Love and Other Words

4.5

This was very sweet and cute. I really liked the childhood friends to lovers in this; I liked the flashbacks to their childhood where we got to see them become best friends, have that very close-knit friendship, and grow up together even though they didn't see each other all the time. I really liked Elliot, especially as a child; he was so cute and nerdy & the perfect friend that Macy needed at the time.
Some of the scenes from the childhood timeline when they were older were kind of cringe to me though, and I liked the scenes from their younger years a lot better.

I also thought this was a very realistic look at a childhood romance - the way there was romantic interest between them but they also didn't want to ruin anything and ever not be best friends. I liked learning about how they lost touch but then came back together after all those years, and I am glad we got the dual timeline to see both their past and their present.