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Deep End

Ali Hazelwood

4.04 AVERAGE

ein_opossum's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

sm1leykylie's review against another edition

4.0

emotional informative reflective 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

skyler_tetrault's review against another edition

2.0

⭐️⭐️ | 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Oof.

I couldn’t connect with a single character. There was minimal meaningful individual development, and honestly, I didn’t love—or even like—anyone.

We’re supposed to believe Lukas is a god with otherworldly, supernatural lover skills that defy basic female biology? Come on. For a female author writing primarily for women, this just didn’t land.

The ‘publicly dating someone else for appearances while secretly involved with the other main character’ trope didn’t work. No one in the story seemed to genuinely care about maintaining the image, making the entire setup feel pointless.

Yes, the “spice” is frequent, but it’s not particularly detailed or kinky, despite being marketed as if it would be. The power play could have worked, but without emotional connection to the characters, it just fell flat.

I’m not even sure there was a main plot? Just a jumble of side plots that never really went anywhere. Scarlett is whiny, Pen is a toxic, bad friend, and so many elements felt underdeveloped. For example, the “I’m so afraid of men” thread gets a two-second backstory, pops up repeatedly, and then magically disappears.

Everything about this book was forgettable. Not Ali Hazelwood’s best work.

asecor's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

colette_izzy's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

taylorgetsbold's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring

kelloshots's review against another edition

4.75

emotional 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

That was excellent.

I’m typically not an Ali Hazelwood fan - I’ve read at least 3 and I didn’t like any of them - but this is so good. I loved the main characters vs other books I couldn’t stand how quirky and cute the FMC was written and how cold the MMC always was. I really adored Lukas and Scarlett.

There were a few triggering places (her dad, their BDSM list) where I had no idea what would happen, but it was a false alarm. I don’t love BDSM but this was well written.

There was soooo much tension between all of the characters and I’m so glad it was fixed by the end and

Pen apologized

. I would have loved to read just one more sex scene.

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