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 enlarge | Author: Marisa De Los Santos
Publisher: William Morrow
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 3388
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1.6
ISBN: 0061240273
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780061240270
ASIN: 0061240273
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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Condition: Visible shelf wear -- may have some notes/markings on pages
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great sequel July 2, 2008
I was fortunate to read Belong to Me after reading Love Walked In, so I already knew Cornelia, Teo, & Clare. I didn't expect Clare to reappear, & was very pleased that she did. Where other reviewers didn't like the other characters so much, I really did. I especially enjoyed Piper's story, who I didn't like at all at first, but she grew on me! And the story surrounding Elizabeth's illness seemed so realistic. And I thought the intertwining stories made for an interesting and compelling read. Though I really enjoyed the first book, I'm one who enjoyed the second even more.
 A very special episode... June 26, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
Bright, self-involved stay at home Mothers with adoring financially succesful husbands & beautiful children, bravely champion their way through hurts they've largely created for themselves. Brand labels are important. I read the first half and the last chapter, just couldn't care about any of these inter-twined story lines. If you're a Sex in the City / Desperate Housewife fan...this would be summer reading.
Read "Love Walked In" first or you won't "Belong to Me" June 26, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm a great lover of women bonding books. Two of my favorites over the years have been The Saving Graces by Patricia Gaffney and Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik. The description of Belong To Me brought to mind these two favorites so I was eager to get started with it. What I didn't realize, however, was that there was a prequel to this book, Love Walked In. Had I known that, I definitely would have read them in order and most assuredly would already have had a connection with the main character Cornelia Brown. It sounds to me that Love Walked In was a good book and introduced the reader not only to Cornelia but to her "almost" daughter Clare and to her "definitely" gorgeous husband Teo. There's a lot to be said for reading books in order and I think this is a perfect example.
When I started Belong to Me, I was sitting on a plane headed for Vegas. I immediately loved it and thought it was going to be right up there with my favorites. Somewhere along the way, I stopped loving it and can't really put my finger on the reason. It might be the disconnect between the two books and the author assuming that the reader already loves Cornelia and her family having previously read Love Walked In. She has Cornelia leaving her big city life and landing in suburbia which leads to all the women "clique" issues and the loneliness that can follow.
The surrounding characters just aren't that likeable. We have Piper, caring for her cancer stricken friend Elizabeth. She's great with Elizabeth but a bear to everyone else. Lake, who has just moved there with her teenage son Dev, whose life is chock full of mysteries. I can't really say a bond is formed between these women but they seem to be working towards it. Then the author went on an unpredictable tangent and began to lose me.
So the first 100 pages I was giving it five stars. By the end, it had dropped to 3.5 to 4. I'm going to be generous with my rating and round it out to a four because, had I read the prequel, I'm sure I would have felt differently about this book and I'd hate to fault the author for my obvious faux pas. A sure lesson to be learned here.....don't read out of order!!
 Belong To Me June 12, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I just put this book down after losing myself in it over the last two days... I really loved this story. The women in it seem like friends any girl would be lucky to know. They are smart, funny, and powerful.
Some of the storyline is a tad bit predictable, but it goes along just the way it should. It is an easy read with laughing and crying along its road. Pick it up; you'll be glad you did!
Excellent Sequel June 10, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Belong to Me is the sequel to the book, Love Walked In, which I read quite awhile ago.
This book is a continuation of Cornelia's journey with her husband, Teo, as they have just moved to a Philadelphia suburb. Cornelia has a hard time adjusting to her new neighbourhood and does not fit in well with the other wives there, in particular, Piper Truitt.
Piper is married to Kyle and they have two small children but a strained marriage. Piper constantly worries about outward appearances and presenting to the world the picture of a happy family. When her best friend, Elizabeth, begins the fight of her life against cancer, Piper rallies around her and her family and soon spends less and less time with her own husband. Piper begins to see the error of her ways regarding her own lifestyle and begins to realize that there are more important things in life than just looks and material possessions. Before she knows it, she has also started up a friendship with Cornelia.
Another family moves to town, a single mom, Lake and her very intelligent son, Dev. They soon become friends with Cornelia and Clare but we soon begin to realize that there is more to their story than meets the eye. Lake doesn't want to become too involved with these people and Dev starts to wonder why they're even living in this new area. Their lives quickly unravel with a simple phone call from an older woman. Dev finally puts the pieces together.
All of the characters stories end up coming together nicely and it was the interesting plot that kept me hooked. The writing itself is also captivating.
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