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Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

214 reviews

hawkinsamb_ah's review against another edition

5.0

funny hopeful 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

I was kicking my feet like a school girl, such a swoony read!

It's spicy and you fall in love with the characters by the 3rd chapter.

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joyeux's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

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kaitb15's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny lighthearted 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

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sydcreads's review against another edition

4.0

emotional lighthearted 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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flwrchld's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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laneelizabeth's review against another edition

4.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I loved this story so much. All of the characters were so fun and nice and I loved them (excpet Pen). The way this MMC reminds me of my boyfriend, he will forever hold a special place in my heart. I genuinely loved ever aspect of this book: the diving and swimming, the STEM representation, the struggles of college life, the struggles to maintain relationships (platonic or otherwise), the way the spice was handled, recovering from an injury, therapy, nontraditional family dynamic, I could go on. This was a beautiful story

Tropes: sports romance; friends with benefits to lovers; he falls first; foreign language; PTSD and anxiety rep; mental block in sports

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shaipanda's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

This was actually insanelyyyy good - I’ve loveddd all of Ali Hazelwoods books I’ve read but this might be one of my favorites :) I loved literally everything about it so much
Also I will say that this might be the horniest book I’ve ever read lmaoo - I’ve read some straight up smut books but this somehow was hornier than those

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tara_the_enchantress's review against another edition

2.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

I had high hopes for this book and it was just a let down. I liked the premise of the book and the characters backstory. I had a hard time caring about the book after half way through. I almost dnf it but I did finish.

Now I think about it was most Pen why I didn’t love the book and how Lukas and Scarlet didn’t cut Pen out of their relationship.

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tiinak's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 23%

With how many positive tiktoks I saw about this book, my expectations were for epic romance and unproblematic representation of kink. The reviews must have been all paid off marketing though, there's neither in this book. Instead of romance you have lust. Lust that starts when one of the characters is in a relationship. Instead of personality the characters have abs, accents and olympic level sports, all while having mastered complicated computer science algorithms and phd level microbiology at high school. Writing how to cure cancer on each others palms. Super relatable. About this kink. While the characters don't know anything about each other (and one's relationship status is questionable), they repeatedly mention to each other liking BDSM. Without having talked more than 5 minutes, the male character sends an email that the woman should consider him for fuckbuddy. Cheating and sexually harassing colleagues just isn't my thing, 1*. And eww. Epic level ick.

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miraclesantana's review against another edition

4.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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