Release Day Review: Endless Depths (Deep Water #1) by Thea Verdone

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Reviewed by Mal

 

TITLE: Endless Depths

SERIES: Deep Water #1

AUTHOR: Thea Verdone

PUBLISHER: Petrichor Books

LENGTH: 290 Pages

RELEASE DATE: July 29, 2026

BLURB:

How far would you go to rescue the man you love?

Cole Morrissey

A near death experience is just another Monday when you’re a crab fisherman, but my black cloud would make anyone nervous, let alone my husband.

Morgan begged me to stay home this year, but I only have one rule in our marriage: I go where you go.

It’s a decision that ruins us.

What happened broke me. I hurt the people I love, and I don’t know how to stop. That’s why I pushed Morgan away, and abandoned everyone else.

But Morgan won’t let me go so easily, and I love him too much to let him drown with me.

Why can’t he see that I’m not worth saving?

 

Morgan Morrissey

When I vowed until death do us part, I meant it. Cole can kick me out and break my heart, but I won’t let him throw away our marriage.

Somewhere inside the stranger I no longer recognize is the boy who chased away the darkness after my parents died. I’ll save him from himself, whether he wants me to or not.

Why else would I follow him onto the same one-hundred-foot crab boat I told him not to go on after he asked for a divorce?

But man is no match for the Bering Sea, and if we’re not careful, death will keep our vows before Cole can break them.

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Endless Depths is an angsty MM romance perfect for fans of marriage in crisis, fractured found families, and a hard-fought happily ever after. It’s the first book in the Deep Water series, featuring the fishermen of the Briar Anteros as they navigate tumultuous relationships and the unforgivable Bering Sea. Each book features a different couple and can be read in any order.

REVIEW:

Infinity Stars!! This book is extraordinary. The way it tackles the themes of grief, relationship rupture, repair, family, physical trauma – it shows you how one moment has this ripple that upends time and everyone is then stuck there.

I am truly blown away by how visual this book is, how immersive, I was on the boat in Bearing Sea and I was on land feeling the aftermath, the fear the grief the repair the joy. I am also awed by Finn.. what an absolutely phenomenal little guy.

Now the parts that hurt the most – Cole, Morgan how can you not love them both of them. These characters are complex and their choices could be applauded or judged but they are human. My heart broke for them, no matter how strong something is , how fated, how connected – sometimes sh1t happens and you have to claw your way back to a relationship that’s then stronger for it. Thea handled this path beautifully , leaving nothing hidden, nothing off page, totally bared and raw

She also addressed the wider circle of relationships with the found family, how those were rebuilt.

The pacing is smooth, sharp and gripping, I read it one go until the end where I dragged it out cause I didn’t want it to finish 🤣

Also I have to mention some parts that really stuck with me:

  1. “Wait” – Cole 😭
  2. Morgan’s resilience
  3. Everything about Seb 😭😭
  4. Morgan and Kent’s call signs
  5. Law and Javi
  6. Javi working on Cole
  7. Cole and Morgan laying there holding hands when all is lost
  8. Finn being so brave with his big beautiful heart
  9. Their sweet video calls after school
  10. Morgan making Cole fight
  11. Morgan and Cole’s sexual dynamic is ❤️‍🔥
  12. The unexplained presence that saved them a second time – I love that Thea always gives us something more to believe in
  13. The note in the Orca 😭😭
  14. The absolutely phenomenal world building of crab fishing – I cannot stress this enough it is impeccable

 

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