Lights Out by Navessa Allen

⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

A dark romcom that's packed with kink, humour and the threat of violence.

I love the banter between our main characters. Both Josh and Aly are super likably. Josh is hot, but also funny in a nerdy way, which makes him the perfect book boyfriend. The chemistry is hot and the spice is spicing.

Imaging 💀 Haunting Adeline💀 by HD Carlton, but if both main characters started therapy in their early 20s. That is this book.

If you've read Haunting Adeline you'll remember the (in)famous 🔫💦 scene. That's replicated here with a 🔪 handle, except our stalker (Josh) sanitizes the handle before using and and holds his hand at the bottom of the hilt to protect her.

👩🏽‍⚕️I also love that both our main characters are open about going to therapy.👩🏽‍⚕️ I LOVE when authors add that in. Mental health rep is on point here. 💯

I wished the story was a little tighter and the pacing a little faster. There are a lot of moments of self-reflection/self-talk.

Let's also take a moment to be AMAZED by the duet narration between Lucy Rivers and Jacob Morgan. There is one scene where Jacob moans 'oh fuck' and 📞I might make that my ringtone📞. Lucy was amazing in Butcher & Blackbird and kills it here. Amazing casting all around.

Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Select for the advanced listener copy.