Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Caught Up: Into Darkness, Book 2 by Navessa Allen

94 reviews

kitty_kat_26's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

wendylyn's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This book was fantastic in my opinion. The characters were fun and did have a lot of growth during the story. The family dynamic in Nick's family felt very real but not too dark. This story had darker themes than the first book but still left room for redemption for the characters.  Josh wasn't "fixed" because of Allie, he still had his flaws on display but they were put to good use. Lauren and Nick's story was really good and they had actual adult conversations while going through their issues. I loved that Navessa Allen talked a lot about therapy and created characters to show a progressive side to sex work. I loved this book and cannot wait for the next one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Blood

living_a_thousand_lives's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Violence, Blood

chronic_listener's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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this gets so much shit for being different from Lights Out but that doesn't mean it's bad? chill, people
I found this super entertaining and bingeable and really enjoyed the sex positivity + character development. we love a mmc down bad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Murder, Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

honeybeewitched87's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Grief, Cannibalism

cedar_salt_citrine's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional funny hopeful 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting

natashareadsbooks's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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So I have been looking forward to Caught Up for months. I loved Lights Out & was excited to dive back into the dark rom-com world that was set up. 

Junior Trocci exist in a world of violence and depravity. He stuck to the shadows and darkness his only light being Lauren - the first girl he ever loved back when they were kids. He kept away for ten years, to keep her safe. But now he wanted nothing more than to get out from under his father's thumb and have a shot with Lauren. 

So, I loved Lights Out but honestly I forgot who Junior was at first, since it's been awhile since I read book one. But I was glad to be back in the into darkness world. 

Junior was ruthless and dangerous. He was part of the mob and was a man who always got what he wanted and after stalking Lauren from a distance - he wanted to finally make her his. 

Lauren's first love in school was Junior - but when he hurt her she becomes more closed off, not giving anyone else the chance to do so. Now she was working as a cam girl and at a members only club. 

This two had baggage to get through. Between past hurts and current secrets these two were explosive in more ways than one. - They instantly had a connection that attended from when they were younger but only seemed more amplified now as adults. It was deeper than lust but neither was ready for more than something casual - at least not right off. 

I loved the book, the dynamic between the characters and the world. I loved the friendships and found families too. But I didn't love it as much as book 1. The book was good & it made me laugh some. It had some steamy scenes and I couldn't wait to see how Junior and Lauren's relationship played out. But it wasn't as funny as the first. But with how it ended - I'm excited to see if there will be more in the future from other characters. 

Overall it was a good steamy read. 

4 ⭐ out of 5 ⭐ 

3 🌶️ out of 5 🌶️. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

torileila's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I enjoyed the first one a lot so I bought this the week it came out but it was really cringey. There is no substance to the characters despite them having unique backgrounds setup. The traumatic experiences that shaped their life just kind of fell flat. After the rollercoaster Josh and Ally went through to be together, Nick seemed to have gotten off fairly easy when trying to leave the mob. And I love spice as much as the next person, but when it’s the only redeeming quality of the book that’s not good. Lauren’s internal monologues pissed me the heck off. She was sooo annoying. Overall…Entertaining for two days, but will I ever pick it up or think about it again after this? Probably not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, Blood

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

4.0

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If this MMC was real- 🚩🚩🚩

But since I’m in his head in this book, and can see the whys for his actions, he is a guy in love trying his best to take care of his girl the best way he knows how. Does he need therapy? Yes, definitely, but his heart is in the first place.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, Murder

caitlani9's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood