Books/Series
Into Darkness
Into Darkness
Into Darkness

Into Darkness

Into Darkness
Into Darkness
By:
Navessa Allen
  • Spice Scale
  • Number of books

    3 Published

  • KU

  • Audiobook

  • Series Status

    Complete

  • Interconnected
  • Overall Rating

    Coming Soon

The Into Darkness series by Navessa Allen is a dark romance series that leans heavily into obsession, kink, banter, and morally gray relationships, with each book centering on a different couple while keeping the tone playful, spicy, and emotionally intense. It follows characters who are drawn together through secrets, taboo attraction, and high-heat chemistry, all set against a backdrop of danger, power games, and enough humor to keep the darkness from feeling overwhelming.

Jamie’s review

LIGHTS OUT——————————————

I.LOVED.this.book. It's like a dark, spicy, hilarious romcom. I laughed so much but it was also so suspenseful and creepy! Josh and Aly were some of my favorite main characters ever!

I've heard the audiobook is amazing, for those that prefer that.

I don't really have any notes. It was so much fun. 5/5

CAUGHT UP——————————————

Since I was so obsessed with Lights Out, I had set the bar pretty high for Caught up. Sadly, I was let down. All the things I loved about Josh and Aly's story were missing in Junior and Lauren's story. The tension, the suspense, the build up… all absent.

It tried to be a mafia book? But I wished there was MORE mafia in the plot, that would have been fun. It just felt half baked. And I am all for empowered sex workers and cam girls, do your thing ladies, but the book was WAY too focused on the details of this career. I just couldn't get invested.

The 🌶️ is defffffffinitely there. If you are looking for an "erotica" book (as my Mom calls them 😂) then this is one for you! But I wanted more from this book.

GAME ON——————————————

No judgment here, but this type of spice (sharing, voyeur, brat) is just not my jam so I didn't love this book. However, I loved the writing and the storyline itself was very good.

Tyler is out for revenge in a high-stakes, old money world that Stella grew up in. He sets out to use her as a pawn in his plans but the plans change one he starts to catch feelings.

Tyler is not as likable as Stella but their banter is fun and I did enjoy his redemption arc at the end. It's well done.

The spice is level 5 for sherrrrrr 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ and includes sharing, if you're into that. For me, it brought my rating down to a 3/5 for this book and a 4/5 for the series. I just loved Lights Out SO MUCH but Caught Up and Game On were not on the same level for me.

LIGHTS OUT——————————————

I.LOVED.this.book. It's like a dark, spicy, hilarious romcom. I laughed so much but it was also so suspenseful and creepy! Josh and Aly were some of my favorite main characters ever!

I've heard the audiobook is amazing, for those that prefer that.

I don't really have any notes. It was so much fun. 5/5

CAUGHT UP——————————————

Since I was so obsessed with Lights Out, I had set the bar pretty high for Caught up. Sadly, I was let down. All the things I loved about Josh and Aly's story were missing in Junior and Lauren's story. The tension, the suspense, the build up… all absent.

It tried to be a mafia book? But I wished there was MORE mafia in the plot, that would have been fun. It just felt half baked. And I am all for empowered sex workers and cam girls, do your thing ladies, but the book was WAY too focused on the details of this career. I just couldn't get invested.

The 🌶️ is defffffffinitely there. If you are looking for an "erotica" book (as my Mom calls them 😂) then this is one for you! But I wanted more from this book.

GAME ON——————————————

No judgment here, but this type of spice (sharing, voyeur, brat) is just not my jam so I didn't love this book. However, I loved the writing and the storyline itself was very good.

Tyler is out for revenge in a high-stakes, old money world that Stella grew up in. He sets out to use her as a pawn in his plans but the plans change one he starts to catch feelings.

Tyler is not as likable as Stella but their banter is fun and I did enjoy his redemption arc at the end. It's well done.

The spice is level 5 for sherrrrrr 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ and includes sharing, if you're into that. For me, it brought my rating down to a 3/5 for this book and a 4/5 for the series. I just loved Lights Out SO MUCH but Caught Up and Game On were not on the same level for me.

Erica’s review

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——————————————

Right out the gate, I was HOT for this. I was like YES…we are SO BACK! But whomp whomp….it basically turns into a why choose and that's just not my fave. Don't get me wrong - Navessa can write the shit out of the spice and it's done fantastic but it's just not my cup o' tea. I was super excited to learn more about Tyler and his story and was SUPER into it. I loved the whole asshole vibe from him, so when it started to turn (can't tell ya why for spoilers)…I struggled. I love the: I'm an asshole except for her thing and that was my hope and dream for him and it went astray. I DO appreciate how it was different than most stuff out there right now - I can appreciate that. Just not for me and now Lights Out just cannot be touched.

I also always love how she weaves the other books/characters back in. I was big smiling at one point during a little reunion….I just loved that. Game On: 3/5 so I'll keep the Into Darkess series at a 4/5 just because I love Lights Out so much and it's basically a 6 star for me and they are all done well and super quick reads.

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——————————————

Right out the gate, I was HOT for this. I was like YES…we are SO BACK! But whomp whomp….it basically turns into a why choose and that's just not my fave. Don't get me wrong - Navessa can write the shit out of the spice and it's done fantastic but it's just not my cup o' tea. I was super excited to learn more about Tyler and his story and was SUPER into it. I loved the whole asshole vibe from him, so when it started to turn (can't tell ya why for spoilers)…I struggled. I love the: I'm an asshole except for her thing and that was my hope and dream for him and it went astray. I DO appreciate how it was different than most stuff out there right now - I can appreciate that. Just not for me and now Lights Out just cannot be touched.

I also always love how she weaves the other books/characters back in. I was big smiling at one point during a little reunion….I just loved that. Game On: 3/5 so I'll keep the Into Darkess series at a 4/5 just because I love Lights Out so much and it's basically a 6 star for me and they are all done well and super quick reads.

Books in this series

  • Book 1

    of

    3

    Lights Out
    Lights Out

  • Book 2

    of

    3

    Caught Up
    Caught Up

  • Book 3

    of

    3

    Game On
    Game On

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