Karen Ann Hopkins

Julie Kagawa

Belonging

When she falls in love with Amish boy Noah and joins his community, Rose ignores skepticism about her decision and struggles to prove herself throughout a trial period during which she and Noah are forcibly separated.

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**Warning: this review will be a little spoilerish for anyone who hasn’t yet read Temptation.**

I can’t think of a more perfect title for this book. Where Temptation was about the forbidden love shared by Rose and Noah, this Belonging really was much more about Rose finding her place. After joining the Amish community, not everything goes as she expected. Forces were still conspiring to keep her and Noah apart, though she had made the sacrifice to try to be with him. It was a bit frustrating to me at times, but nothing can ever truly be easy, right?

I won’t say too much about the plot of this book because I don’t want to give anything away. What I will say is that I found a lot about the goings on of this book to be rather unexpected… and sometimes very frustrating. Where most of the first book revolved around Rose and Noah’s budding relationship, this book more deeply explored other characters. The introduction of characters like Summer, Suzanna and Miranda was welcomed by me. Rose’s brother Sam and his friend Hunter also appear quite frequently in this book. There was a lot happening this time around and I couldn’t put the book down. I also wanted to shake the characters for their lack of communication! It’s hard to watch characters you love make bad decisions.

But, all in all, this book did just what I wanted it to: made me fall more in love with Rose and Noah and their relationship. It was nice to witness Rose’s maturity level growth as she spent more time in the Amish community, learning about their customs and behaviors. Noah was just as adorable as he was in the first book, but with a bit more of an edge. After the way Belonging ended, I can’t wait to see what happens next in Forever.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher, via NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.

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