earlgreyjedi 's review for:

Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

4.5

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-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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I really enjoyed this latest Ali Hazelwood book so much, and the narration was EXCELLENT! Definitely check warnings for Shmexy stuff though. I do wish that the excerpt on the back of the book didn’t use “ace swimmer” as a descriptor because I thought Lukas was going to be asexual (especially since many of Hazelwood’s other books involve ace characters), but it just meant star swimmer or their best swimmer. Otherwise, I really enjoyed this book! The characters were funny and relatable, the spice was good, and HEA guaranteed!

(Would have been quicker if our girl Scarlet admitted her feelings, but she had some shit to work through lol).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent

Shmexy stuff:

this book contains a lot of BDSM but everything is consensual and there are frequent check ins and the usage of safe words, p in v sex, oral m and f receiving, spanking, biting, restraining, dom/sub play, cum play, praise, NO DEGRADATION, NO DADDY/MOMMY