I finished Deep about 30 minutes ago and sat here thinking of what to write for my review. And I’m still having issues coming up with what to tell everyone. I read Lick back when it first came out. It had the originally cover. It was still an indie book. And I loved Ev and David and all of the guys. And with each book, I have fallen more in love with the characters. And Kylie because she knows how to draw me in, make me stop everything I’m doing and has a way of writing that I feel is different. Is there angst? Yes. Is there drama? Yes. But it isn’t crazy. It’s amongst the characters not because of a situation. And I love that. I love that no matter how crazy the storyline is, it seems so real. Each and every one of the characters is awesome. There isn’t one that I don’t like. Mal is my fav Stage Dive dude and after reading Deep, Lizzy is my fav chick. And truthfully, I’m really sad at saying goodbye to them. After 4 books and almost 2 years of connecting with these characters, I feel so horribly sad that I won’t be able to read another book about them. And that just means there will be lots of rereads in my future. To hear David’s sweet words, laugh my ass off at Mal, feel deep about Jimmy and love the quiet one that is Ben.
First of all, if you haven’t read any of the Stage Dive books, get on it. And even though each one is about a different couple, they have to be read in order. There are characters introduced in each one and storylines that all carryover into the other books. If you didn’t figure it out from above, Deep is the 4th and final book in the series. And I feel like it was the perfect book to go out with.
Lizzy is now my most favorite female character of all the books I have read. She gives Mal a run for his money on the funniness. Her snarkiness, her sarcasm all make her so awesome. But she also feels deep. While she isn’t easily hurt and when she is, she puts on a very brave face and tries to hide it, when shes hurt, she feels it deep. But she also is very tolerant and understanding. She gets things. She is easy going. She makes the perfect women for Ben.
Ben has always been the quiet one of the group. You have always known he’s around but he was never one to speak up. If he had something to say, he said it and it was usually important but other then that, he kept to himself. He was the quiet bassist. But from the very beginning, way back in Play, you knew there was something between him and Lizzy. You saw slight changes in him. But in Deep, you got to really see Ben. You saw how he thought, you learned more about him. And he is deep. He is totally committed to his life as a rock star. He lives for the music.
I have to say that Deep is very personal to me. It actually reflects my life in a lot of ways. Take the rock star part out, and there are a ton of similarities in the events of Deep and my life and I have to say, Lizzy handled it a lot better than I did in the very beginning. But like me, she persevered on. This was how her life was going to go and she was going to go with the flow. I know how hard that is. But Lizzy handled it.
Kylie Scott, thank you for this series. Thank you for the last 2 years of these characters. I have loved them and I have loathed them. But in the end, I am very sad to see them go. I know I can always just open up my Kindle and reread all about them but I will miss them. I want to know what their futures are like. I want to see them grow old together. I want to see this family that you brought together go on. But as a reader, I am happy with how it ended. So thank you.
~Katie
Lizzy is now my most favorite female character of all the books I have read. She gives Mal a run for his money on the funniness. Her snarkiness, her sarcasm all make her so awesome. But she also feels deep. While she isn’t easily hurt and when she is, she puts on a very brave face and tries to hide it, when shes hurt, she feels it deep. But she also is very tolerant and understanding. She gets things. She is easy going. She makes the perfect women for Ben.
Ben has always been the quiet one of the group. You have always known he’s around but he was never one to speak up. If he had something to say, he said it and it was usually important but other then that, he kept to himself. He was the quiet bassist. But from the very beginning, way back in Play, you knew there was something between him and Lizzy. You saw slight changes in him. But in Deep, you got to really see Ben. You saw how he thought, you learned more about him. And he is deep. He is totally committed to his life as a rock star. He lives for the music.
I have to say that Deep is very personal to me. It actually reflects my life in a lot of ways. Take the rock star part out, and there are a ton of similarities in the events of Deep and my life and I have to say, Lizzy handled it a lot better than I did in the very beginning. But like me, she persevered on. This was how her life was going to go and she was going to go with the flow. I know how hard that is. But Lizzy handled it.
Kylie Scott, thank you for this series. Thank you for the last 2 years of these characters. I have loved them and I have loathed them. But in the end, I am very sad to see them go. I know I can always just open up my Kindle and reread all about them but I will miss them. I want to know what their futures are like. I want to see them grow old together. I want to see this family that you brought together go on. But as a reader, I am happy with how it ended. So thank you.
~Katie