You Belong with Me
Books | Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy
Mhairi McFarlane
"The whole time I'm reading a Mhairi McFarlane novel, I feel like a fist is squeezing my heart… she is so ridiculously talented." – Emily HenryInternational bestseller Mhairi McFarlane delivers a charming, hilarious, and heartfelt new novel about a woman adjusting to life in the spotlight when she begins a relationship with a famous actor, in this highly anticipated follow-up to Who's That Girl. She found The One. But when everyone wants him, can she keep him?Edie found true love. And on Christmas day, he’s knocking at her door.Elliot Owen is handsome, charming and basically Hollywood royalty. And, he insists, madly in love with Edie Thompson: an ordinary citizen with tomato soup stains on her coat. It’s going to be complicated. Edie will have to learn how to live in the limelight, but they’re just too good together not to try.Edie discovers it’s not easy when the press is the third person in your relationship, or when stories start leaking that force you to mistrust the motives of those around you. It’s tricky when you’re separated by an ocean and gorgeous co-stars and charismatic new colleagues are closer by. It’s harder still when your past is raked up by envious people determined to destroy your present.Edie already knows how it feels to be infamous, now she’s going to find out what it’s like to be famous.Are she and Elliot a fairytale, or a cautionary fable about getting what you wish for?
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Author
Mhairi McFarlane
Pages
352
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2024-09-03
ISBN
0063417235 9780063417236
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"Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for the eARC.<br/><br/>You Belong with Me picks up right after Who's That Girl ends, with Elliot coming back from the US. The book explores two people from different worlds trying to mesh their lives together and balance a long-distance relationship. This was a sweet story where we revisit characters that were so lovable from the previous book. <br/><br/>The stakes are very low. The antagonist being Edie's own self doubt. (My girl needs therapy stat.) I found it strange that she blames all her issues on some guy she had a crush on and not years of trauma resulting from her mother's suicide and father's subsequent abandonment as he spiraled into a mental health crisis. But hey, maybe she's not terribly self-aware, or she's come to terms with all that. It's not really relevant to the story.<br/><br/>Because the stakes were so low and there wasn't much going on, this really opened the floor for the writing, and as such, I think this is Mhairi's funniest book. It's also perhaps her most English. I'm American. To me this had a Gilmore-Girls-esque freneticism with the language and pop-culture references. I think the audio book would default to 3times speed. I didn't get many of the jokes, (again, American) but those I did get were zingers. <br/><br/>All-in-all I enjoyed it and would recommend for anyone who like Mhairi's writing."
Raemi Wood
