This was every inch a piece of me, for someone who always has a song playing in her mind I appreciated every second of this story, a book for music lovers.

A whole story centred around music and lyrics, the way music makes you feel the memories it invokes, I was immediately captured by Percy and Joey.

Percy and Joey set out as people you know to nod to at college, they discover a shared love of music at the college bar, and Percy hopes, a little bit more. But with Joey being with Zoe (who both love Bowie) Percy settles for friendship, she helps Joey with his lyrics, the layout of his songs and the trio rub along nicely. But when Joey and Zoe split, Percy has a chance, but Joey can’t take that chance, Percy isn’t just his friend, she writes his lyrics, and his star is about to rise!

Meanwhile, how will Percy cope with her boys rise to the top, and again, what about the lyrics?!

I absolutely loved every minute of this, I’ve seen a lot of comparisons to Daisy Jones, I kind of feel this is a bit unfair, this is a title that totally holds its own, it’s enough, it’s excellent!

The narration was excellent 🎧

Huge thanks to Harper Collins Audio via NetGalley for the opportunity to review this ALC 🎧

First, thanks for the ALC!

Unfortunately, it wasn’t for me. I did appreciated the music focused concept, but the story fell flat for me. I struggled to engage with the story and found the FMC unlikeable.

Thank you for providing me with an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. ・❥・

A Music Lovers Dream! I loved every single second!

In Deep Cuts we follow Percy, a music lover from a small town, as she navigates her friendships and relationships throughout the early 2000’s.
Percy meets Joe, an extremely talented musician, and she soon realises Joe is destined to be a star. Joe notices Percy’s love for music and asks for her opinion on a song he is written and from this, a relationship centred around Joes music is born.



I can’t even begin to describe how much I enjoyed this book. As a music lover, I was hooked straight away and once I found the Spotify playlist to accompany the book too, I genuinely don’t think I have enjoyed a reading experience more.

Truly a music lovers dream!


I can’t wait to recommend and buy this for all of my fellow music fanatic friends and I will be thinking about this book for a long time

Thank you to Netgalley, Harper Colin’s and Holly Brockley for this arc

I absolutely loved the narration of this book too. I thought it was extremely well paced and loved the emotion given by the narrator

This is truly an INCREDIBLE book! It's so captivating, engaging and unlike anything I've read before.

If Lily King's Writers & Lovers, Daisy Jones & The Six and Normal People had a child, this would be it!

Deep Cuts follows Percy Marks and the ups and downs of her life as a music lover and writer, as well as her relationship (in its many different forms) with Joe, a musician she meets when they're both studying at Berkley, in 2000. Their connection felt like a mix between Marianne and Connel's and Daisy and Billy's - raw, inevitable and, at times, toxic. Their relationship - a mix of friendship and romantic love - was magnetic and messy, and I just wanted more and more of it.

I adored the way the author talks about music. I didn't know most of the songs mentioned in the book, but I was still able to really connect with the commentary about them during the novel and felt like all of them meshed so well with Percy's journey. I would definitely recommend reading this book while listening to the novel's playlist, as every chapter is the name of a song, and they sometimes even matched how long it took me to read each given chapter, which was just perfect. Holly Brickley's writing felt incredibly immersive, and I just didn't want to leave that world.

I don't usually reread books, but Deep Cuts begs to be experienced once more, so I am so happy I was also able to get the audiobook version of the novel through NetGalley. The fact that this is a debut is just astonishing; it means I'll have to read anything Holly Brickley writes from now on.

If you love stories about music, messy relationships and journeys of self-discovery like I do, then this one is for you! I'll be raving about this book any chance I get!

Thank you so much to Harper Collins UK Audio, Borough Press and NetGalley for the ALC!