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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Some
Moderate adult language consistent with contemporary romance
Sexual Content
A lot
Open-door sexual content — the adult relationship is depicted with warmth and moderate heat
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking in adult settings
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Grief over a parent's death is a significant thread — Macy's loss shapes her entire adult emotional life
What this book is about
Macy Sorensen and Elliot Petropoulos grew up spending summers in neighboring houses, sharing a secret reading nook stuffed with books and speaking a private language of words and stories. As adults they meet by accident — Macy is engaged to someone else and Elliot has been waiting for years. Christina Lauren's dual-timeline novel moves between the warmth of childhood friendship and the difficulty of an adult second chance.
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Grief over a parent's death — significant emotional thread
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