Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Lights Out by Navessa Allen

54 reviews

poupimali's review

dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

Duet narration by Elena Wolfe and Jacob Morgan

Let me get this straight: this is the most joyful stalker romance I’ve ever read.
Something must be wrong with me for finding this book the cutest funniest and spiciest dark romance.

The narrators are hilarious and amazing.
The story is a fast pace and it was really captivating.
The background stories are solid and give a strong foundation to the characters.
The plot is great.

Tropes:
- Stalker
- Hacker/nurse
- Mafia 
- Masked man
- Primal play
- Fred the turbulent child
- spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident and Murder

Minor: Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

gygyreadsgygysips's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

lethridge's review

dark hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Infinite stars given! Definitely my top read of the year! The banter is perfect! Highly recommend this book to all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

bbygirl21's review

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

I loved this book. It was funny and entertaining. It kept me hooked from the beginning. I'd seen some people say the mafia/mob content seemed thrown in there suddenly. But I didn't have that problem. The story flowed seamlessly from beginning to end for me. 

When I saw this marketed as a dark rom com, I wasn't sure how that could possibly work. But this definitely fits that description. I would definitely recommend if you're looking for a light-hearted but dark read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Car accident, and Death of parent

bookscatsandtats's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Infinity stars. I’m in love with new kinks unlocked. 

Plot: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Humor/Banter: 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭
Character Development: ✨✨✨✨

Loved this so much. Dark Rom Com, light stalking, masked man, light dom/sub, mafia, gooey romance. 

If you loved Butcher & Blakcbird you will love this too!! Worth every single second.

** please note. Don’t take this book that seriously. It’s cotton candy and should be read for the fun of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit, Mass/school shootings, and Cannibalism

organizedxchaos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

**Trigger/ Content Warnings: Sexually explicit scenes and language, knife play, alcohol use, stalking, mention of off page SA, medical content, death, blood, gore, remembered child abuse, anal play, mental health and illnesses, mentions of serial killers and their crimes, invasion of privacy, limited description of mass shooting, home invasion, hidden cameras, theft, hacking, remembered unintentional cannibalism, remembered car accident, breath play, primal play, mask play, death of a parent, gun play, stabbing, fear play and consensual dubious consent.**

I heard about one particular scene from several months back and I was SOLD! The rest of the story also did NOT disappoint! This book had me giggling and kicking my feet at certain moments and drooling and fanning myself at others. I’ll be adding Josh to the top of my ever growing list of book boyfriends. Speaking of list’s I highly recommend adding this book to yours!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, and Sexual harassment

jaynellewags's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Thank you Zando for an eARC of this book- this is a re-release through a trad publisher. 

Themes/Tropes: Serial killer parent, stalker, he falls first, morally grey, Mask, unaliving, ex's best friend

Check you CW for this one my friends... 

I would say this is for people who enjoyed dipping their toe into dark romance with Butcher and Blackbird but wanted something darker... Also if you liked Mercy this one will be right up your alley. 

I enjoyed this book and the two main characters. The MMC, yes he's a stalker, but somehow he was also kind of a golden retriever BF, I honestly don't know how those two go together but it works- I promise. 

The FMC is a trauma nurse and has discovered masked men on TikTok, she has a favorite and when she is trying to see her occasional friend with benefits she send a video asking him if he would come over in a ghost face mask. When he asks his roommate about it... well lets just say the roommate liked to wear mask on TikTok. 

The MMC has so much inter turmoil associated with his father and his childhood, it was a lot, but because of it he has become a recluse and hides in his apartment all day, except when he is making his TikTok content or hacking into computer networks. 

Oddly enough this book was a wild ride, some mystery, lots of smut, and a cute cat named Fred. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Medical content, Stalking, and Murder

dynbones's review

adventurous dark emotional funny sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I liked this book a lot, especially the set up of it, but the sex scenes weren’t my thing. The dubious consent aspect was not an issue for me, but I’m not really into knife play so that was kind of a turn off. However, I knew that going into the book. My main issue with the book was the pacing serial killer introduced into the storyline, but most of the story is about cleanup and not getting caught as opposed to actually trying to catch or run from the serial killer, which I thought was kind of a waste. The characters were fine and it was a nice read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Stalking, and Murder

natashareadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Where do I even begin with this book? 

So I have been battling a reading slump off & on for months. Yeah, it hasn't been fun. But Lights Out may have changed that! 

Lights Out follows Aly - a trauma nurse who wants something different in her life. Something that makes her feel alive. The only thing in her life that makes her feel something is her cat, and videos of the faceless man- a mask donning tiktoker. They never show their face. Never read or reply to comments or send dm's. And never deviate from where they film - and what days. But what happens when the faceless man that she has been lusting over for months, takes notice of her? And a video shows up of him in her room? 

Josh is a recluse. He shares his apartment with his roommate and best friend, and spends most of his time holed up in his house. He works from home as a computer programmer, and due to pay trauma has an obsessive need to know things. And he made thirst traps on tiktok donning a mask. And Josh had his sights set on Aly. 

So this is a dark rom-com- so while it does have dark themes, it's also lighter and has some humor mixed in but still check TW before diving in! While it was a little slow in the beginning and took me awhile to get into it (again, reading slump) I was delighted when I finally did. It touched on some dark themes, but was funny and the characters had great banter, and it was hot too. 

I loved the back & forth between the characters, & loved the dark elements. It was fast paced, and I thoroughly enjoyed the book. It was fun, and sexy and a great, quick read. 

4.5⭐ out of 5⭐. 

4🌶️ out of 5🌶️. - s*x in detailed throughout the book & necessary to the plot. K!nks, dirty talk, etc. 

Tropes: 

→ dark romance

→ dark romcom

→ stalker

→ online relationship (DM's/texts) 

→ masked man 

→ golden retriever MMC 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Mass/school shootings

Breath play, knife play, gun play, fear play, primal play, mask play, consensual dub-con,

lokeylez's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Stalking

Moderate: Death, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Cannibalism, Car accident, and Death of parent