love is part of faith, though you can be emo and accept there is only one god but not love him??? Note that i am no expert in islam and nor in english language.

As i said earlier understanding of God and attributes of God are different in Islam. God is both to be feared and loved, just like your mother/father. God is most merciful and the most just. There is a essential concept of love for god, but it's not really easy to explain before explaning alot of other stuff. If you read Quran from start to finish,(i.e. from German translation, preferably one with additional explanation, though since this explanations written by other people, they are not Quran itself, they are interpretions. They help to understand though.)

Also the main misconceptions about islam:
http://islam.about.com/od/commonmisconceptions/tp/myths.htm