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Caught Up: Into Darkness, Book 2 by Navessa Allen

205 reviews

leahhmorriss's review against another edition

3.25

dark 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: Yes

The first half of this book started out really well, but I feel like it went a bit downhill from there. I had high expectations from Lights Out, but this book seemed to lack in a lot of places. There was definitely a lot less humorous elements, and honestly, I thought the plot was a little weak. After the halfway point, things just felt a little repetitive and as though they weren’t going anywhere.

I have to say I LOVED Junior, and I really enjoyed seeing more of the Mafia elements and Junior’s friendship with Josh. Unfortunately, I didn’t really care too much for Lauren’s plotline and couldn’t really connect with her.

Navessa Allen does a great job with inclusivity and representation. The diversity felt effortless, and it was nice to see such a vast array of characters in a book like this one.

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holly_may's review against another edition

3.75

dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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westcott9's review against another edition

4.25

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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ldurbs's review against another edition

3.0

dark lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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riddikulyssreads's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional 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

Nico “Junior” Trocci is a man who gets what he wants. This time, what he wants is Lauren Marchetti. She’s off limits. They have history and he broke her heart ten years ago. She’s sweet & vibrant - a stark difference from his violent life working for his father in the mob. It’s become too much for him and he wants out. He looks Lauren up online and finds that she’s no longer the shy girl he knew from high school but a beautiful and successful cam girl. He’s obsessed and he needs to see her in person. Once they run into each other old feelings are rekindled. But Lauren can’t stop thinking about her favorite subscriber or the masked man that comes into the local kink club. As the pieces fall together, will the truth lead them to their ultimate desires? Only time will tell which door they choose to enter. Watch & find out for yourself. 🔥

This book was so much fun! I loved the audiobook narration. The main characters and side characters were equally enjoyable to me. Lauren’s roommates are the type of supportive besties you want to have in real life. The LGBTQ+ representation was evenly spread throughout the book in the FMC, side characters and other club members. The sex work representation was well written overall, but I wish Lauren’s advocacy work for sex workers’ rights had gotten a little more attention/elaboration. The possessive obsession Nico has with Lauren is full of yearning and desire. GET ME IN THAT CONFESSIONAL ASAP. 🥵 Josh & Aly do make appearances and I have to say they’re still my favorites. 🫶🏼 Josh’s golden retriever friendship with grumpy Nico was fun to read. I was a little disappointed that this book is marketed as having bike content but other than Nico having one as his ride, there isn’t the bike content I think people are hoping for. For fans of Fred (Lights Out) - there is a dog in this book! Heads up, this book is a darker vibe and is not as funny and full of banter like Lights Out. I loved this one but I think it rekindled my love and appreciation for the first book. I’m a little nervous for book three (because I think Tyler is a douchebag) but I know Navessa will kill it again!

⚠️ Please research all trigger warnings before reading this book! ⚠️

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5

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tiff_nay717's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny 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: Yes

Well! Let’s add another book to my list of 5⭐️ because this was actually a perfect read for me! Fun, funny, sweet and spicy! Literally hit every check box for me. I am in love with the way Navess writes her characters and how she explored kink play in her stories. It’s such a fun escape from reality.

I can’t believe the stink people have been making about this book. They act like Navessa Allen owes us something. Just saying, if you skip this because it’s not a remake of Lights Out… you’re the one missing out.

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itsabbylajene's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark medium-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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ccricket's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark tense medium-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

Liked

Let’s be real the sex scenes in this are top notch and somehow better than the first 🥵
I really liked the kink exploration and it felt like the author really did her research. It was one of the only things in the book that felt genuine

Disliked

Another terrible MMC name 😩
Not a fan of guys with anger issues 🤢
I kinda wish it were all new characters unconnected to the first book
Felt like it was trying way too hard to be modern and cool and edgy
Not the third act break up 🙄

I don’t want to compare this one too much to the first one bc I don’t feel like that’s totally fair, but imo this one fell short in pretty much every way for me. Everything just felt kinda forced and disingenuous, from the humor to the ‘plot’ to the character’s personalities. A lot of it just felt very how do u do fellow kids, look how quirky and fun my character are 🥴 it wasn’t terrible and at least there were minimal typos, but aside from the obscenely hot sex scenes

the fucking confessional booth oml

and the scattered scenes with Josh and Aly, I didn’t really enjoy this one too much.
Also was that last page supposed to hint that

the next book would be about Tyler

bc absolutely fucking no 🤢

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