Heart-wrenching

WITTY

UNFLINCHINGLY HONEST

Into the Deep Blue is Nick and Fionaโ€™s achingly moving, wry, and hopeful tale about falling apart and coming together, told from two unforgettable points of view.

Jennifer E. Archer writes stories that will tug at your heartstrings, but will never tear them apart. She loves to write about messy characters finding love and figuring it all out. Sometimes she turns those stories into screenplays.


PRAISE AND REVIEWS

  • "YA Contemporary at its best. Archer's rich, complicated characters, spitfire pacing, and heartfelt interactions intertwine so effortlessly on every page."

    Laura Taylor Namey, New York Times bestselling author of A Cuban Girlโ€™s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

  • "A poignant, witty, raw nerve of a debut that explores the many ways a heart can break, and the endless journey to piece it back together"

    Eva V. Gibson, author of Together We Caught Fire

  • The Chemistry between nick and fi is palpable, and the poetic prose archer uses to describe the fine line between yearning and grief is observational, calculating and masterful.

    Jackie Johnson, IBPA gold winner, SLJ starred review author of Bladestay

  • "Honest and heart-wrenching. A nuanced, intimate exploration of grief and the love we find in the midst of it."

    Ellen Oโ€™Clover, author of Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

  • "nick and fiona will steal your hearts in this layered expression of grief and hope, heartache and healing. a true gem."

    Laura Taylor Namey, New York Times bestselling author of A Cuban Girlโ€™s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

  • "jennifer E. Archer writes with moving lyricism and insight into the human experience-I'm already looking forward to whatever she writes next."

    Ellen Oโ€™Clover, author of Seven Percent of Ro Devereux

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