Eve and Ben have been acquaintances throughout college, but never really friends. You know, the type of person that you recognize in the campus library but avoid making eye contact with because small talk is exhausting. Eve is kind of an emotional basket case, while Ben is a tidy basket with structural support beams and a backup basket just in case the first one has a flaw. They're opposites, and yet somehow their paths always seem to cross.

The book blurb describes this love story as a modern re-imagining of When Harry Met Sally and it is, perfectly so. It takes place over a decade in Manhattan with both of them graduating from Columbia University in 2006. Full disclosure, I graduated from college in 2005 so there was a major nostalgia factor at play for me.

This is a winding story of emotional stunted youths, poor decisions, head-shake inducing mistakes, and swoonworthy meet cutes. I couldn't put it down.

I enjoyed this book however there was so much internal dialogue that it was almost confusing. Eve is a total headcase as many of us are but it was a little unnerving. It seems she has no strong connections with anyone. The beginning of the book until about a little past the middle you knew very little of one of the main characters. And even now as I finish I still know much more about Jesse than I do about Ben. I’m disappointed there was no true closure in regard to Eve’s father. Overall it was a decent read that I did enjoy.

***ARC received for an honest review***

Have you ever grabbed a handful of brightly colored candies and tossed them in your mouth thinking "all right! m&m's!" only to discover you now have a mouthful of skittles? That's what this book did to me - an unexpected tart flavor with a surprising deliciousness. I thought I was going to get sugary sweet, but instead I got something to chew on.

A large portion of this book is about how Eve is neurotic and self-destructive and a hot mess. Cohen doesn't dip her toes in the crazy pool - she goes in with a cannonball. Eve has to be one of the most believable, relatable and all-around lovable characters I've met. During her bizarre inner-monologues I thought "cool. Leslie Cohen has been inside my head." I found a story and an author that allowed me to connect to the characters on this visceral cerebral level. There was little physical description of Eve or Ben - but their beautiful idiosyncrasies were there in vivid detail.

Ben is...okay, this is gonna sound rude. But Ben seems so incidental to the story...until he doesn't. I was all about Eve - riding the Crazy Train with my girl wondering "what's this guy doing here?" Til suddenly Ben felt like air - necessary. Cohen pulled the disparate strands of her multi-hued story from the air and weaved them together at the end - a bold tapestry of a story.

I am jittery. A worrier. An overachiever. My husband is my rock. My anchor. And this is a love story that reflects real life - Quirky. Mundane. Stressful. Brilliant. A couple of times the story was so painful I had to set the book down and walk around. Twice I read paragraphs out loud because I needed to experience the writing on more levels. And while I didn't cry I did get a little teary - more than once.

So yeah - not a romance. Not silly. Definitely way more book than indicated by the cover or the blurb.
Way more book than I anticipated - in the best way possible. If you're looking for a love that's not about throbbing members, glamorous women and unrealistic expectations but about cockroaches, pajamas and the *Potato Chip Incident* this is the story for you.

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A decent story of acquaintances who often cross paths, then somehow fall in love. For some reason, it took me about half way through this book to really get what the author was trying to do, and there were parts of the book that I found a bit tedious. Eve was a character who seemed to let life just happen to her, which got old after a while. However, I enjoyed the overall story.

I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.

A sweet and bitter story about a young couple that was always crossing paths with each other but never actually met… later on, Ben and Eve are a couple, but one of them is keeping a secret that could change the future of their relationship.
I read this book in one day, it keep me awake at night, I was waiting for something to happen, the beginning was a little boring, I was almost giving it up then suddenly right in the middle, I felt in love with Ben and Eve!