Beckett Bowery never thought she’d return to Wyatt Valley, a picturesque college town in the Virginia mountains steeped in tradition. Her roots there were strong: Beckett’s parents taught at the college, and she never even imagined studying anywhere else—until a tragedy her senior year ended with two local men dead, and her roommate on the run, never to be seen again…
For the last two decades, Beckett has done her best to keep her distance. Then her daughter, Delilah, secretly applies to Wyatt College and earns a full scholarship, and Beckett can only hope that her lingering fears are unfounded. But deep down she knows that Wyatt Valley has a long memory, and that the past isn’t the only dangerous thing in town… (Synopsis courtesy of Amazon.)
Suspenseful stories that take place in small towns are some of my favorites. It makes it almost harder to know who the antagonist could be and who to trust. You Belong Here kept me on edge from start to finish. I really enjoyed how the pieces of the puzzle all seemed to come together, starting from twenty years prior, and just when I thought I had it figured out, I was thrown off course again.
The setting, a college in a small town in the Virginia mountains, was easy to imagine. I could picture the forest of trees and steep paths up and around the mountain terrain. It also added to the eeriness of the plot. I liked the parallel of the mother’s and daughter’s worlds colliding at the same college, but twenty years apart. I felt it made me want to fight for the daughter, Delilah, and hold her mother accountable for her past mistakes.
I was surprised many times while reading by the twists and new information that would come to light. I would then have to rework my mind around this new information and change up my predictions again. If you want to read something that will have you hooked immediately, this is it.
Thanks to Simon and Schuster for the book in exchange for an honest review.
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