A review by daniellelardi
In at the Deep End by Kate Davies

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.5

this book got recommended to me by a girl on hinge and i’m gonna have to buy her a bouquet of flowers! 

what a fabulous book oh my god. while i was reading this book i also came out to my family which was A LOT. i felt like mine and julia lives were happening in tangent LOL. 

i really did love everything about this book. it reminded my of emily austin and her books. i wasn’t expecting the majority of the book to be about
an extremely abusive relationship so i think that’s why im not giving it a perfect 5, but julia and sams relationship was so real and honestly i felt myself looking back on my first queer relationship and found a lot of similarities just with the jealously and the controlling behavior, which was a lot!


julia parents and friends were great! i loved her little pen pal! it’s was a great great great book! the sex scenes were also SUPER intense which i wasn’t expecting but nevertheless enjoyed LOL!