Belong to Me: A Novel
 

Belong to Me: A Novel

by Marisa De Los Santos

Everyone has secrets. Some we keep to protect ourselves, others we keep to protect those we love.

A devoted city dweller, Cornelia Brown surprised no one more than herself when she was gripped by the sudden, inescapable desire to leave urban life behind and head for an idyllic suburb. Though she knows she and her beloved husband, Teo, have made the right move, she approaches... (read more)

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My new favorite author of chick lit. de los Santos is primarily a poet and obviously a literature lover. She peppers her tale with lines and allusions that are a delight to those who share those same loves. She also creates characters that you miss upon finishing the book.

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  • Jenni M

    jenni m said:

    Has anyone else noticed that in both books Teo seems to be a diddeline character, like he's constantly in the storyline but he never has his very own storyline but all the major turning points in the story seem to be because of Teo

    posted Friday, July 25 2008
  • Holly

    holly said:

    i loved this book! Only after I read it did I realize that de los Santos' first book Love Walked In, was the same characters -- I'd have read it first! Now I don't know if reading it will be that great. Belong To Me...I read it in 2 days.

    posted Sunday, May 11 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • bethB

    bethb said:

    For those of you who read Love Walked In, is anyone else bothered by the fact that in Belong to Me, de los Santos never mentions that Teo and Ollie were married? At the end of Belong to Me, Cornelia talks about how she felt Teo had always been hers, but in actuality, he was Ollie's too...

    posted Tuesday, April 29 2008 ( | view 4 replies )
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