Deep End

I actually liked this book a lot more than I thought 😍 the sports romance plus the characters actually being brain smart with personalities was great. Lukas is beyond dreamy and Vandy is so great keeping her *interests* without feeling like a weirdo. Only thing I hated was how many times Pen came up during their relationship development.

smash. next. :)

This book is everything. I read it within days, even though I tried to make it last as long as possible because it was just. So. Good.

Something I love about Ali books is that I know NOTHING about STEM or competition sports but it doesn't stop me reading them because it's written in such a way that I don't need to understand science. I don't need to be a top athlete or in the 99%.

Ali's books are human (even the supernatural one). They're day to day. The characters are real, with beautiful flaws and work/life balancing and emotions that make no sense but we still feel anyway. Her books help it be ok to just be whatever it is that you're feeling.

Deep End is an incredible book. Scarletts need for perfection and fear over her injury hit me deep (even though I only jog in emergencies, like when I've run out of wine). Grief from trauma is different for everyone and Ali wrote about it beautifully. Scarletts relationship with Lukas was complicated and messy, which is just how life is.

I don't want to spoil it so I'm just going to end with - stop reading the reviews and start reading it already!

My favorite Ali Hazelwood book by far. If I could build a boyfriend, I’m positive he would have Lukas’ personality. He is clearly vying for the top spot of my #1 book boyfriend list. I loved this book. Start to finish. I wish the kink was kinkier however I am familiar with Ali’s stories so I didn’t expect much to begin with, but I digress. Loved Lukas, The Harvard Pre-med Swedish Olympic swimmer senior, who knows EXACTLY who he wants. Loved Scarlett, world-championship diver with a mental block, less than Lukas because of her over-devotion to Pen. Even loved Pen, Lukas’ ex-gf and Scarlett’s bff that encourages them to kink in sync. 4.5 ⭐️’s rounded up

I hated Pen… she is the only thing about this book that I truly didn’t like but I didn’t like her enough to bring my rating down 1.5 ⭐️ (or in the context of this rating system, it docked it 4 points)