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Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
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really liked it

Lukas Blomqvist 🫡
🏊 The subject line just reads What you need. The body: If you decide to go for it, I think it should be me.
🏊 "Stay home for long weekends and have morally bankrupt amounts of sex with someone I’m in love with. Kinky, vanilla, I want it all. I want to adopt rescue animals with her. I want to take care of her, and watch her be cold in Sweden, and marvel every day at how much smarter than me she is, and . . . Scarlett.� His thumb swipes under my eye. “Why are you crying?�
🏊 His renamed contact reads LUKAS SCARLETT.
🏊"I can’t be without you. And for the first time in my life, I don’t care. I think of you all the time, and I want to make plans with you, I want to talk about the future, and I’m fucking happy about it—�
🏊 but the way he looked at you . . . I don’t think he’s ever wanted anything or anyone the way he wants you.
🏊 “Scarlett.� His fingers come up to my chin. Grab it gently, but tight. “The only time wasted is time we are apart.�


I really enjoyed this book and Ali Hazelwood’s writing and her eccentricity makes me chuckle every time. Her mmcs ALWAYS falls first and harder, so it’s not surprising that it happens again in this book. And I’m such a sucker for this particular trope.

Lukas is thoughtful, observant, loyal, stoic, and unflappable. The hidden kinky side of him makes him insanely attractive. The way he noticed and discovered Scarlett’s fear of men, and how he rescued and protected her during her vulnerable moments makes me sigh with longing. I find myself falling in love with him.

One thing I don't like in this book was the lack of communication between Scarlett & Lukas. It was frustrating to see how she kept doubting what was happening between them. But i don’t blame Scarlett because i was equally frustrated with Lukas too.

Putting that little grumble aside, it was still a wonderful read. Reminds me of the author’s previous books. And i screamed quietly when Adam Carlsen appeared.

For now, the wonderful Adam Carlsen hasn’t been dethroned. I look forward to meeting more of Ali’s mmcs 🤸🏻‍♂️🙌�
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Ali Hazelwood
“Sometimes I’m afraid that this is the best thing I’ll ever have. For the rest of my life.”
Ali Hazelwood, Deep End

Ali Hazelwood
“Stay home for long weekends and have morally bankrupt amounts of sex with someone I’m in love with. Kinky, vanilla, I want it all. I want to adopt rescue animals with her. I want to take care of her, and watch her be cold in Sweden, and marvel every day at how much smarter than me she is, and . . . Scarlett.� His thumb swipes under my eye. “Why are you crying?”
Ali Hazelwood, Deep End

Ali Hazelwood
“His renamed contact reads LUKAS SCARLETT.”
Ali Hazelwood, Deep End

Ali Hazelwood
“I can’t be without you. And for the first time in my life, I don’t care. I think of you all the time, and I want to make plans with you, I want to talk about the future, and I’m fucking happy about it�”
Ali Hazelwood, Deep End

Ali Hazelwood
“but the way he looked at you . . . I don’t think he’s ever wanted anything or anyone the way he wants you.”
Ali Hazelwood, Deep End

Ali Hazelwood
“Scarlett.� His fingers come up to my chin. Grab it gently, but tight. “The only time wasted is time we are apart.”
Ali Hazelwood, Deep End


Reading Progress

August 21, 2024 – Shelved
August 21, 2024 – Shelved as: to-read
February 4, 2025 – Started Reading
February 4, 2025 –
page 45
9.64% "Ali Hazelwood is back in her element with her trademark charm & quirkiness"
February 5, 2025 –
page 61
13.06% "The ADAM CARLSEN is Scarlett’s professor! i miss him so much 🥹"
February 6, 2025 –
page 121
25.91%
February 6, 2025 –
page 183
39.19% "Lukas is 🧎🏻‍♀�"
February 7, 2025 –
page 235
50.32% "🫣"
February 8, 2025 – Finished Reading

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