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Caught Up: Into Darkness, Book 2 by Navessa Allen

275 reviews

elyada's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I def liked the first book more and wasn’t planning on reading this until I started HRCYED. So I already came in with reservations.

It’s mafia, miscommunication, battling stigmas while getting upset, little to no past character chemistry or current chemistry.

Don’t get me wrong, stand up against the stigmas but home girl could have gone to get a masters or doctorate in psychology with the amount of money she was making. Like to say she’s only using her degree to connect more with her subscribers was just wierd to me…like go get an mba. She literally does not need to work normal work hours.

I did not like the FMC. At all.
The MMC was slightly better but he still irked me to no end. Like he could have written instead of pining for no reason for 10+ years. Like idk I felt zero emotional chemistry, connection. There was no past reason for them to have such strong feelings other than the physical.

Just not for me.

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kaychelle's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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moominlala's review against another edition

3.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Sadly, I found this was somewhat lacking. Light out was funny with elements of dark. Good character development along side a decent storyline. Caught up however felt quite one dimensional. Nico Jnr was a good character with personal growth, but Lauren was unlikeable. Her whole persona was pretty much just based on her liking kinks. Don’t get me wrong. I am all for kinks. But it was her entire identity. Everything else about her felt surface level with no depth. It was nice to have Ali and Josh back, but Tyler seemed to have been added in for the sake of it. Having the reveal he was trying to make his own enterprise doing shady stuff seemed just something to fit in for this book. The only description for him was to call him a douche, forgetting Josh previously stated what a great friend to him he was and made sure fans of true crime were not brought back to the house. Also, in Lights Out there was a conversation about how Josh tracks the whereabouts of those he cares about…so saying to Jnr Josh doesn’t know what he is up to doesn’t add up. I was hoping there was going to be some humour in this like in Lights Out as that set it apart from other books out there, but alas, there was not. I’m hoping the next instalment has a bit more depth to it.

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