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Before we were strangers by Renée Carlino From the  USA TODAY  bestselling author of  Sweet Thing  and  Nowhere But Here  comes a love story about a Craigslist “missed connection” post that gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City. To the Green-eyed Lovebird: We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House. You called us fast friends. I like to think it was more. We lived on nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves through music (you were obsessed with Jeff Buckley), photography (I couldn’t stop taking pictures of you), hanging out in Washington Square Park, and all the weird things we did to make money. I learned more about myself that year than any other. Yet, somehow, it all fell apart. We lost touch the summer after graduation when I went to South America to work for National Geographic. When I came back,...

My rating: *Beware, can contain spoilers* With a Twist is an amazing book about friend to lovers. You get to be in the lives of the characters and experince what happens as suddenly they realize that friendship might not be the only thing between them.  Lily's passion is ballet so love hasn't been her priority, she's spent years climbing the ranks at the New York City Ballet, however when the boy, Blane, who she has had a crush on for years becomes available she goes straight for it. The fantasy was better than real life though, but that doesn't stop her from trying to make it work and hopefully live the fantasy. She'll realize that love has been close by all along.  Ever since Lily moved into the building her and West Williams have been friends, but when Lily starts her relationsip with Blane, West must realize that maybe there's more to the friendship than what they both thought. Timing has just never been on their side.  Wh...