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Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

124 reviews

forgottencupoftea's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny 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

This was good!
I do have to point out that the end felt a bit rushed and abrupt, but other than that it was a lovely read!

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dcnireads's review against another edition

5.0

funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

ive been hearing a lot of complaints about this being too smutty and as someone who can be easily turned off by such things it..didn't really feel that way? its kinda hard to label a romance book as too smutty when they main couple's whole relationship started out based on sex. and while that may have been how they entered each other's orbit, it's not the only thing that matters in their dynamic and their love story doesn't really revolve around it. the emotional aspect of lukas and scarlet's romance is all about trust. them learning to trust both themselves and each other. a leap of faith, if you will. (slight pun intended?? on vandy's behalf?? is that how this works? anyway) they simply spent a lot of time expressing that through sex. healthily explored, enthusiastically consensual, passionate and at some point even a little bit tearjerking (to me at least) kind of sex. well placed and not at all unnecessary, tastefully written sex. so again i really dont see the issue. this book still checked a lot of the boxes needed to be filled for the recipe to a good romance. excellent chemistry, tension and banter? check. relatable fmc, smoking hot and incredibly, pathetically, embarrassingly down bad mmc? check. also, there's NO third act break up (always love that), and there's a good conflict before the climax without those cartoonishly evil antagonists who wanna ruin everything for the sake of the drama™️, but instead a lengthy, mature explanation and apology from someone who made a mistake (penelope girl you pissed me OFF but im glad you got your shit together.)

i mean, after all that, what's not to love? this is the third ali hazelwood book ive read and since i had as much fun as i did with the previous two, i think it's safe to consider myself a fan.

and once again, shoutout to main characters going to therapy and actually benefiting from it!! second time in a row ive read about that lately. maybe this is a sign that i should go back. we'll unpack that later. anyways, 5 big fat stars. i really, really, REALLY enjoyed this one.

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headinthepages's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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quendolen's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful 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

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thisteachreads's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional reflective fast-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

Honestly, at this point, Ali Hazelwood could mash the keys of her computer in a Word Doc, publish it and I would still devour it.

I really enjoyed this book! The characters in this one seemed more relatable than in some of her other adult books.

Yes, Lukas was written to be stiff and seemed a bit more reclusive and socially awkward, but he really wasn’t. And as much as she lamented throughout the story that she was an outcast, Scarlett just seemed like a girl with a troubled past and confidence issues.

I *saw* myself in Scarlett and the bond that grew between her and Lukas.

Seriously, I ate this book up in 2 days (would have been 1 if it wasn’t for pesky things like a job, children, responsibilities… ya know, that pesky life stuff!) and now I’m sad it’s done.

The only part that kind of let me down was the epilogue. It was written from Lukas’ POV but it was just snippets of time stitched together and kind of clunky - I really wanted more from it!

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ashl3ydawn's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny lighthearted 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

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izzy_fg's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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

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backitupmoony's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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hipearson's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful 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

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midnightmoon_dreamer's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

Once again, a great book from Ali. I don’t think it was her best because I felt it lacked in the development of the main relationship. But, I loved the whole progress we see Scarlett go through.

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