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Lights Out by Navessa Allen
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
"the couple who slays together, stays together."
okay, here we go. on top of the ridiculously cringey quote on the cover, this has to be one of the worst books i have ever read in my entire life. a letdown would be an understatement, unfortunately.
let me start by listing out things i hated:
the excessive use of "IRL"
aly's ridiculous tiktok comments
aly losing her shit entirely over a man on tiktok that wears a mask
her ridiculous obsession with him, especially as an adult at her adult job/workplace
that one cringe line about josh dicking her down or whatever he said
"aly in her villain era"
"praise kink: unlocked"
“are you std free?” /during/ a sexual encounter, mind you...
“every few seconds, my inner muscles clenched as if to remind me that they didn’t have a dick to squeeze, and they were not happy about that fact”
“these masked thirst trappers had no idea how feral they made people”
“reader, i puke-laughed. and, no. i do not recommend it"
the fact that aly cannot go five seconds without sharing how sexy josh is and how her ovaries are bound to explode if she looks at him one more time
"mommy/daddy time"
things i enjoyed:
the two times (i'm being serious) i laughed at lines that were actually funny
moving on...this book has zero plot aside from the fact that josh has a "masktok" account and every single one of his followers thirsts over him, including our fmc aly. the stalker aspect was hardly stalkerish, the dirty talk during sex was vile, the "hacker" job that josh has seems a little too convenient, and someone please tell me why aly's vibrator is "molded from a famous porn actor's dick"??? and for the romance part, where was the romance? i'll be the first one to say that sex does not equal romance, and this had a lottt of sex / sexual innuendos / inner monologues about sex, yet zero romance. the only romance-type thing i can think of is how josh was averagely nice to aly's can, and even then, that is the bare minimum for your girlfriend's pet.
aly's personality traits:
having a cat
being excessively horny
having no common sense
wanting josh so incredibly bad
having a troubling past that we don't really learn about until halfway through the book
josh's personality traits:
making everything sexual
having a "masktok" account
being down bad for aly even though he met her once
worrying about wanting to hurt/kill aly's cat on accident
worrying about being like his serial killer dad every god damn chapter
as someone who loved haunting adeline, josh felt like the dollar store version of zade meadows. i went into this book pretty much blind, the only knowledge i had was that it was a stalker romance, and i am thoroughly disappointed. also, if i had known about this "masktok" thing before reading, i would not have spent my own adult money on this book. save your time and money, do not read or buy this book unless you enjoy hate-reads.
okay, here we go. on top of the ridiculously cringey quote on the cover, this has to be one of the worst books i have ever read in my entire life. a letdown would be an understatement, unfortunately.
let me start by listing out things i hated:
the excessive use of "IRL"
aly's ridiculous tiktok comments
aly losing her shit entirely over a man on tiktok that wears a mask
her ridiculous obsession with him, especially as an adult at her adult job/workplace
that one cringe line about josh dicking her down or whatever he said
"aly in her villain era"
"praise kink: unlocked"
“are you std free?” /during/ a sexual encounter, mind you...
“every few seconds, my inner muscles clenched as if to remind me that they didn’t have a dick to squeeze, and they were not happy about that fact”
“these masked thirst trappers had no idea how feral they made people”
“reader, i puke-laughed. and, no. i do not recommend it"
the fact that aly cannot go five seconds without sharing how sexy josh is and how her ovaries are bound to explode if she looks at him one more time
"mommy/daddy time"
things i enjoyed:
the two times (i'm being serious) i laughed at lines that were actually funny
moving on...this book has zero plot aside from the fact that josh has a "masktok" account and every single one of his followers thirsts over him, including our fmc aly. the stalker aspect was hardly stalkerish, the dirty talk during sex was vile, the "hacker" job that josh has seems a little too convenient, and someone please tell me why aly's vibrator is "molded from a famous porn actor's dick"??? and for the romance part, where was the romance? i'll be the first one to say that sex does not equal romance, and this had a lottt of sex / sexual innuendos / inner monologues about sex, yet zero romance. the only romance-type thing i can think of is how josh was averagely nice to aly's can, and even then, that is the bare minimum for your girlfriend's pet.
aly's personality traits:
having a cat
being excessively horny
having no common sense
wanting josh so incredibly bad
having a troubling past that we don't really learn about until halfway through the book
josh's personality traits:
making everything sexual
having a "masktok" account
being down bad for aly even though he met her once
worrying about wanting to hurt/kill aly's cat on accident
worrying about being like his serial killer dad every god damn chapter
as someone who loved haunting adeline, josh felt like the dollar store version of zade meadows. i went into this book pretty much blind, the only knowledge i had was that it was a stalker romance, and i am thoroughly disappointed. also, if i had known about this "masktok" thing before reading, i would not have spent my own adult money on this book. save your time and money, do not read or buy this book unless you enjoy hate-reads.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Vomit, Stalking, and Murder
Moderate: Death, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy