Series: Alabama Summer*
Release Date: June 28th, 2014
One person that she’d do anything to avoid.
Benjamin Kelly. World’s biggest dickhead.
Mia hates him with a fury and has no desire to ever see him again. When she decides to start her summer off with a bang and finally give away her v-card, she unknowingly hands it over to the one guy that excelled at making her life miserable, learning a valuable lesson in the process.
Always get the name of the guy you’re going home with.
Ben can’t get the girl he spent one night with out of his head. When she leaves him the next morning, he thinks he’ll never see her again. Until he sees her lounging by the pool with his sister.
Mia is determined to prove he’s not the same guy he used to be.
What happens when the one person you wish never existed becomes the one person you can’t imagine being without?
• BIPOC characters
• LGBTQIA+ characters
• characters with a disability
And doesn’t address fatphobia
• Impaired driving
• Cancer
• Death of family member
• No descriptive sex scene with OW/OM
– The Heroine is a virgin
– In the Hero’s POV, there are allusions to past sexual activities with the OW (his baby momma)
– The OW attempts to give the Hero a BJ but he turns her down
• Does have OW drama
– The Hero’s baby momma is jealous of the Heroine and attempts to cause problems for them (see above)
• Does have the Heroine pushing away
• Does not have a separation between the Hero and Heroine
• See Ending for HEA status.
• See Possible Triggers for Abuse and OTT sad parts.
Rating: 4.25/5 stars
*Each novel in the series is Standalone
Where I Belong was a surprise from start to finish! I thought that this book was going to be enemies turned lovers and that they’d have to realize that there really is a fine line between love and hate. And while that last statement is true, the rest is not! And although Mia and Ben’s relationship started on ‘no strings attached’ note, not known to them, their relationship quickly developed when each of them realized who that mystery person was.
This was an awesome twist on a plot that is generally used a lot. It’s a good way to build a storyline and keep interesting, as well as have the reader waiting for the other shoe to drop; the characters did hate each other for a reason!
But in Where I Belong what I found was a sweeping romance of friendship, family and the possibility of finding the one at the most inconvenient time. I was quite shocked how romantic it was, and although it wasn’t the most romantic book, having gone into it expecting a contemporary and steamy novel but it was awesome finding more. It was funny, witty and cute.
The overall plot was fluid with the pace of the novel; I never felt that there were any lulls in the book. But there were points in Where I Belong that I felt like saying, ‘come on already get to the point!‘ but luckily that was few and far between.
What I loved about Where I Belong was that the sub-plot/story had to do with Mia’s best friend, Ben’s younger sister, and his best friend. In the beginning, I felt like I knew too much but in the end, it was a great lead up to what will be the second novel in the Alabama Summer series, All I Want.
Preview the Books I Mentioned on Amazon Kindle
Discover more from Talk Nerdy Book Blog
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
