Skye Daniels: Where you're meant to be

 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/251608068-where-you-re-meant-to-be

After a brutal assault derails her freshman year, Luna returns to campus determined to finish what she started, but she’s no longer the person she used to be. Once vibrant and fearless, she now moves through life guarded and distant, flinching from touch and haunted by memories she can’t escape. Every step forward feels like a battle against fear, shame, and the quiet voice inside her that insists she’ll never be whole again.

The last person she expects to find solace in is Liam, the boy she once adored, now grown into a star quarterback carrying burdens of his own. Beneath his confidence lies a man struggling to define himself outside of his father’s towering legacy and to make amends for the selfish choices that fractured his relationship with Luna.

But neither of them has to face the aftermath alone.

Surrounded by their tight-knit, lifelong friends and family—Theo, Lily, Ella, Amy, and Noah—the two are surrounded by a fiercely loyal found family that refuses to let them fall apart. Together, they form a circle of late-night confessions, hard truths, laughter, and unwavering support. In this imperfect but unbreakable group, Luna begins to rediscover pieces of herself she thought were gone forever, while Liam is challenged to grow into the man he wants to be.

What begins as a tentative reconnection between Luna and Liam soon deepens into something more… something fragile, complicated, and achingly real. With him, Luna feels a flicker of safety. With her, Liam sees the possibility of redemption. But healing isn’t linear, and love isn’t always enough to outrun the past.

As Luna fights to reclaim her sense of self and Liam confronts the weight of expectation and regret, they must decide if they’re strong enough to face the truth about what happened, about who they are, and about what they could be together.

Because some wounds cut too deep to ignore…
and some connections are too powerful to let go.

*Indie Author  *ARC read 2026  *State Challenge (Texas-repeat) *Childhood crush 

*Found family  *Friends to more  *College romance  *Sports Romance (Football) 

*trigger warnings   *PTSD *Trauma & Healing  *Best Friend's younger Sister  *slow burn

Thoughts:

After reading the first two books in this series I have been waiting (impatiently) for the third book for this series, I loved revisiting this group of friends that sometimes argue but always have each others backs, if you have a friend group like this consider yourself lucky. 

After the second book in this series I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about the MMC Liam he was a super big jerk in the last book (and even in parts of the first one as well)... but I quickly saw that he was going through a lot of his own issues mainly stemming from his dad and the pressures of being the school's starting star quarterback, throughout the book you get to know Liam better and I truly felt for this guy he was trying to get out from under his father's thumb but finding it more difficult with him constantly being there on the side lines... just give Liam a break already.

Liam had a lot of emotional growth and did well with proving that he was sorry and working to be a better person all around as a friend I even was grumbling about everyone giving him a hard time at one point because he truly was doing so much to prove that he was sorry and everyone constantly reminding him of the past wasn't helping we all make mistakes. 

Liam really stepped up in a big way the night that changed Luna's life forever she came home from a party where she was attacked he was there for her that night and every day after.  

Luna (FMC) struggles throughout with trying to get through day to day activities and get back to a new normal but everyone around her is treating her like she's delecate she doesn't want pity she wants peoples support she's not broken she's a fighter and she'll get through this too.  Liam doesn't treat her different and she feels like she can be herself around him and his touch helping her heal.

Luna and Liam are both guarded with their hearts Luna has loved Liam most of her life and last year he crushed her without even realizing it, Liam's long term on again off again relationship ended and worst of all he has to watch his ex-girlfriend be the happiest he's ever seen her all with his best friend... he's learning to accept this but it's going to take awhile.  

This story deals with a lot of difficult topics in a thoughtful way as Luna learns how to find herself again after a traumatic event, it's not an overnight fix but with a good support system and therapy you see her slowly coming back out of her shell.

I loved watching Liam finally realize that he might just return Luna's feelings and learn to stand up for himself against his awful dad.   

Luna and Liam's story is heartfelt and beautiful!  Coming to this book and this friend group really felt like re-visiting old friends.  While this could be read as a stand alone I really encourage you start from the beginning of this series.  

I thank the author for the opportunity to be an ARC reader, I loved it and I can't wait for others to find this book!