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Deeper

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I won't write a review telling you what happens in the story. Frankly, I avoid reviews because they usually give too much away. What I will say is that I loved it! I have read all of Hart's novels. Some I liked better than others. All them tell a good story with plenty of what you would expect from erotica. This one was different in that I was emotionally involved with the main character, but not too the point of despair. As always the characters portrayed are well developed and feel real. In the back of my mind as I read, I thought this could happen, though I knew it to be fantasy. Deeper is also the perfect summer read since it takes place at a beach house during the summer season. If you have never read a Megan Hart book this is a good place to start. Then try Tempted and Dirty. Broken is more powerful, not a fluffy read. Deeper is just the "right depth" of romance and compelling story...thus my favorite by Hart so far.

Wow, really, Wow. I've reads lots of erotic /Spice books, but this one is different. It is definitely sexy, but also so poignant. This book touched my heart. I was so wrapped up in the characters, I barely realized how sexy it was. It is very well written, and such an amazing story. I normally shy away from books that might make me cry, (I read to escape, not cry) but this one was so worth it. I cried... a lot, but I loved this book so much. Actually, as soon as I finished it I read it again, and cried some more. I recommend reading this book all in one setting with cocktail and a box of tissues. It's an amazing roller coaster ride of emotions worth exploring Deeper.

I have read 3 or 4 books by Megan Hart, my favorites being Dirty and Broken. I just couldn't get engaged in this one. I don't know if it's because it kept switching from Then to Now. I felt like it really dragged in the middle and got a little boring. I never really "bought" the connection between them in the Now, though I did think the connection in the Then was written much better.

Elegantly written Megan Hart's "Deeper" has moments that truly touch you. Was this the book for me? No, I didn't find happiness in the ending. I'm not a fan of smarmy books that struggle with their own identity crisis. I read the reviews and thought I'd give it a chance since I hadn't read anything by the author before. Though the book hinged on supernatural, there are far better writers out on the market that deliver just as much romance without feeling like your swept up in some teenage melodrama. Bess, as a character, was a wishy washy as the waves that washed Nick ashore. Nick's character was flat and pretty consistent all along the way. Even Connor, Bess's son, was written in a stereotypical manner.
Yes...I'm well aware that many will disagree with my assessment of this novel. But I'm stating my own opinion on the book. Karen Moning, Jaid Black, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Stephanie Blair and even Lora Leigh are my favorites by far and perhaps I'm comparing apples to oranges but I'll stick by them.

This review will contain spoilers: BE WARNED!

I read the other reviews and so many readers were brought to tears with this novel. I didn't find anything to cry about in this story. As I was reading, I wanted to read all the "then" chapters first and then the "now" chapters, but didn't.

I don't understand why Bess let "then" Andy jerk her around like that. Why did she even marry him? Because he loved her and she wanted him to be happy?? Lame excuse for a marriage.

I thought what Nick did to Bess with that girl in front of her sons was god-awful. He made her look like a fool to her sons. But I guess that was a convenient way for them to break up.

Eddie was indeed the best part of this story. For one second there I thought Eddie may be a ghost too. How is it that "then" Eddie knew to show up on Bess's doorstep and just be with her (no words necessary) when she was having a bad day? A little hard to swallow but whatever.

I also think that "now" Alicia, the witch, should have found out that Bess was the girl at the party when they played the quiji game. It would have been interesting to have Eddie or Alicia see Nick.

It was nice to hear about Joe and Sadie from Broken.

Of all the books I've read by Megan Hart, this is my least favorite. After a while, I just skipped over the sex scenes with "now" Nick and Bess.

I have been a huge fan of Megan Hart for a while now. I was a little disappointed with Tempted, and having read some bad reviews for Deeper I was reluctant to buy the book. Now having read it I am sorry I waited so long!

It is hard to explain the story without giving too much away, but what I will say is that while the plot is simple I found it incredibly easy to enjoy. Out of all of Hart's characters, Bess is the one I felt I could identify with the most. A big problem I have with most of Hart's leading ladies is how stubborn they are. Sometimes this is realistically written, while at other times I feel as if the author is making them willfully dense to cause melodrama. This to me is more believable in Bess' case because she is so young and her circumstances don't exactly allow her many options.

The one bad thing I will say about this book is that the developing subplot in the NOW sections seems to be stalled and then rushed towards the end. I knew when I only had a few chapters left that the conclusion was going to be hectic. While I found the end satisfying, I wish that there had been more time spent on the subplot so that Bess didn't look so easily jerked around.

Overall this was a very captivating book. It is not perfect by any means, and if you like your endings happy I would tread with caution, but the raw emotion Hart managed to capture in Deeper is pure magic on the page. Definitely worth the time to read!

I absolutely LOVED this book, I couldn't put it down and read it in two days! I have read Megan's other books and have liked them, but this book was amazing. I can't begin to explain the emotions I felt while I was reading it. Megan is a great writer and can truly express in words the love two people felt for each other, I could totally imagine down to the slightest detail everything that was happening.
And yes, as others have wrote, I was in tears at the end of the book and can't stop thinking about it. I wish there was an epilogue, however, that told what happened with Bess and Eddie. And I don't want to give anything away, but as much as it was obvious how much Nick loved Bess, I wish he would've actually told her. I also wish the paranormal aspect of the book was explained a little more, but that's just my opinion, I like answers.
So overall, this was a beautifully written and haunting romance that will stay with me for a long time. I highly recommend it if you like great romance with great sex.

I finished "Deeper" two days ago and I am still thinking about it. The story is captivating. Some paranormal mixed with an engrosing romance. I felt like I could have been Bess, anyone could. I bought into this story. All the characters seemed real to me. I laughed, I cried and mostly I turned pages very quickly. I spent 2 days doing little else than reading this book. I couldn't put it down. Deeper is sooo worth the money.

Ms. Hart can really write! I've read her other books, but this one is the best in my opinion. I'm going to tell all my friends to buy this book, because it is just too good to miss. Buy it!

I like Ms Hart's writing. A lot. I've read 5 of her published works and this one fell flat for me.

We didn't get to know Nick, and for this story to work, we really needed to care for him. We needed to know what made him tick and why Bess fell so deeply for him. Without seeing what Bess saw in Nick (aside from awesome physical lust) we simply aren't invested in why he's back or if he stays or goes.

Also, having read a number of Ms Hart's works, I was able to spot the misdirection immediately. Some men are good for you, some men you only want to be good for you.

Megan does brilliantly in showing us Bess and the five men who inhabit her world..
Her Husband,her young lover,her old friend and her two sons.
The characters really came alive to me..i felt like i was Bess and i identified with her internal struggles.

The book is really divided in two parts with half showing us Bess and her loves and losses twenty years ago and then in the present with how Bess and others have changed when she returns..

I was bought to tears at one point which almost never happens in a Romantica type novel.
This book IS too deep too be called "Erotica" with sex scenes to raw and intimate to be called a romance novel.

Megan saved the best for last as the final chapter was my favourite..
Read it.