I gave this book 3 stars. This book was a little slow moving for me but it did keep my interest. Megan Miranda is an excellent writer.

Megan Miranda delivers another gripping thriller with You Belong Here, blending small-town secrets with the haunting weight of the past. The story follows a woman forced to confront the place she swore she’d never return to—especially when her daughter makes the unexpected choice to attend the very school she ran from 20 years ago.

Miranda’s signature dual timelines add to the suspense, unraveling past and present mysteries in a way that kept me hooked. Just when I thought I had things figured out, another layer of the story would unfold, making me question everything. The eerie small-town setting and the complicated relationships between the characters made the tension even stronger.

I found myself completely absorbed, trying to piece together what really happened all those years ago. It’s one of those books that keeps you turning pages late into the night, and even when you’re not reading, you’re thinking about it. If you love a thriller that keeps you guessing, You Belong Here is definitely worth picking up.

I am a big fan of Megan Miranda books, so I was looking forward to reading You Belong Here. It’s a flash back / forward book about Beckett dropping her daughter off at college.The same college Beckett was forced to leave before she graduated. The story very very slowly unfolds as to why she left and why she’ didn’t want her daughter to attend. One night her daughter disappears and the past comes crashing back.
There are twists and turns … some predictable some not.
For me the story felt repetitive and slow . The character development was superficial, hard to determine why people made the choices they did. It just was not engaging enough for me.
Thanks net galley for an advanced copy of this book in return for an honest review.
I give it a 2.5 … rounding up to a 3

Another hit by Megan Miranda! Beckett Bowrey's roommate mysteriously disappears after a tragic accident while she is in college. Flash forward and Beckett's daughter applies and get accepted to the same school. Once her daughter begins her first year, that's when things start to get tricky. Beckett is thrust back into a world she fought so hard to avoid. When her daughter goes missing, Beckett must go back and deal with events she thought she had long since left behind. Her daughter starts to experience things that can't go explained, and Beckett can't help but wonder if her long lost roommate is back to get revenge. This is a page turner with some unexpected twists! Do not pass on this one.

I am a big fan of Megan Miranda, and this may be her best yet. Perfect for those who love thrillers set in colleges, with imperfect characters with a lot of heart. I couldn't put it down and enjoyed all the way to the surprising ending.

This was a twisty dark academia thriller with old secrets.
It was a fun and easy book to read, I flew through this one very quickly and couldn’t put it down once I got through a few chapters

I did think the start of the book was a little slow but once you get through that it was very good!
I do think that ending felt a little rushed through.

Thank you to NetGalley and Simon element for this ARC copy to review!

What a great twist, So many of us don't like to go or look back to where we came from but wow what a twist on the reasons avoided by your character!

This was a really good dark and twisty story. The setting felt new and different, and how the past and present stories were linked was done really well. I had a hard time putting this book down, but at the same time, it was a little scary so I felt like I needed to take breaks. Highly recommend!

4.5 ⭐️ No matter how many Megan Miranda books I read, I feel like I am constantly in shock in how everything all plays out. In 'You Belong Here', this was no different as I was left guessing until the very last chapter. Everything about this book was great - the story, the characters, and the dark twisty turns. I was on the edge of my seat and devoured this in less than 24 hours. I cannot recommend this book enough and hope other people feel the same heart-pounding and stress-inducing excitement I felt throughout this book.

Thank you to NetGalley, Megan Miranda, and Simon Element for the opportunity to read this eARC for an honest review. Opinions expressed in this review are my own.

Thought this was a decent read, but again felt like the ending was a bit blah. Figured out who the culprit was before it ended, but did enjoy some of the twists.

I'm a fan of Megan Miranda's thrillers, so I was thrilled to receive this ARC. "You Belong Here" is a dark academic novel (my favorite kind) and Miranda did not disappoint. The novel is a page-turner with great atmosphere and foreboding. If you enjoy academic thrillers or are a fan of Miranda's, this book is for you. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. Pub Date: July 29th.

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Twenty years ago, Beckett Bowery was a student at idyllic Wyatt College when two local men died in a fire on the campus, with fingers pointing at her roommate, who disappeared and hasn’t been seen since. Now, Beckett’s daughter Delilah will be attending the same school, and Beckett fears that her past may come back to haunt her. You Belong Here gets off to a fast start, firmly gripping the reader with a palpable tension that has you totally engaged, with the book well on its way to a 5 star read. But when a heart-stopping crisis comes to a conclusion, it seemed to deflate all that tension, and the plot never really finds its footing again. Don’t get me wrong, this is still a good book, but the early excitement raised expectations that just never materialized, and left this reader wanting more, but not getting it. Even so, I would still recommend the book, but fans of this author (myself included) may feel a little bit of a letdown after a rousing start 3.5 stars. I received an ARC of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Another enjoyable and easy to read psych thriller by Megan Miranda with some fun twists. Made a long flight go quickly!

Thank you very much to NetGalley and Simon Element for the advanced reader’s copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you for an advance copy of this thriller by an author I have previously enjoyed. This is a mystery/thriller set in academia world of a college campus, one of my favorite settings. Beckett unwillingly returns to her own college town, where her parents still live, as her daughter without her knowledge is going to be attending college there. Something bad happened to Beckett there years ago, and it remains unresolved....and it quickly spirals into danger for her daughter. I enjoyed the college setting, my favorite, and I liked the characters of Beckett and her ex husband. The mystery is decent and wraps up in a surprising but satisfying way. A fast page turner!

Intensity at its highest levels identifies this book that needs to be read in one sitting because it is difficult to put own. Wow, so many twists and turns that you just can't predict what is around the corner. Loved the novel's storyline, characters, and action.

Perfectly paced mystery about a mom searching for her missing college age daughter at the same college where a mystery of her own unfolded twenty years earlier. The author did a marvelous job intertwining the two story lines into a mystery with a satisfying ending. It has lots of twists and turns that I did not expect. Would definitely recommend.

This was a fast paced and well written thriller. I enjoyed this book a lot. The plot was good and the character development was as well.

A twisty, dark academia mystery with old secrets, accidents and scary chases. Reminds me of Parents Weekend by Alex Finley and School of Lies by Laura Ling Brown.

Beckett left Wyatt college years ago after a terrible nightmare and never saw her roommate and best friend again. Now her daughter has accepted a scholarship to attend the college. After a cryptic text, her daughter goes missing.

This is a typical Megan Miranda, fun and easily digestible if you want to fly through a fun mystery book. Nice and repetitive if you enjoy audiobooks or just need that for plot purposes. The twists and reveals might be a tad predictable, but they are well paced. I would have liked to learn more about Daphne, Beckett herself is relatable but honestly a bit dense.


Thank you to Simon Element and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Book to be published July 28, 2025.

Beckett Bowery is a ghost writer and single mom to Delilah, a college freshman at her alma mater. Beckett had resisted sending her daughter to the college she attended, and at which her parents taught. The reason Beckett doesn't want Delilah there is because 20 years earlier, she and her roommate Adalyn were suspected in the deaths of two young men by arson in the tunnels under the old buildings.
There are many twists and turns in the story, beginning when Delilah goes missing at the college, leading to Beckett uncovering the truth of the twenty year old murders and her family's ties to them.

I felt such sympathy for the mother, Beckett, in this story. She had a strained relationships with both of her parents due to their dedication to their careers as university professors for, Wyatt Valley, a small private university. She herself had been a student there but a tragic murder happened during the annual Howling. This forced her to leave school before graduation, as she was under suspicion of being involved in the incident.

Beckett started her life again in a new place, met Trevor and they had Delilah. Years later when Delilah applied to colleges, Wyatt Valley was the only one she wanted, in the little town her grandparents still lived. Beckett feared for her daughter, returning to her Alma mater, but couldn’t tell her about the many reasons she feared for her life and that of her daughter.

“You Belong Here”, has many twists and turns and kept me engaged throughout. The characters were multi faceted and the various settings made it come alive.

Thanks to Netgalley for access to the ARC in exchange for an honest review.