⭐️🎧ALC Audiobook Review 🎧⭐️
Title: Lights Out
Author: Navessa Allen
Narration: Elena Wolfe & Jacob Morgan

Story: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Narration: 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤

Duet narration
Steamy
Morally grey
Dark stalker romance (romcom)
Masked cinnamon roll hero
***Check the triggers! (But don’t be scared, there’s tons of humor)

📚Story review📚
Going into this, I really didn’t know much about what to expect (apparently I missed the TikTok bus), but I freaking loved it! Was it darker, stalkery, murderish, and kinky? Yep. But there really was some fantastic character building and humor, banter, and plot that hooked me hard and kept me nailed to this book until the end. Josh is really a lot more complex than I ever would have expected, and Alley has her fair share of secrets.

Brilliant and hard-bodied, caring and such a gone little stalker for her, Josh’s character development is exceptional. Alley is the most devoted and compassionate nurse, snarky, and fierce. They both find home in each other, and I enjoyed every single laugh-out-loud moment, witty snarky sarcastic comment, the suspenseful edge, and the steamy kinky tomfoolery and vigilante justice between these two. This one was everything I didn’t know I needed!

🎧❤️Audio Review❤️🎧
I can’t imagine how much fun these two had bringing this duet audio to life! We got some great accent work from both, with a few fun side characters including a mobster, and I loved Jacob's deep fake “Batman” voice when the character misplaces his voice modulator—a fun Jacob Morgan twist. Elena perfectly embodied all of Alley’s sass, compassion, and fire. She’s always such a treat to listen to! Jacob had all the humorous perfection he brings to his narrations, and I really can’t think of a better casting for either role. I freaking loved this audio and very much recommend it!

Thank you to author Navessa Allen, Dreamscape select, and NetGalley for this listen. It was truly my pleasure!

**These are my own honest thoughts that I have provided voluntarily.

This audiobook captivated me instantly, I fell deep into the darkness and spice and didn't want to leave!

"Don't lie you're having just as much fun as I am, Aly"

• Masked MMC with golden retriever energy
• Hilarious banter
• MMC who st@lks her
• A strong FMC with unusual k*nks
• Zero damsel in distress energy
• Cyber genius
• Tr@uma nurse
• A cat with a huge personality
• He's her ex-hook *ps roommate
• Accidental murder
• Pr*mal play
• Kn*fe play

This book was such a INCREDIBLE!! I took off the second the book starred! And I absolutely devoured it. I couldn't put it stop. I put off so much sleep to finish this book! And IT 👏 WAS 👏 WORTH 👏 IT 👏

I'm such a huge fan of a dark romance. BUT this book was so much more. I didn't know I would like a dark humor as much as I liked this book! Nevessa's writing was so well done. I felt like I could see everything she was writing. She gave us the BEST inner dialogue I have read in such a long time. It was hilarious! It was perfect.

》Aly works as a busy trauma never knowing what work will bring. She leaves work most days dead on her feet. So the last thing she has time for is hook ups. Instead she has her fantasies to help get the deed done. Fantasies she tried to get her ex hookup to act out with her. So she spends her weeks waiting for her favorite masked man to drop his weekly video. What she doesn't expect is for the man she's been lusting over to also have been lusting after her as well. And he knows far too much about her...

"This man was always coming on to my FYP and never on me"

I absolutely loved these two characters.

Their playful banter back and forth had me cracking up! They were both total smart@*s*s!

She pushed and he pulled. Then she pushed and he pulled again! THEN THIS MAN JUST CLAIMED. 👏👏

"After that I'm coming for you baby. Whether you're ready or not. Until then I'll be watching"

And he was obsessed!!!!

"Aly in her villain Era I would bankrupt myself with front row tickets to that show"

But she was equally as obsessed!!!

"The way I would crawl to him"

》Things that made me laughing out loud:

• LOL 😆

• Josh calling her cat their son and joking about a custody agreement

• "Mommy and Daddy time"

• When she stabbed him in the hand while she was giving him h**d

• His inner dialogue during every k*nk she unlocked for him. "Maybe I had an Aly Kink"

• Josh talk to Fred! 🤣 🤣

• Her cracking jokes after discovering they killed a man on accident

• The Gilmore Girl references

I can't wait to read more from this Author. I can't get over how amazing her writing is! The plot was great! But her descriptions, world building, character development, and inner dialogue blew me away! I also feel like it's worth mentioning that yes, there is 100% spice, but it was so well balanced. Sometimes in dark romance books it's just seems overdone (imo) and it takes away from the plot. The plot did not take a backseat at all for the spice at all!! 👏

"It wasn't that I didn't think it was worthy of love i just couldnt believe that I had gotten so lucky that she was the one who loved me"

》Audio review:
This audiobook was done in duet!! And D**NNNN! HOT HOT HOT D**NNNN!! I'm so thankful I had the opportunity to listen to this book in audiobook form! . These narrators nailed it. Together these two delivered such a hilariously twisted spicy performance!!! @elenawolfe killed it as Aly. She brought her character to life flawlessly with her sweet and sexy voice. I'm convinced there couldn't have been a better Aly. AND @therealjacobmorgan !! This man! My gosh! He DELIVERED during this audiobook!! The whispers. The growly voice. The hilarious inner dialogue where he talked himself out of things had me cracking UP!!! AND swooning all at the same time. And ahhhhhh!!! 😮😵🥵 Me the second Jacob Morgan's voice came through with the Voice Modulator!!! OH MY GOSH!!!!!!! Dead. Absolutely DEAD! 💓 This audiobook couldn't have been better!!! 👏👏👏

I loved this book as an ARC and the audiobook did not disappoint!!
This was a very well done duet narration! I enjoyed both narrators interpretation of the book. This book and audio are both 5 stars for me!! Such a fun dark romcom!

Lights Out is a dark, spicy romance. Aly is a trauma nurse who has a particular interest in tattooed, shirtless guys in Scream masks on TikTok. Little does she know, she has a connection to her favorite TikToker.

Pick this up if you like:
- Butcher & Blackbird
- dark romance
- spice
- protective trope

I highly recommend the audiobook. It's performed in duet which is my new favorite thing for romance books. The narrators are excellent.

Oh my god this book. I’m so in love! I could not stop listening to this audiobook. The narrators were perfect and made the book that much better! I’m just starting to get into dark romance and I cannot stop thinking about this book! I loved how protective Aly and Josh were of each other and their banter and chemistry was so good!

Thank you, Netgalley, Publisher, and Author, for giving me the opportunity to listen to this e-audiobook arc. I've previously read "Lights Out" when it first got published, so I was really excited to get a chance to listen to the audiobook!

In terms of the audiobook performance, I thought Elena and Jacob did a fantastic job. Dual POV made the plot a bit more interesting. It really brought the life to the story. Originally, when I was reading the story, it was a bit of a struggle. Personally, for me the spice was fine. This book was my first stalker romance and while I had an idea going into it. The second half of the story kind of threw me on a loop. E.g Mafia ties just came out of no where at least for me. However, I can see the appeal of the genre for someone looking for it. Overall, it was a something different from my usual romance books but glad I still gave it a go.

I absolutely loved this book. I’ve been in a slump and needed something different to get me out of it. Loved the main characters and the humor threaded through the dark, spicy story. A lot of spicy books have terrible storylines, but this held my attention the entire time. The Aly and Josh relationship and the build up was spot on. Perfect for fans of books like Butcher & Blackbird. The duet narration flowed so well. The only thing that I didn’t love was the overuse of “boyfriend” and “girlfriend”, but not enough to deter me. Many thanks to NetGalley for this opportunity! Will be looking for more from Navessa Allen!

This book has been on my "need to read" list since I heard of it and I was so excited to see the audio was coming out. Added, that it is performed as a dual narration with these amazing narrators was absolutely perfect.
The story was witty, sexy, and dark. Masked content creator with a dark past, turned stalker meets an overworked nurse with a small obsession with masks and a mysterious, sexy, tattooed content creator she follows online. I found myself laughing a lot more then I expected while listening to this. The TW at the beginning even made me giggle with the way they read them. Aly and Josh found their other half in an unconventional way but it made them happy, even with a few bumps along the way and a feline son who guilt trips them. Fantastic book and audio.

I loved the audio for this book! I absolutely love dual narrated romance books and I felt the narrators were great! Their reading of the triggers at the beginning were my favorite! So much character in them! This was so easy to listen to and absorb the book! Great book and great audiobook!

Um, well, don’t judge me, but I loved this. I listened to the audiobook version of this book and I squealed with excitement when I heard Jacob Morgan (aka Zachary Webber’s spicy alter ego) begin to narrate it. Not only is he my favorite narrator of all time, but the duet with Elena Wolfe was just fabulous for this story. This book had major Butcher & Blackbird vibes, and I totally loved it! I laughed out loud so many times and the book actually was very plot driven instead of just being smut. I kinda adored the narrators giggling and trolling us with the content warnings, so make sure to check those out first so you know what you’re getting yourself into.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this audiobook!

I loved this audiobook. Definitely how to characters got together even with all their trauma . Must listen! 10/10!!!

Possibly the first time a stalker romance had me kicking my feet giggling 🤣😍

I can't adequately put into words how much I LOVEEEEEED this book!! But I mean, really, who *doesn't* have a lil' masked man obsession?

Thank you so much to Netgalley, Dreamscape and Navessa Allen for my ALC!! The narrators were PHENOMENAL and added so much to the story.

5 stars to infinity, a total must read!

OMG!!! This book was such a perfect blend of fluffy, dark, funny, and witty. Such great and lovable characters that felt multidimensional and a story that will forever be stuck in my head as probably the best dark rom-com thriller of this year.

Having previously read Lights Out and loved it, I jumped at the opportunity to hear Elena Wolfe and Jacob Morgan bring Aly and Josh to life, and I was not disappointed at all. If anything I think their narration bumped the story from a solid 4 to 5 stars for me!

Lights Out was a fun, darkish book about two people with the same kink. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked this book. The banter between Aly and Josh was fun and aside from the darker aspect of the book, it had some sweet romance to it too. I think if the MCs hadn't been as sweet or funny the book would have been a tad too dark for me. The audiobook was done in true dual narration style, with the male narrator speaking all the male parts and the female narrator speaking all the female parts. I would HIGHLY recommend the audiobook version. Elena Wolfe and Jacob Morgan are two of my favorite narrators, doing a great job and making the book that much more enjoyable.

There are several trigger warnings for this book, but the actual 'dark' part for me wasn't in the smut/kink factor but in a the 'horror' aspect of the book. Unfortunately without that 'dark' part of the story, there wasn't much of a plot, just smut.

This was my first Navessa Allen book and I enjoyed her writing style. It was easy to read and the 🌷 🍆 💦 scenes were entertaining and 🌶️ 🥵 . I would be interested in reading other books by her.

Overall, this was a pretty decent book, not one I'll be recommending to my mom, but if you like your smut on the darker side and can handle the other trigger warnings, this is a well-written and fun book.

Lights Out was such an amusing dark romantic comedy. I honestly just had such a fun time with this book. I was able to listen to the audiobook and the duet style narration was incredible and made this book a hundred times more entertaining.

It’s dual POVs of the main characters, Ally and Josh, and there are some great tropes like, a dark romance, he falls first, hidden identity of sorts, and an obsessive hero. I would recommend checking the content and trigger warnings before reading just in case.

The overall premise was quite lighthearted to be honest. While, there were some very intense and dark moments the story was still very much upbeat and funny. There were also some charming, heartfelt, and steamy moments.

The first half of the story was definitely my favorite part, the second half though did feel a bit out of left-field with the mafia subplot but I was still thoroughly entertained. There were a few slow-paced and predictable moments as well.

The romance between the main characters was intense, kinky, and dark. I just loved how unhinged and obsessed the hero was with the heroine. His love for her and her cat was actually really sweet and he was honestly just a masked golden retriever. Their banter was probably one of my favorite aspects, there were just moments that made me laugh out loud. The spice was also incredible, the consent and communication about their preferences and kinks was perfect.

There was no third act breakup, which I appreciated. The last few chapters were intense but a bit rushed. I would have liked just a bit more resolution on certain subplots. But the conclusion was perfect.

Overall, just a dark, steamy and amusing read that I would highly recommend listening to the audio version.

5⭐️ 3🌶️ 5🎧
- MF
- Dark Romcom
- Morally Gray MCs
- Mask Kink
- Stalker
- Murder
- CNC
- Primal
- Bondage
- Knifeplay
- Biting

I haven’t enjoyed a dark romcom this much since Butcher and Blackbird. This book was hilarious! I know the month has only just started but I’m already predicting this is going to be my favorite book of the month and definitely one of my top reads of the year. I wasn’t even 50% in before I ordered a signed copy. I need this book on my shelf!

This book had it all! An over the top, possessive and obsessed MMC who would do anything for the FMC. A baddie FMC who wasn’t afraid to but jerks in their place and yet be vulnerable with the MMC.

Seriously Aly and Josh were a match made in unhinged heaven. I loved how he was so over the top and she was like I know I’m making dumb decisions but let me just get my raging hormones under control and maybe I’ll start making smarter choices. Spoiler. She doesn’t. But it all works out because he literally worships her and there isn’t a single thing he wouldn’t do for her.

Josh was sarcastic and so funny! I seriously couldn’t stop laughing. I love how he just decided that Aly’s cat was now their child and started calling them Fred’s mommy and daddy. Don’t get me started on him using the tracker to write out LOL.

This book absolutely lived up to the hype and I can’t wait to see what’s next from
Navessa.

I am a huge fan of Elena Wolfe and Jacob Morgan. They did an amazing job narrating this book. This will definitely be a book I listen to again!

A trauma nurse falls for a mask-wearing hacker who posts thirst traps for women who want to be scared and dominated in this dark romance-revenge story.
These are two characters who know what they want sexually, but who have been afraid to ask for it and afraid of what it means about them.
There are a lot of entertaining, explicit scenes of sexual gratification throughout. What I found most interesting is how the author wrote about the risks and rewards of going after one’s darker desires in this age of consent. The audiobook narration alternates between his and her POV, adding to their growing uncertainty of how far is too far. The voice actors are excellent.
In addition to the unmasking of the “faceless man,” the two main characters have a few more truths to share and a wrong to right. This is abetted by Fred, her cat, who plays an outsized role in their relationship.
In the audiobook, the description of possible trigger warnings runs nearly 1.5 minutes before the story starts, a long time even at 1.5x speed! Is it necessary? Possibly for some people, but I’m not such a delicate flower.
The novel covers a lot of ground. Some things seemed complex while others seemed too easy. But it was entertaining, with the understanding that one can appreciate the writing and story without needing to embrace the same kinks!
My thanks to the author, publisher, audiobook producer, and #NetGalley for the opportunity to listen to and review the #LightsOut audiobook in advance of its Aug 6, 2024 publication date.

This was such an excellent dark romance. So much more than I expected! It was spicy, dark and thick with plot which is something that a lot of dark romance misses. I love the main characters and how they evolve through the story. I highly recommend this one!