Belong to Me

today i finished the book BELONG TO ME by Marisa de los Santos. it made me laugh, it made me cry, it was a chick-lit roller coaster. at first, i was afraid to start because i realized it was a sequel to her first book, LOVE WALKED IN, but as i read i realized it was more of a companion novel. i already requested LOVE WALKED IN from the library, though :)

her writing was so thoughtful and saturated with emotion. the characters were three dimensional, and i felt like would know them if i saw them walking down the street in my world, the *real* world. the plot centers around Cornelia, and her husband Teo who move to a small town from NYC to start a family and life together; Piper, a rich bitch snob who becomes humbled and learns to free herself; Lake, who also is new to town along with her son, Dev, a little genius... Lake holds a huge secret that will [dun dun dunnnn] shake the foundation of [an]other characters' life; and Clare, a young girl whom Cornelia is very close with from LOVE WALKED IN.

i think even people who aren't necessarily a fan of chick-lit can enjoy this novel; it's 400 pages of pure emotion, love, and heartbreak. if i had time, i would definitely read this over again. but, i have Impulse by Ellen Hopkins, and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer waiting for me.

goodnight