“Award-winning author Thornton, who edited Tennessee Williams’s Notebooks, delivers a gorgeously choreographed love story of thoughtful people whose commitment to each other is endangered by a mix of protective need-to-know sharing and a determination to soldier on through the loneliness of long separations.” - Library Journal
“In a modern love story, a spirited British journalist finds both romance and disappointment in her search for happiness amid the whirl and glitz of the global elite.” - Shelf Awareness
“A Theory of Love is a rare find—a tempestuous modern love story with a deeply soulful heart. Lush, evocative and romantic, this story captivated me until the very last page.” - Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, author of The Nest
“This terrific novel caught me up immediately...then Margaret Thornton takes us deeper, through the layers of a many-faceted relationship of logic and emotion to the elemental struggle these two have with time and the crushing call of the world. This is a rich and moving novel.” - Ron Carlson, author of Return to Oakpine
“Richly evoked… with a scope and nuanced intelligence that evokes a contemporary version of the world of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald.” - The National Book Review
“ A Theory of Love sweeps readers off to some of the most beautiful cities in the world—and deep into the complicated romance between a privileged lawyer and a conscientious journalist. One of the best books of the summer.” - Coastal Living
“An introspective and beautiful novel.” - booktrib
“Must read.” - New York Post
“Readers will be…contemplating how the parallel or converging lines of their lives affect their relationships.” - BookPage
“Thornton has created an immersive world; the prose has a subtle intensity… A contemplative and absorbing novel with hidden depth.” - Kirkus Reviews
“Thornton writes compellingly of love, self-discovery, and what truly makes a marriage. This introspective read is character driven, with a strong sense of place in Helen and Christopher’s varied travels throughout.” - Booklist
“Exotic locations may add intrigue and a sense of adventure to a novel, but rarely do they also affect the character relationships so fundamentally as in A Theory of Love... What is most beautiful about is Thornton’s ability to make us feel deeply through setting.” - Ploughshares