sariahsharp 's review for:

Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos
5.0

I absolutely adored this book!! I thought it was going to be a quick, easy, predictable read with very one-dimensional characters that I would probably like a lot, but that'd be it. It's still quick and pretty easy (although there's a lot of great, witty, intellectual things thrown in that make me feel smart because I understood it), and it was still pretty predictable, I found the characters to be complex and flawed and absolutely real. I love Cornelia most and could relate to her in so many ways. Or maybe I just wanted to relate to her so I make stuff up in my mind. Doesn't matter. I love her. I was expecting to hate Piper, but she was the most surprising character to me. I thought she would be the stereotypical suburban housewife... very Stepford/Pleasantville... but the more I read of her the more I sympathized and the more I actually liked her. I wish we could have gotten to know Lake a bit more than just through her son's eyes, but I thoroughly enjoyed everything from Dev.

Get this book. I guess it's chick-lit. I don't care. I loved it.