I loved this book. This is more or less a conclusion to Beth and Tommy's story, but not the end of the teens who lived in St. Jude's Home for Court-Placed Juveniles. We remember how Lost Without You ended? Like, edge-of-your-seat CLIFFHANGER? Where I Belong recaps that ending a little at the beginning of this story and expands on Beth and Tommy's scenes. I was a ball of anxiety reading this, but soon, the story moves on and we get to see what comes next for these two characters (and Pest, Tommy's adorable dog).
In this book, the characters are more isolated, the scenes mostly taking place in one setting, as Molly O'Keefe novels usually do. The story never feels stagnant, but it is full of character and heart. Beth and Tommy are on the run again, and with Beth's mom broadcasting her face all over the news and painting Tommy as the evil kidnapper, the two are on the run from more than just Bates. Just long enough to keep their heads down for a while. Tommy's plan is to sacrifice himself to Bates if it means keeping Beth safe and never handing her back to her mother. Beth's plan is for the two of them to hide out at a place she considers home and just wait everything out. This is the point where I really should have seen this coming, but I didn't. I was gasping loudly at the book when I realized where the story was going, because all the angst and feels exploded out when I realized where Beth was taking Tommy.
Beth has a secret. Well, more than one secret, but all the St. Jude's teens have their secrets. It's just that this is by far the one thing that could break the fragile relationship between these two characters. It just broke my heart in a million different ways. The way the secret got revealed, the way they broke apart. I ship these two so much and the characters are so precious and deserve a good life without a debt to a mob boss or a mother who wants to control her kid (among other things). Beth and Tommy's sex scene after Tommy finds out the secret, though? It was both hot and devastating. But what absolutely crushed me in this book was Pest. Pest survives this book (YAY), but when Tommy says that he's glad he's found someone to take care of his dog when he's not able to is the single most heart-wrenching moment I've ever read.
Beth's mother has really done a number on her and Beth's journey to accept herself and that she's enough? It's a powerful message and I loved seeing what Beth chooses to do in this book. Tommy is still as precious as ever in this story and I wonder...is Tommy the threshold to hold all men? Because he is perfect. Okay, so he may be a little rash and run recklessly into danger. But it's all for a good cause, since all he ever wanted was to see Beth safe and happy.
I can't wait for the next series, duet, whatever the next book will be, because it's going to be about Simon and I already know his story is going to destroy me. He made the debt with Bates, same as Tommy and Carissa. Simon's a prize-winning journalist and has made a name for himself. What could Bates possibly want with him? Further questions that have yet to be answered...what terrible thing happened to Rosa that's only been alluded to? Why are Carissa and Bates working together? Are they a thing? Does Sammy (Bates' guy who attacked Tommy at the end of the last book) still hold a grudge? I just have all the questions, you guys.
What isn't a question going forth, however, is that Beth and Tommy are in a good place. Maybe with all the Bates stuff still going on their ending can be seen as more as a HFN than a HEA? I loved these two books, Lost Without You and Where I Belong. It's definitely one of my most favorite m/f romances I've ever read, and I can't wait to see what Molly O'Keefe has in store for us next!!
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- richard loulouReviewed in Canada on February 28, 2020
nice and logical ending of the two-book saga
