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Deep by Kylie Scott

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emotional hopeful tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The texting at the beginning was killing me. It goes on for so long, and while I understand it's because they meet much earlier than when very much happens, I really thought this whole book might have been micro-fiction and I just want forewarned. So forewarning, there's text conversations only for quite awhile at the start, ending around the page forty mark, and then another text section as well, but the whole book is not micro-fiction, thank God. It honestly took quite awhile for me to like Ben in this, because he really was such a shit. I felt like Liz should've run up to Jimmy and given him a huge thank you hug for finally saying exactly that, but grumpus Jimmy did not get thanked. I liked that Liz was telling Ben how hard it was for her to trust him, but I almost feel like this book could've been longer, partially so he could earn her trust. Instead, it felt a bit like she said "I can't trust you" and then he said "I'll show you that you can trust me" and immediately went down on her, aka oral sex buys trust in his eyes. Also, I do hope Martha gets a book, because she has been haunting these guys like a ghost, and the scene in the epilogue does make it seem like maybe she's not a total piece of garbage. I wish Liz had stood up for herself a little earlier, and that she had yelled at Ben, rather than allowing Jimmy, Mal, and everyone else to do so for her, but I do see that that's her character growth in this story. All in all, I'm glad to be going back and checking out Dive Bar now, and still really enjoyed the whole series. If I were rating Stage Dive as a whole, I'd give five stars.
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