they reunite in their late twenties, while the “then” chapters flash back to their teenage years and the origins of their romance, using many tropes of the young adult romance genre.