Belonging Blog Tour: Belonging Review + Giveaway

 

Welcome to my second stop on the Belonging blog tour! Today I have my review of Belonging (Book #2) to share with you and don't forget to scroll to the bottom of the post to enter the tour wide giveaway!

Belonging (Temptation #2) 
Author: Karen Ann Hopkins
Genre: YA Contemporary
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Publisher: Harlequin Teen

Buy Links: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound

Description:

I left everything I knew behind.
But it was worth it. He was worth it.

No one thought an ordinary girl like me would last two minutes living with the Amish, not even me. There are a lot more rules and a lot less freedom, and I miss my family and the life I once had. Worst of all, Noah and I aren't even allowed to see each other. Not until I've proven myself.

If I can find a way to make it work, we'll be NOAH & ROSE

together forever.

But not everybody believes this is where I belong.

Belonging is the second book in a young adult contemporary romance series that continues to focus on our main characters - Rose and Noah. They have done the unthinkable - fallen in love. Noah is Amish and forbidden to speak to an English girl, let alone be with one. Rose knows that Noah is the one for her and she won't let anything keep them apart - not even his strict religion. So Rose left everything behind - her friends, her life, everything - to join the Amish community so she and Noah could be together. Now that Rose has transitioned into the Amish way of life, she must prove herself worthy of Noah and his love as well as showing that she belongs among them.

This continued to be an interesting contemporary romance novel that continues right where the first book left off, with Rose joining the Amish community to be with Noah. I continued to enjoy learning more about the Amish culture and their lives along with their strict rules and religious beliefs. As I mentioned in my review of the first book in the series, I live in rural Pennsylvania, so I'm no stranger to the Amish people and their ways, so I was already familiar with most of what the novel spoke of. The characters continued to be well written, especially the main characters of Rose and Noah. I enjoyed watching their relationship grow and overcome the obstacles that were put in their way. Rose continues to be an independent and opinionated girl, but now she has to learn to tamp down her sarcasm and sharp humor if she wants to fit into the Amish community. Noah continued to be the quiet, obedient, and sweet guy who is loyal, loving, and devoted to his faith and his family. I continued to love the romantic aspects of their relationship and I was definitely still rooting for them to be together despite all the obstacles in front of them. The book is told from alternating points of view - Rose and Noah. I liked that the story is told this way because the reader gets and inside view into each of the character's thoughts and feelings along with how they each view the same occurrences. The writing was incredibly well done with a natural flow and an easy but quick pace that had me quickly picking up where the first book left off and jumping right into this book. I enjoyed the ending and I'm definitely intrigued at what the next book will bring. I would definitely recommend this book and the series to fans of YA contemporary romance, especially those who like something original and different from everything else out there.

About the first book in the series:

Temptation (Temptation #1) 
Author: Karen Ann Hopkins
Genre: YA Contemporary
Release Date: June 26, 2012
Publisher: Harlequin Teen

Buy Links: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound

Description:

Your heart misleads you.
 
That’s what my friends and family say.
 
But I love Noah.
 
And he loves me.
 
We met and fell in love in the sleepy farming community of Meadowview, while we rode our horses together through the grassy fields and in those moments in each other’s arms.
 
It should be
 
ROSE & NOAH
 
forever, easy.
 
But it won’t be.
 
Because he’s Amish.
 
And I’m not.

Read my review of Temptation HERE. 

A native of New York State, Karen Ann Hopkins now lives with her family on a farm in northern Kentucky, where her neighbors in all directions are members of a strict Amish community. Her unique perspective became the inspiration for the story of star-crossed lovers Rose and Noah. When she’s not homeschooling her kids, giving riding lessons or tending to a menagerie of horses, goats, peacocks, chickens, ducks, rabbits, dogs and cats, she is dreaming up her next romantic novel.

Author Links: Blog | Goodreads | Facebook

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