In At The Deep End, Kate Davies

If you loved Bridget Jones and wanted something similarly iconically British, but with a lot more lesbian sex, then In At The Deep End may be the book you’ve been waiting to dive into.

In At The Deep End (2019), Kate Davies

Themes: LGBT, sex, humour, contemporary, adult

Reading Format: Hardback

Pages: 400

5 STARS

Oh my gosh, I LOVED this book, the kind of love where I didn’t want it to end and I was walking around with it glued to me. I really went on a journey with Julia, the protagonist, she changed and developed and became such a better character than she started off as.

Quite early on in this book after some slightly awkward encounters with men, Julia decides she may very well be a lesbian and after exploring a bit, she confirms her thinking. I liked that the blurb didn’t really give too much away about this, this development came as a surprise to me and it made me love the book even more. It was refreshing and insightful and I certainly learnt a thing or two whilst reading it.

Now if you’re not a fan of reading about sex, then this book probably isn’t for you. It becomes quite graphic at times describing what Julia gets up to in bed with various other participants. It covers an unspoken world of sex clubs and threesomes, which I think is really important to be covered in popular literature. There was no holding back about the sex in this book and for that reason I loved it! It discussed very real issues that people may think they are alone in, for that I praise it!

This book was fun and easy to read, set mainly in London, I enjoyed seeing city living and fueling my own wishes to live in England’s capital. I loved the dynamics of all of the characters, they were all extremely accurate and real, if you didn’t guess, the realistic writing in this book has been a huge plus for me!

Basically this book was a refreshing and sexy adventure where Julia can really discover herself. I loved it from start to finish and I would definitely advise anyone picking it up!