Reviews - Beneath the Surface

252 reviews for:

Beneath the Surface

Emily McIntire

4.18 AVERAGE

book_dragon1988's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

breadmaker07's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tansyap's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jgore16's review

4.0

dark emotional tense fast-paced

citorilester's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

♾️/5 Stars!!!!!!!

This book and this series is BY FAR one of my favorite reads this year!!!!!!

Emily has such a profound gift and talent of making you fall in love with these characters.

Lilly’s story has been one that I have been DYING to read and it DID NOT DISAPPOINT!!!
Definitely was surprised but it was great!!!

Please Emily!!!! Will you write a few more of their stores??? I need more! I’m not ready for this to be over!
😭😭😭

saltyseven's review against another edition

5.0

Beneath the surface is book four and the finale book in Sugarlake series. As much as the story comes full circle, I just didn’t want it to end. I knew going in Lilly’s story was going to on the darker side. Here is the deal, I don’t read trigger warnings, ever. The author suggests going in blind, and if you want the trigger warnings click on the link; if you're a sensitive reader, I suggest you do. There are several triggers.

My review will be vague. First off, the book is beautiful. Especially with Lilly and Mason's demons, how they found each other, and Lilly’s journey to healing. Their story is raw, intense, heartbreaking, passionate, flawed, messy, and loving. This is by far my favorite book in the series.

Their love wasn't supposed to happen; that is the best part of the book. It's what makes it so raw. Both are running from their past and trying to move forward. Mason is so loving, patient and asks what Lilly needs, and when she doesn't answer, he just knows. He is a loveable bad boy. Lilly's world is her son; she is a warrior and survivor. I absolutely love her,

The sexual chemistry is just amazing and scorching hot. I was literally excited, sitting on the edge was reading CNC play. The author can write some great sex scenes. The book gave me a ton of feelings and did play at my heartstrings. The writing just flowed off the pages and gave me a flawless book that captived me from page one—a must-read book.

hayleysnextpage's review against another edition

3.5

- single mom
- hidden identity (PI)
- 🌶️🌶️.5/5
- dual pov
- dual narration by Brooke Bloomingdale and Liam DiCosimo

I still think book one is the standout in this series, but this was a solid and satisfying wrap-up.

Chase (from book one) hires a PI to track down his long-lost sister—enter Lily, now a struggling single mom. But when the PI, Mason, makes contact, he hides who he is… and promptly falls for both Lily and her son. Of course, secrets don’t stay buried, and when the truth comes out, he does the noble thing and walks away.

Honestly? This one leans heavily on the emotional side. It’s a bit of a trauma dump at times—my heart ached for Mason, Lily, and certain side characters. The first half is all swoon and spicy romance; the second half shifts focus to healing: Lily reconnecting with Chase and her old life, Mason facing down his past. They have to grow apart before they can come back stronger together 💜.