Into Darkness

LIGHTS OUT——————————————

Okay - so Lights Out - freaking loved. LOVED. Still think about it often. Love running into Josh and Aly fan art (and Fred - IYKYK) even a full year later. It had a lot of twists that kept me turning the pages so damn fast and even though I usually don't love a dark romance - this was a perfect amount. It had great banter, a lot of twisty back stories tying things together. I was actually shocked to hear it was going to be a series because it was such an awesome standalone! I feel like you can definitely read just Lights Out and be fine. Check your triggers but it's spicy AF and dark in the best way possible. Lights Out was a 5 Star read for me but I lowered the overall series rating - as you'll see below….

CAUGHT UP——————————————

Now - let's move right along to Caught Up. I really wasn't too excited or cared enough about the next characters - which this one follows Aly's cousin Nic aka Junior and his love interest. I'm torn about this one. It wasn't nearly as good (IMO) as Lights Out but I can breeze through Navessa's writing so that did help. This book is more of a "the spice IS the plot" type of situation and I was okay with that once I realized that's what was going on, because she definitely wrote the shit out of the spice. But, the plot truly held on for dear life and I almost started to get sick of the spice (can't believe I just said that…..😂). The mystery/thriller aspect that I loved in Lights Out was really missing in Caught Up but I DID love the mafia element, the obsessive "touch her and die" trope (into it), and the appearances of Josh and Aly again. But, sadly this fell short from Lights Out, which has brought my overall series rating from a 5 to a 4. Will I read Game On? Yup! I'm actually intrigued by Tyler's story, I just hope it ramps back up a bit and adds more mystery/thriller aspects that Lights Out had.

GAME ON——————————————

Coming 2026