“A smart, sexy, delicious novel.”–People“Santopolo is a true master of matters of the heart.” –Taylor Jenkins ReidFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Light We Lost comes a tender and moving new novel about a woman at a crossroads after the death of her father, and caught between the love of two men.Nina has always known who she’s supposed to be. But is that who she truly is?Nina … she’s supposed to be. But is that who she truly is?
Nina Gregory has always been a good daughter. Raised by her father, owner of New York City’s glamorous Gregory Hotels, Nina was taught that family, reputation, and legacy are what matter most. And Tim–her devoted boyfriend and best friend since childhood–feels the same. But when Nina’s father dies, he leaves behind a secret that shocks Nina to her core. Soon, Nina begins to see the men in her life–her father, her boyfriend, and unexpectedly, her boss, Rafael–in a new light, finding herself caught between the world she loves, and a passion that could upend everything.
More Than Words is a heartbreaking and romantic novel about grief, loss, love, and self-discovery, and how we choose which life we are meant to live.
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More Than Words is an outstandingly poignant and honest novel. Jill Santopolo is a true master of matters of the heart. This is a tender and wise story about family, love, and self. I couldn’t put it down.
Fun read!
flimsy plot. Could not bear it! Nothing delicious about it. Try something else !
Predictable. Unrealistic. Disappointed after reading The Light We Lost.
A great summer read!
Awesome book
Nina Gregory has lived her life dutifully. As the heiress to the luxury line of Gregory Hotels, she has known how her life would turn out from an early age. She would live a life as the head of a wealthy New York City corporation where her image and reputation are of the utmost importance. Luckily, Nina has Tim – her childhood best friend and boyfriend – who has envisioned the exact same life beside her.
However, the death of Nina’s only surviving parent, her father, leads to shocking discoveries about her family, her business, and herself. The secrets kept from her for most of her life upend the role she expected to play and her relationships. Nina is caught between the familiar and comforting and the new and exciting. As her world falls apart, Nina begins to question if the world she has known fits the person she is becoming.
Jill Santopolo is the author of the bestselling novel The Light We Lost and brings a new story to life full of heartbreak and romance. More Than Words explores grief, growth, and soul-searching and how it takes courage to discover oneself and live a life true to that knowledge.
Santopolo has done it again. The journey that Nina takes in this book is beautiful and it opens up a new perspective on people who live their life in the spotlight.
An heiress to a hotel company, Nina Gregory is hoping that she has longer to figure out her life before her father dies of cancer and she is forced to take over the company. Her life seems perfect, she is dating her best friend, Tim, and she is enjoying work as a speechwriter on a campaign for the next NYC mayor. However, as her father gets sicker, he alludes to some secrets that she may find when she reviews information about the company. Her attraction to her boss, Rafael, the mayoral candidate grows stronger, and she starts to have doubts about her relationship with Tim.
This is a contemporary romance with dilemmas about life and choices. I enjoyed it, but the opulence of Nina’s life was a bit much to handle. Of course, most everything in Nina’s life was wrapped up nicely at the end of the book, a bit too perfectly.
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In the end, I liked this book, even though for much of it, I could see what was coming and I didn’t want it to be so. I was angry at the protagonist – and the author both! But as secrets and human foibles are revealed opening the door to a more nuanced view of the characters, my compassion grew. Santopolo guided the story to a very satisfying, and I was left feeling that no other outcome would have been right. With short chapters and engaging dialogue, this was a quick, enjoyable work of women’s fiction.
This novel is filled with love: The warm love of a parent, the loyal love of a best friend, and the kind of unexpected love that grabs you by the heart and doesn’t let go. Nina’s journey resonated so, at times, that it compelled me to think about my own life. Thought-provoking, heartfelt, and, ultimately, life-affirming, More Than Words should move anyone who loves reading Jodi Picoult.
After reading and being taken with Jill Santopolo’s The Light We Lost I was delighted to read her next contemporary novel. More Than Words comes as very different yet no less monopolizing tale than the former. It’s a beautifully written, exquisitely emotional story of a woman unraveling. In a time of great grief, to better understand who she is and her view of the world in which she resides, Nina Gregory explores what she always knew through this new, heart wrenching perspective that changes her entire life.
As her life begins to change amidst her grief, she uncovers truths about herself. Caught between loyalty and self-preservation, Nina comes to a cross roads in her life. The family she’s grown up with, her best friend since birth, a dear friend who’s her rock, and new friends set apart from the life she was supposed to lead all help Nina channel herself to be the person she’s meant to be. A clash of new versus old ensues as we journey with her to absolution and truths.
Defining happiness is different for every person. Chasing the hearts desires over living in the utmost loyalty is a choice when sometimes familial obligations lead to the submission of one’s own truths. As Nina takes us readers on her enlightening path of self discovery, through Jill Santopolo’s honest, reverent story telling, we understand how time, circumstance, and great pain evolve us as human beings who are complex and ever-changing. Being one’s complete, true self is the hardest part of life as it opens you up to great vulnerability, the way this author brings that to light through her main character was awesome. Santopolo weaves her stories together brilliantly; my heart raced during Nina’s journey. I read this in one sitting from beginning to end, swept away to New York City, and emotionally invested in the story telling.
I loved The Light We Lost, it was one of my favorite reads of last year, so I was excited to read More Than Words. And although I did enjoy this book, it didn’t have the emotional impact and complexity of The Light We Lost. The writing was choppy and had “tell, not show” quality that The Light We Lost didn’t have. More Than Words was still a quick read that I found hard to put down and finished in one day. I did like most of the characters, I liked the conflicts that were explored in this book and I loved NYC setting. Overall, I enjoyed this book and will be looking forward to more stories from Jill Santopolo. Hopefully her next book will be more like The Light We Lost.
Lindas Book Obsession Reviews “More Than Words” by Jill Santopolo, G.P.Putnam’s Sons, February 5. 2019
Jill Santopolo, Author of “More Than Words” has written an intense, emotional , captivating, intriguing, romantic, heartbreaking, entertaining and thought-provoking novel. The Genres for this story are Fiction, Women’s Fiction, and Romance. The timeline for this story is in the present and goes to the past when it pertains to the characters or events in the story. The author describes her colorful and dramatic characters as complex and complicated
Nina Gregory has been brought but up by her wealthy Dad, who owns several fancy hotels. Nina has tried to meet her dad’s expectations of her, and has a great work ethic. One of the things that Nina is doing is writing speeches for a charismatic candidate for mayor. Mr. Gregory has been a single father, since a tragedy where Nina’s mother had been killed. Nina is lucky to have some special friends for emotional support.
Circumstances change when Nina’s father is fighting the final stages of Cancer. Her boyfriend Tim, and his family have known Nina and her family for years. When Mr. Gregory does pass away, Nina finds certain information about her father that comes crashing around her, and confuses and challenges her courage and faith. Is it possible to live with someone, and not really know them? Suddenly nothing makes sense, and Nina is questioning herself. Nina is able to discuss these things with her boss, who is running for Mayor, and finds a certain attraction to him.
I appreciate that the author has written such a compassionate and heart breaking novel. The author discusses the importance of family, friendship, honesty, communication, forgiveness, love and hope. I would highly recommend this amazing novel for those readers who enjoy a thought-provoking story. I received an ARC from NetGalley for my honest review.