Sweet Hearts Book 6: Deep Water

Sweet Hearts #6

by Jo Cotterill

 The sixth title in this wonderful series. For all fans of Cathy Cassidy and Jacqueline Wilson -- Sweet Hearts follows a huge cast of girls and their friendships, families and first loves!

     Pearl is a synchronised-swimming star in the making, who's heading for the Olympics. But will she be distracted by romance? Does she even have time for boys with all her training?

Genres: Romance

304 pages, Paperback

First published May 31, 2012

About the author

Jo Cotterill has had several careers - actor, musician, teacher, newspaper seller - but is now a full-time writer in Oxfordshire. She loves writing for all ages and has published over twenty books. A Library of Lemons is a book from the heart about making connections and what it really means to be human. Jo loves going into schools and talking about books and reading, and can be found making cards and writing music when she's not spending time with her husband and two young daughters.

Reviews

[kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a sweet and typical teen love story and I loved it. The only thing I didn't like was the the main character Pearl as she was a bit dim at some times in the book and it really annoyed me. I get that she was having a hard time with her personal issues but it is kind of unreasonable that she was blaming people who care about her. However, it was a short read and a very fun and cute read. Can you actually call a book cute??? Anyways yeah... everyone should read it if u want a book that is not serious.

[Saphira Laufens · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bence mukkemmel bir kitap! Burada yuzme var hayat var ve biraz da ask var. Bence bunu okumak zevkliydi.

[Ceri · Rating 4 out of 5]

First of all, let me just say I haven’t read this book for ages, so this review may be a bit dodgy. It’s a lovely, quick read which I’ve read two or three times. I like the whole concept of the Sweet Hearts Series; basically it’s a romance story revolving around the girl’s hobbie e.g dancing, ice skating and in this case: synchronized swimming. Synchronized is such a hard word to spell damn. It is quite a nice idea and I find it pretty cute. It’s also really interesting to learn about synchronized swimming and everything else.

The bit that I and probably many other people found most heart wrenching was all the stuff about her family. I thought all the emotions were beautifully portrayed and it was realistic. Especially when Bailey and Pearl were arguing about how he called her Mum needy. I felt really bad for Bailey because to be fair he didn’t know it was her mum and he didn’t mean it in a mean way. Like, I get where Pearl’s coming from but grow up love. I guess most people would get angry with Bailey like Pearl but I’m a unique individual.

Ooh what was I going to say next? I think it was something worth saying. Oh yea, I was just thinking if you put Bailey and Pearl together, it sounds like Pearl Barley. I don’t know if that’s just me, but I suppose it’s something for you to think about. It’s nice that in this book *SPOILER ALERT* Bailey and Pearl get together but they don’t rush it and it’s just a cute kiss at the end. Half the books these days are like children of Fifty Shades of Grey. Okay, definitely not as extreme but like teenage versions. Go Jo for writing a cute, normal (in a good way) book.
I would say that this is my favourite book in the Sweet Hearts Series, as it is more relatable to me as my sister is a competitive swimmer. Forget me not and Ice dreams aren’t very relatable as I’m not a florist or an ice skater. I still really like those as well, in particular Ice Dreams. The relationship between the ice skater (it’s been a long time okay) and Zac (?) was my favourite of all the relationships because they hated each other but then they loved each other (Aw…).
If you’ve never read any Jo Cotterill books then you definitely should because she’s an awesome writer. She’s such a lovely person as well (I’ve had the pleasure of meeting her on several occasions).