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jessicahood92's review
4.0
I very much enjoyed this book. I completed it in two days being glued to the heartbreaking love story at the centre of the book. This was the first book I've read written by Megan Hart, but I shall be reading more. She developed her characters through out the story and got the balance of two time settings down to perfection.
lifeand100books's review against another edition
2.0
Great characters but the storyline was WAY off the wall. ::sigh:: really disappointed with the last few Hart novels I've read. Here's to hoping the next one isn't about
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a dead lover coming back to life just to have sex, then having to "die" again to go back to his afterlife.themarishale's review
4.0
While I really loved the connection between Bess and Nick, I felt as if the end was rushed as well as too slow. If that makes sense.
It's not hard to see the end coming, but the reasoning behind it, the fall out that brings it about, surprised me. What I thought would be a declaration of love that would resolve the issue didn't feel that way. Instead, it felt like a replay of what happened that kept Nick and Bess apart in the first place.
The love/sex scenes were steamy and the chance for Bess to be happy was given, but I think I expected something more. Something that said "this love transcended death" and that that love would be part of a HEA for the two main characters. Having read Tempted by Megan Hart, I should have known that the ending would not necessarily be the HEA I expected to find.
All in all, Deeper is an interesting take on an erotic love story and worth the read.
It's not hard to see the end coming, but the reasoning behind it, the fall out that brings it about, surprised me. What I thought would be a declaration of love that would resolve the issue didn't feel that way. Instead, it felt like a replay of what happened that kept Nick and Bess apart in the first place.
The love/sex scenes were steamy and the chance for Bess to be happy was given, but I think I expected something more. Something that said "this love transcended death" and that that love would be part of a HEA for the two main characters. Having read Tempted by Megan Hart, I should have known that the ending would not necessarily be the HEA I expected to find.
All in all, Deeper is an interesting take on an erotic love story and worth the read.
zlibrarian's review
4.0
Bess, the heroine of this erotic romance stands at the crossroads of life. He long marriage to her college boyfriend is broken following her husband's infidelity. Her two young adult sons are moving in independent directions. She's alone at the beach house inherited from her parents when she's suddenly, passionately reunited with Nick, a young “townie” she met & fell in love with during a summer spent working in a beach town. Socioeconomic class, vast differences in family environments & upbringing, and emotional unavailability complicate their relationship – along with Bess' boyfriend, who is not only emotionally distant but physically distant, and she suspects he's cheating on her. The pull of sexual attraction between Bess and Nick becomes something more emotionally complex. Their struggles feel poignant and realistic. Bess' relationships with friends are also interesting – some of the other twenty-somethings in her summer scene are cruel and self-involved, while others can be almost heroically supportive.
The paranormal element of the story is slightly underdeveloped but perhaps the ambiguity of Nick's experience in the afterlife fits with the story. Much about Bess & Nick's relationship was unspoken and unresolved while he was alive. She greets his passionate return to her life with a mixture of happiness, denial, and fear. As seems to be typical of Hart's stories, the progression of the narrative doesn't provide easy answers and none of the male romantic figures are Mr. Perfect, but that's what makes Hart's work so memorable and emotionally powerful. Bess' initially idyllic reunion with Nick's spirit – he's as handsome as he was when they first fell in love, but three-dimensional, solid, and warm – soon enters unpredictable, unsettling territory.
The paranormal element of the story is slightly underdeveloped but perhaps the ambiguity of Nick's experience in the afterlife fits with the story. Much about Bess & Nick's relationship was unspoken and unresolved while he was alive. She greets his passionate return to her life with a mixture of happiness, denial, and fear. As seems to be typical of Hart's stories, the progression of the narrative doesn't provide easy answers and none of the male romantic figures are Mr. Perfect, but that's what makes Hart's work so memorable and emotionally powerful. Bess' initially idyllic reunion with Nick's spirit – he's as handsome as he was when they first fell in love, but three-dimensional, solid, and warm – soon enters unpredictable, unsettling territory.
melagrossi's review
3.0
I'm a big Megan Hart junkie, I own all the books, some I've read more than once, this is the only one I have yet to finish, it's stuck half read in my e-reader. I think it may be the paranormal part I just can't get past.
booklvrkat's review
4.0
Total fan of Megan Hart. This story was very profound for me. I found myself turned on, weeping or pumping my fist in the air with a "right on" for the female lead. Ms. Hart rocks the emotion boat HARD in this story... make sure you are ready for it.
eslismyjam's review
4.0
As others have said, this is not a traditional romance in any way. It's also pretty much a recipe for a late night sob-fest so be warned.
I knew going into the book that there was a supernatural side to the story. If I hadn't known that, I might not have enjoyed it as much.
I didn't love Bess. I felt a little bad for her, though really she made her own bed with all of her actions. Nick on the other hand was a deliciously fantastic male lead. Hart got him just right, down to the red bandana over his hair. I could picture him just as Bess must have seen when she met him as teenager.
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There's no HEA, be warned about that as well.Spoiler
I really enjoy Megan Hart's stories. They are very emotional, they don't follow an standard formulas and her writing is excellent. It's darn sad. It was a bit strange that I enjoyed this book so much since it features a older women, who has just split up with her husband and has children. Those are usually NOT my type of stories. I like my romances far out of the realm of actual possibility. This works because of the supernatural aspect and the second chance at love trope that Hart has going on. But Bess is finding herself in this novel and that worked for me because she was stepping away from the conventional parts of her life and starting over.I knew going into the book that there was a supernatural side to the story. If I hadn't known that, I might not have enjoyed it as much.
I didn't love Bess. I felt a little bad for her, though really she made her own bed with all of her actions. Nick on the other hand was a deliciously fantastic male lead. Hart got him just right, down to the red bandana over his hair. I could picture him just as Bess must have seen when she met him as teenager.
stinamoore1971's review
2.0
I'm not sure why the paranormal aspect of this book didn't sit well with me; I loved Twilight and Edward was dead too. However, I just couldn't get past it enough to make the book as enjoyable as it could have been if Nick had always been alive.