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Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

267 reviews

alisonreadsdmv's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

kim_lommaert's review against another edition

3.5

emotional inspiring relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

yulireads19's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

annabeebae's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The main character has some traumas I found hard to relate to, so her struggles were occasionally frustrating to read about

(its ok to love him dangit!)

, but overall I greatly enjoyed this book. The kink aspects were well done and the spicy scenes were spiiiicy for me! (Which I appreciated!) The friendship connection between the MC and her bestie was surprisingly touching, and it was refreshing to see friends handling conflict in a healthy way by the end.

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juliahouseholder's review against another edition

3.5

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

singingshooter's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Spice: well worded, decent portrayal of BDSM
Main Couple: lovely, drama was eh, but that could be me being annoyed with 20 something’s
Side characters: we’re mostly annoying and I had to race through those parts with them (with the exception of Jan)

Pen was annoying and I knew she would be trouble, the ending redeemed her a little bit

Audio: actors did a fantastic job with portraying the characters

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garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful 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

📚 I loved this book. It fit my story interests, my sense of humor, my kinks, my politics. Ali Hazelwood deviated from her tried and true formula on this one but it still worked great. And wow Lukas is a perfect book boyfriend, my goodness. Just green flags all over the place.

🎧 Duet narration, even though the story is single POV (FMC's). And hoo boy, the Lukas voice 🥵

🌶️ 4/5 This was a spice-forward book but not like straight up erotica. The two MCs are kinky and they explore that on page in several scenes, since this is both of their first relationship with another kinkster. It's mainly power exchange (mdom/fsub) during sexytimes with some forcefulness, like advanced beginner level. No props or anything complex really.

✊🏳️‍🌈 There's casual mention of a queer character or two, and a couple mentions of POC. But mainly everyone seems pretty white and straight. The FMC is recovering from an injury, but she's fully physically recovered. She does deal with anxiety and PTSD from an abusive relationship in her past, and trauma from the time of the injury.

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boothdwellerbooks's review against another edition

2.5

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

louisa_hall's review against another edition

4.5

funny lighthearted 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

Ali Hazelwood writes such good banter 👏🏻👏🏻 Scarlet slowly reconnecting with her love of diving was such a great plot and Lukas being down bad from the jump was the Cherry on top.

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korynts's review against another edition

4.0

emotional 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

Content Warnings

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