A review by romancingthereader
Lights Out by Navessa Allen

dark slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

I get more frustrated with a book when it could have been pretty good than when itโ€™s super bad. And this could have been really, really good.

๐Ÿ“• ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Lights Out by Navessa Allen

๐Ÿ“™ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Into the Darkness Trilogy

๐Ÿ“— ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€: E-book on Kindle

๐Ÿ“˜ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: Dark romance

๐Ÿ“” ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Stalker, golden retriever MMC.

๐Ÿ“– ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€: Aly is an ER nurse who is overworked and exhausted. Her mindless scrolling takes her to The Faceless Man, a thirst trap account of a masked man. Little does she knowโ€ฆ heโ€™s watching her right back.

๐ŸŒŸ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„: Let me get right to it. This book is a shining example of why having a content editor is valuable. 

This book had an interesting plot. It had a couple twists and turns. It had fun characters with laugh-out-loud banter. But it was 200 pages too long. TWO HUNDRED.

I only stayed because by the time I wanted to DNF it I had read 300 pages and to me, that will not go wasted *shakes fist*โ€ฆ but jeeze. Endless inner monologues and recounting entire scenes we JUST read, it was exhausting and took all of the fun out of it. 

Iโ€™m bummed, because I really liked Josh and the concept of the book. Itโ€™s frustrating that it didnโ€™t pan out.

๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: 3/5 โญโญโญ

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น: 4/5 ๐ŸŒถ๐ŸŒถ๐ŸŒถ๐ŸŒถ