A review by eveenala
Lights Out by Navessa Allen

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

4.5

I swear to god I started reading this as a joke. I was convinced it was going to be booktok trash like
Haunting Adeline or Colleen Hoover
and I could laugh with my friends about how bad it is. 
But then I actually liked it.
Is it ridiculous? As ridiculous as any other stalker romance. You have 2 characters engineered to be in a masked stalker romance that tries to keep the power imbalance to a minimum. You have a hot stalker who is an expert hacker and his prey who does her best to double as a strong feminist icon as a nurse with expert self defense training. It’s fun. It’s sexy. Their bickering is hilarious in a meme sort of way. And maybe some of you will learn new kinks along with the characters. 
The book doesnt take itself seriously and I love that for us. 
So if you want a deep, heavy intellectual romance, you can skip this one. 
But if you want to read a deeply unserious romance about a stalker with daddy issues and an over the top badass nurse who is way too burned out to enjoy vanilla sex, enjoy. 
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