At the end of Deeper,
West is leaving Caroline to go home and help take care of his sister. West
doesn’t plan on seeing Caroline again; he’s not coming back to college. Harder begins with Caroline rushing to
West’s side as he deals with a family crisis. He didn’t ask her to be there,
and he doesn’t hide it. West is doing everything he can to push Caroline away,
but she loves West and isn’t willing to give up on him.
I have very mixed feeling about this story. We get to see so
much growth from West and Caroline throughout the story. I was very happy to
see the natural way they came into adulthood. And obviously, I really loved
these characters. For the most part, they felt like real people.
But I had a difficult time wrapping my head around Caroline’s
persistence to stick by West’s side and her willingness to put up with so many
awful things in an attempt to get back together with him. It seemed real and believable,
but Caroline seemed thoroughly blinded by her love. I kept thinking, “Why does
she keep doing this to herself?”
The sex scenes were also a bit explicit. Something I also
felt in the first book. It wasn’t really about what was happening, but rather
the language used to describe it. As opposed to the making it feel as if two
people were really being brought together is a display of love, it felt more
that it was about the action itself. I didn’t really like that, and I was glad
there weren’t that many sex scenes.
The book has a great story, which trumps the things I didn’t
enjoy as much. I would say read the story, but know that you are getting
yourself into one of the most raw and gritty romance stories (that I have ever
read). Enjoy, and let me know what you think!
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