Technically, You Started It by Lana Wood Johnson

Haley is surprised to get a text from an unknown number one night after school.  It's from Martin Nathaniel Munro II in her history class.  The problem is that there are two Martin Nathaniel Munro II's in her history class -- cousins.  He says it's the good Martin.  This starts an ongoing text conversation where they become friends and then maybe something more.  The problem is that it isn't the Martin that Haley thinks it is . . .

I really enjoyed this book. It was fun to read.  Even though the book is told completely through texts, you get a complete story.  I would definitely recommend this to teens who enjoy romances.

Nameless Asterism series by Kina Kobayashi

Tsukasa, Washio, and Kotooka are best friends in middle school.  They do everything together.

But they all have secrets.

Tsukasa has a crush on Washio.
Washio is in love with Kotooka.
And neither of them know that Kotooka knows both of their secrets.

Will their friendship overcome all these secrets and feelings?



This is a great manga series by Kina Kobayashi.  The characters are all interesting -- including the side characters of Tsukasa's twin Subaru and her possible love interest Asakura.  With only five volumes the series is short and sweet.  I would recommend this series to those who enjoy friendship stories or romances.