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Where We Belong
by Ashley Munoz
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
Strong character development:
Yes
I liked Laura and Killian’s book a lot! I was excited to read their story after finishing Where We Started and I wasn’t disappointed at all. I will say that I highly suggest reading Where We Started before reading Where We Belong. While the Stone Riders MC is technically an interconnected standalone series, a lot of the things that happen during WWB make a lot more sense if you read WWS first (WWB does take place only 3 months after the end of WWS). There is also a bit more of the MC aspect to this story than there was in Callie and Wes’s story. There’s still a lot of focus on the romance aspect, but because Killian becomes the president of the Stone Riders during WWB, there’s more of the MC politics in this book, especially during his POV chapters. However, Ashley makes all of the MC politics and information easy to understand so you aren’t left completely on your own in that respect. As for the love story, it’s definitely filled with a lot of angst and will they/won’t they. Killian is very hot and cold (if you’ve read WWS, Killian is even more hot and cold than Wes was 😬) and it confuses Laura throughout the story. Killian does have his reasons for acting the way he does (most of it has to do with the club and thinking he can’t have both that and Laura), but it’s definitely still hard to watch him be so harsh to Laura at times. However, Laura still gives it right back to Killian because she isn’t one to be stomped all over! So, even though she really wants Killian, Laura doesn’t let him be mean to her without being mean right back. Killian pulls Laura close often, only to push her away even harder just as much. This really affected me, personally, because I think I’m a lot like Laura. She wants someone to love who loves her back just as fiercely, and thinks Killian could be the one that she could have that relationship with, and he’s continually pushing her away and treating her like she’s nothing more than a warm body. Obviously, that hurts Laura a lot, but she just can’t stay away from Killian even when he’s hurting her. Eventually, they both realize that there’s no point in fighting their feelings anymore, but it takes a lot of work from Killian before they can get there. Laura fights for what she wants throughout this book and that’s definitely something that proves how loyal and strong she is, not only to Killian but to the whole club. I enjoyed this story a lot, but I’m definitely excited to see what happens next in Penelope and Jameson’s story!
Quotes I Loved:
"To those who feel fragile. To the ones who have apologized for being soft. To the ones who feel like they cry too often. There's a dark prince out there somewhere searching for you... They're the ones who secretly plucked flowers and wished on stars. Hoping that one day their harsh world would hold beauty." -Dedication (this almost made me cry!!)
"Because while Killian was gorgeous... He was mean. The sort of mean that carried venom; he'd lure you in with a smile and take you out with a whispered cruelty." -Laura
"I'd tuck the feel of him away in a tiny mental box, locked away where only I could access it. He'd be a treasure, my very own emerald wrapped in leather." -Laura
"I also want to wrap your soul around mine, feel the beat of your heart in my neck as I breathe, and carry you with me everywhere I go, all at the same fucking time." -Killian
"Because if I were to ever love, I would love with my entire being. All my fucked-up darkness, all my demons, they'd all bow to that love." -Killian
"He was a shadow within my own, a hammer in my pulse, a chord of music thrumming against my veins. He was all the things I was always so completely horrified to ever allow in." -Laura
"Sometimes it's the lack of words, and the things they don't do that we need to pay attention to. Sometimes these creatures of darkness only know how to show their love by not bringing their demons around us." -Natty
"I needed to just be around her, like a fucking solar panel. I wanted to absorb her, to take her in and, as always, greedily inhale every ounce of her sunshine." -Killian
"I should have realized it then...that regret is just honey-soaked poison. We consume our choices so easily; they go down with a smile. Good intentions. Only to destroy us with a ticking clock over our heads." -Killian
Thank you, Ashley, for providing me with an ARC!
Quotes I Loved:
"To those who feel fragile. To the ones who have apologized for being soft. To the ones who feel like they cry too often. There's a dark prince out there somewhere searching for you... They're the ones who secretly plucked flowers and wished on stars. Hoping that one day their harsh world would hold beauty." -Dedication (this almost made me cry!!)
"Because while Killian was gorgeous... He was mean. The sort of mean that carried venom; he'd lure you in with a smile and take you out with a whispered cruelty." -Laura
"I'd tuck the feel of him away in a tiny mental box, locked away where only I could access it. He'd be a treasure, my very own emerald wrapped in leather." -Laura
"I also want to wrap your soul around mine, feel the beat of your heart in my neck as I breathe, and carry you with me everywhere I go, all at the same fucking time." -Killian
"Because if I were to ever love, I would love with my entire being. All my fucked-up darkness, all my demons, they'd all bow to that love." -Killian
"He was a shadow within my own, a hammer in my pulse, a chord of music thrumming against my veins. He was all the things I was always so completely horrified to ever allow in." -Laura
"Sometimes it's the lack of words, and the things they don't do that we need to pay attention to. Sometimes these creatures of darkness only know how to show their love by not bringing their demons around us." -Natty
"I needed to just be around her, like a fucking solar panel. I wanted to absorb her, to take her in and, as always, greedily inhale every ounce of her sunshine." -Killian
"I should have realized it then...that regret is just honey-soaked poison. We consume our choices so easily; they go down with a smile. Good intentions. Only to destroy us with a ticking clock over our heads." -Killian
Thank you, Ashley, for providing me with an ARC!