Right up my alley regarding books I enjoy! Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. I need to read the books that have come before this one in the series. I enjoyed Coney's writing and her characters a lot. Well done!

The 'Deepest End of Love' was a lovely end to Lisina Coney's The Brightest Light Series.

This book was an emotional journey, showing in-depth stories of self-healing through its two main characters Lila and Reed. Their romance felt very natural and well thought out, I loved how the book focused more on their careers and personal growth than their physical relationship, this was very refreshing to read. Having her past characters Cal, Grace, Maddie, and James in the book felt seamless and not overbearing as this type of writing can sometimes feel. I loved the moments between Lila and her parents, these were such a full circle moment from the earlier books, Lisina stayed true to her characters from the other books and wrote them very true to how they were originally written whilst showing how they have aged and grown as parents.

You can see how much Lisina's writing has improved since her first novel which was great to read and experience. I will definitely be looking out for more of her work to read in the future,

This is such a sweet emotional read.

."Enthralled- that's what I am by this woman. to the goddamn bone."
"I feel like I'll suffocate if I don't kiss her again."

I feel like every professor-student-forbidden type of reads I had read all happened this way and they got caught, so I was holding my breath to just when. and the trip of it all is I actually kinda torn to believe if it was the ex or the friend, and I am glad, both me and the FMC thought the same thing first and was rewarded with the second option too. What I liked here is the break they got, him to get to realize what he wants and her to discover herself. <3

*The Deepest End of Love* was everything I had hoped for and more! As the third book in *The Brightest Light* series, it tells the story of Lila, Cal and Grace's daughter, and her relationship with Reed, her supervisor during her internship at a youth center. Lila is working on her master's to become a youth counselor, and while she initially tries to avoid Reed due to his connection with her mom, she gradually grows more comfortable with him and the work she's doing. Their relationship slowly deepens as Lila helps Reed confront his dark past and trauma, ultimately leading to a beautiful and heartwarming ending.

I absolutely loved Reed’s character—he’s kind, gentle, and truly dedicated to the kids he works with, but his emotional struggles really add depth to the story. Watching Lila support him while also overcoming her own fears made their bond feel even stronger. They were truly soulmates, helping each other heal in such a meaningful way. This book, by far, became my favorite in the trilogy. It was bittersweet to finish, knowing the series has come to an end, but I’m so excited to see what Lisina Coney writes next!

Thanks NetGalley and the publisher for this amazing ARC

This was so good and t's my favorite in the series. I loved the characters, plot, slow burn, and the realistic journey of the characters. Lila is Cal from the first book's daughter and this is her romance and story of her becoming. Reed the mmc is a professor in her school/department where she is getting her master's degree and is also her mom's friend and frequent collaborator.

I loved watching the romance grow between Reed and Lila, especially the push and pull between them. This was a good slow burn Lila is reluctant to work with Reed at the youth center because of what people would say. I liked that even with the tension between them nothing happened till the end of the internship. The steamy moments weren't too much but it was good. I loved the family moments and the internship drama as well. Overall this was really good, I loved the back story and youth worker strory. Thank you to the publisher for this arc!

Tropes/themes:
- Age gap romance
- Slow burn
- Steamy
- Forced proximity
- Masters student/internship supervisor

there may have been tears in my eyes during that last chapter…

it’s beautiful. i had my qualms with it a bit in the beginning (the thoughts lila had about reed and avoiding him/accepting the internship seemed a BIT excessive), but i got over it. there are some truly PERFECT moments in this book. an excellent trilogy!

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“I’m not much of a spiritual person, Lila, but I believe you were sent to this world to heal my soul”.

I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW LONG I WAITED TO READ THIS BOOK, and it did not disappoint. The deepest end of love is the third book in the series, and it’s about Lila, Cals and Graces daughter and Reed who is her supervisor during her internship.
Lila is working on her masters to become a youth counselor and she ends up doing an internship in a youth center in which Reed is working as well. She has always tried to avoid Reed because she always felt intimidated by him and since he works with her mom she never wanted people to think she’s getting into places because of her connections. Lila ends up working at the youth center with Reed and things slowly start to change between them. She’s happy with the job she’s doing, she’s helping kids and she’s becoming more comfortable with Reed. However, beautiful things don’t last too long and everything comes crashing down for Lila, but she does get her happy ending.

I absolutely love Reed and how smart he is, how he takes care of the kids where he works and also how he supports Lila throughout her internship. However, his dark past makes him drown into himself and has a lot of trauma which still taunt him to present day. Lila really helps him out to fight his demons and finally realize his worth. I loved how they both were supporting each other throughout their traumas. They were meant to be; they were soulmates.

Thank you NetGalley and Lisina Coney for providing me with an ARC.

SO GOOD!!! LOVE everything Lisina writes these characters are everything to me. I couldn’t put this down I don’t know what she puts in her books but they’re addictive. I Love Lyla and Reed so much. Loved the story of developing self confidence, healing from trauma and finding yourself. This is an incredible last book to one of my favourite series. These characters will forever be in my heart.

I might be the biggest Lisina Coney fan to walk this planet. This series means so much to me, and it pains me that this is the last book. If I could give this 100 stars I would. I love a good age gap, but I love a good slow burn even more. Miss Coney is the queen of slow burns, and this book is just another shred of proof. Reed and Lila are two people that struggle with confidence and feeling like they are enough, but they find each other and grow together. I was giggling and kicking my feet for 90% of this book. I don't often lose sleep over books unless they are really good, and I chose to forgo my 8 hours of sleep for a 2am bedtime to finish this one. Immaculate, beautiful, heartwarming, and perfect in seriously every way. I love the way these characters love each other and this will be going on my reread list immediately (for context I have 7 books on this list for all time so do with that what you will). I'll miss these characters so much but I love how their stories end. Read this book - seriously.

omg I loved this book!! This whole series has been amazing to read and worth the wait!! I loved the slow burn aspect to this, they had fallen in love before they were even together and it was beautiful to read. It was also amazing to see where the couples in the previous books were at in their lives as well. The progression in this series is unmatched and I loved every second of it. If you are even contemplating reading this book, take it from me, just do it!! you won’t regret it xx

thank you netgalley and the publisher for giving me access to this arc to leave an honest review.

just wow. i have no words. lisina take such care and effort into writing her books, you can literally just feel how much she loves what she’s doing.

the way she writes about mental health struggles, as well as foster care struggles, shows that she took the time to research and properly implement them into her books. and that’s something i applaud her for. proper representation is important in books and it’s clear she does it well, and with care.

reed and lila’s love story is one that will stick with me forever, and it will always be a book i recommend to anyone who asks about it. i related to both of them in so many different aspects and it just pulled me into the story even more.

please give this book a chance, as well as the other books in this serious. you will not regret it.

A beautiful, inspiring and heart-warming love story written in magnificent prose that makes you lose track of time and your surroundings.

The Deepest End of Love is a romance story told from the perspectives of our two main characters, Lila Callaghan and Reed Abner. Lila is a young and ambitious, hard-working woman doing her absolute best to graduate and climb the career ladder. Having grown in a family consisting of two loving parents - who have however, gone through thick and thin in their lives- she wants nothing more than to bring more hardships across their feet. When she loses her temper however, and resorts to ways she would not have otherwise considered -i.e. slashing her ex's tires-, the one person bearing witness to her emotional outburst is none other than the one she had vowed to avoid. Reed Abner. Her mother's colleague and a professor at the university she studies. When circumstances bring them together, an inevitable spark ignites and they have no choice other than to give into their magnetic pull. However, not every love story has a happily ever after and they must fight for it if they want to reach the brightest light in the end.

Having read the whole Brightest Light series and being the biggest supporter and lover of Cal and Grace, I am afraid I have to admit that this one couple might just have managed to outrank them. I thought no other couple and love story would ever get close to Cal and Grace's but Lisina Coney proved me wrong once again.

Lila and Reed have very justifiably become one of my favourite couples and this book as a whole is nothing short of awesome. It is a beautiful book, not just telling the story of how a student fell in love with her professor (internship supervisor to be exact) and twelve years her senior. It is a story exploring the depths of self-confidence and finding who you truly are. Healing from your traumas and believing in yourself, escaping the monster called insecurity. Being your own person and never letting others dictate your life.

This book brought to an end the Brightest Light Series and I couldn't have been more sad about it. I have grown attached enough to these characters, namely Cal and Grace, and seeing them for the last time made me feel bittersweet. I haven't ever cried -and giggled- so much over a book but I definitely did bawl my eyes out, both while reading and after finishing the book.


To bring this to an end, this book is seriously magnificent and it deserves more than just 5 stars. Beautiful and heart-warming are not enough to describe it but I will leave it at that. Everyone, please read this and the other two books and you won't regret it.

the deepest end of love was the best way for lisina coney to end this series. its interesting to see how the relationships from the first two books affect the fmc lila in this installement. its sweet how she reveres her aunt&parents. her own journey was also written very well and it was nice to see her want to go into a similar field as her mother, but also try to figure out if thats what she really wants in her life after the third act. reed was also such an amazing character, his backstory was so heartbreaking and seeing how he’s a pure opposite from his own parents seemed like a full circle moment. i also loveeddd seeing their romance unfold, it was so angsty and there was so much pining - from both ends really. its nice to see how even though it took a while for these characters to find their way back to each other, they were doing better than they were before and got to be the best versions of themselves together

Oh my goodness, this book! The Deepest End of Love marks the end of the three-book series and focuses on Lila and Reed. Each book could be read as a standalone, but for better understanding, it should be read in order.

Lila Callaghan, Cal and Grace’s daughter from the first book in the series, is now twenty-three and a master's student studying to become a youth counselor. Reed Abner is a doctor in psychology and a renowned researcher who specializes in child welfare and foster care. Reed, who is a close family friend of Cal and Grace, has also co-written children’s books with Grace and teaches PhD seminars at Lila’s university. When Lila finds out her boyfriend of two years has been cheating on her, she goes to slash his car’s tire and Reed catches her in the act. With her graduation coming up and feeling the weight of not having any internships lined up, Reed offers Lila a spot at the youth center he coordinates and is a board member of. Working in close proximity ignites feelings between the two, but several factors are preventing them from exploring their feelings.

Lila is such a relatable character. She’s an overthinker, a rule-follower, and a good girl. However, that’s the character she curated for herself so that she wouldn’t cause any burdens for her parents or the people around her. Her selflessness to put other people’s needs before her results in her being a prisoner of her insecurity, anxiety, and scrutiny. Reed, on the other hand, suffers from the trauma he experienced at a young age from his parents. Reed is so lovable and sweet and is my favorite male character Lisina has written. He views himself as broken yet doesn’t let it define who he is as a person. His willingness to sacrifice his career for Lila to protect her and his defiance to raise another dog after a traumatic childhood experience was so inspiring. Their journey of love and getting together wasn’t easy, with their emotional and mental apprehension holding them back as well as other factors such as Reed being Lila’s supervisor, her parents’ friend, and being twelve years her senior. However, that didn’t stop their chemistry from developing and bringing it to fruition.

TDEOL is more than just a book about the struggles of love. It’s a book about acceptance, self-worth, being true to who you are, and overcoming your fears. It’s about the journey of vulnerability, authenticity, and identity. This book was so compassionate and tenderhearted and displayed so many heartwarming moments. Lisina ended this wonderful series in the most beautiful way, with the most sentimental written book as the last, and I’m so saddened to bid a farewell to this lovely series. But the end of a series creates a start for a new one, and for that, I’m elated about whatever Lisina will write next. 

This review will be posted on September 4 on Goodreads.

Thank you so much to NetGalley, Victoria Editing, and Page & Vine for giving me an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I am speechless.

This was everything. Pure perfection end to a series. The pure and raw emotions this brought out of me was incredibly healing and I just really adored this entire series with my entire heart.

Omg REED !!!!!! What a sweet soul. First I want to say I read the two first books before that one. Never thought I was going to love a MMC more than Cal but it happens and it’s amazing. That one is by far my favourite out of the three books. I love Reed he is a gentle and sweet soul, and reading about is painful childhood hurt me in every way. Jeez LILA I knew from book one epilogue I was going to love that girl and what a woman she became. Strong and resilient but also sweet and scared. What a joy it was and a bitter sweet ending because the trilogy is over and I’m sad to say I’m going to miss that family that had so much love and strength to overcome all the pain they went through to get to that final epilogue. The brightest light it was indeed.

A beautiful ending to a captivating series.

I really enjoyed the slow burn for this book, I think it works well until the end
Coney has created some of my favourite characters and this added a few more so I'm very pleased about that!

Can't wait to see what's next in store 🤍

A beautiful and heartwarming conclusion to The Brightest Light series!

The Deepest End of Love follows the story of Lila, who was an absolutely wonderful FMC. Reed is quite possibly my favourite love interest in the who trilogy, I absolutely loved him! This age gap romance had me on the edge of my seat with the excitement and anticipation.

I will really miss the characters of this series but I am really excited to see what Lisina Coney writes next!