A review by garbage_mcsmutly
Lights Out by Navessa Allen

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

⭐ 5/5
🌶️ 5/5

This book was sweet and funny and sexy, with a some thrills as well. 12/10, no notes. 

📝Our MMC, who, yes, is a stalker, is somehow also the sweetest cinnamon roll of a man. And very funny. Perfect hero, basically. And the FMC is super strong and brave and skilled and it's clear that she doesn't *need* help/protection from anyone. She's no damsel in distress. I loved both MCs and they were great together.

The overall feel of the book is a lot less dark than I was expecting, but it was a pleasant surprise. I think the humor throughout really lightened things up.

🎧 The audiobook was duet narration, which I always really like. Both Jacob Morgan and Elena Wolfe did a great job. Both the humor and the smexy times came across well in their voices.

🌶️ Speaking of smexy times... Hoo boy. There were several spicy scenes, and they were varying degrees of kinky. Generally along the lines of fear play. But these scenes, I mean.... 🥵🥵🥵 is all I can really say without spoiling anything. 

🏳️‍🌈✊ There wasn't a *ton* of diversity here, the MCs were both white, able bodied, and seemingly straight. There was diversity in the side characters, but the story is so focused on the MCs that we don't get a lot of time with any of the SCs. There's a queer roommate and racially diverse co-workers.