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Caught Up: Into Darkness, Book 2 by Navessa Allen

70 reviews

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

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emotional funny lighthearted 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: Yes

This one wasn't as funny to me as the first book. I did end up liking Nico much more than I thought I would. His yearning is intense. 

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challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I want to start off by saying the three narrators, ESPECIALLY KACI, did a phenomenal job.  They poured so much emotion into this book and even when I wanted to throw the book (metaphorically speaking, since I had the audio), they drew me back into the story.

This book handled sex work SO beautifully.  Sure, they’re faced with discrimination and stigma, but there are the truly beautiful sides and support from their community.  Lauren’s roommates were two beautiful souls and I am grateful Ryan, the nonbinary character, received their own voice.

My one main issue with this book is how Junior felt unoriginal.  Josh from book one was funny and supportive and I couldn’t help but love him.  Junior gave  me a headache at times.  But I still really enjoyed the book and I loved the ending.

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funny lighthearted 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

Hilarious and filled with all the dark romance vibes a person could ask for.  I really enjoyed Lauren’s friends and all their banter not to mention Taylor’s choice of a weapon when she thought someone was breaking in, iconic 😂.  There were so many moments of comfort with this book and at times it felt like being apart of their found family and I was all the way here for it.

Nico (Junior) was just as amazing as Lauren.  They were really such a well balanced couple and seeing their history it was an entertaining read to see how things progressed when the odds weren’t in their favor.

Also Lauren’s grandmother was a total icon and I loved her comments so much.  And of course, I loved the mentions of Aly and Josh and their children (the cats).  Josh being a friend to Junior was hilarious and oddly wholesome.

This book definitely lived up to the high hype I had for it!  I even got the audiobook on Libby to follow along as I annotated the paperback.  The narrators did an amazing job!!

Read For
✓ Found Family
✓ Amazing Friends
✓ Stalker Romance
✓ Sex Work (Positive) 
✓ Childhood Crush to Lovers 

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 
Sad Level: 💧

Plot: 10/10
Pace: 10/10
Ending: 10/10
Characters: 10/10
Enjoyability: 10/10
Writing Style: 10/10
Would I Recommend? Yes
Favorite Character: Nico and Lauren

Favorite Quote: ❝ "You can't hit on your employee, you ho bag.  It's unethical." ❞

POV: Duel, First Person
Pages: 342
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Release Date: 10, June 2025
Rep/Extras: Sex work (positive), Non-binary (side character)

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dark emotional 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

This was sooo good! The moment I finished I wanted to jump right back in. I adored all the characters and the sex scenes were so deliciously good. Also fabulous casting for the audiobook! 

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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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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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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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Lights Out caught my attention more for the plot than anything else, this time round with Caught Up Navessa definitely wanted her audience to focus more on the kinks and 🌶️🌶️🌶️!! This book is definitely not for the faint hearted! 

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dark funny 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

I loved Lights Out, but mafia romances are my jam so I think I might have loved Caught Up a bit more. I did love seeing Josh and Ally though! 

Junior's story was so good, and I loved that Lauren was fierce and unapologetically herself. I loved the sex work/advocacy aspect of this book. I also loved that kink exploration was a theme. Junior's character development was so good too. 

I genuinely do not understand why Navessa Allen is getting so much hate for this book. The audiobook was *chef's kiss*, casting a queer narrator for a queer role was such good casting. I also loved Teddy Hamilton and Kasi Hollowell. I have a really hard time with the narrators being the same despite books being about different characters in a series. It's hard for me to picture them as different characters. I think the right call was absolutely made in casting new narrators. Additionally, the hate about the sex work is just straight up misogynistic at this point when everyone loved that Josh made thirst traps. 

Anyway, this book was fantastic, all my love to Navessa. I have a good feeling the next book will be about Tyler, and I cannot wait!!

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