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A review by haleymfischer
Deeper by Robin York
5.0
This book is my favorite heartbreaker. Even after reading it half-a-dozen times, I still feel just as strongly as I did the first time I read it back when I was a teenager.
Caroline and West have both have been hurt badly by other people—Caroline by her ex using revenge porn against her and West by his abusive, deadbeat family. West has learned how to shut down his hurt and turn it into action that he hopes will propel him into a better life. Caroline is just now learning what hurt really is and how profoundly it can impact your life.
Watching the two of them figure out how to care for each other is really, really special. At first, it's just about Caroline and her pain and West helping her survive the worst few months of her life. But there's a slow shift throughout the story to where Caroline is healing and realizing that, as much as he's given her, he's also taking too much from her. From there, there's this painful push-and-pull in which the two of them try to stay true to themselves while continuing to fall for each other.
Book #1 doesn't end the way you hope it might. But their story is worth the pain.
5★ — Deeper
4★ — Harder
Caroline and West have both have been hurt badly by other people—Caroline by her ex using revenge porn against her and West by his abusive, deadbeat family. West has learned how to shut down his hurt and turn it into action that he hopes will propel him into a better life. Caroline is just now learning what hurt really is and how profoundly it can impact your life.
Watching the two of them figure out how to care for each other is really, really special. At first, it's just about Caroline and her pain and West helping her survive the worst few months of her life. But there's a slow shift throughout the story to where Caroline is healing and realizing that, as much as he's given her, he's also taking too much from her. From there, there's this painful push-and-pull in which the two of them try to stay true to themselves while continuing to fall for each other.
Book #1 doesn't end the way you hope it might. But their story is worth the pain.
5★ — Deeper
4★ — Harder