YA Buddy Readers' Corner ♥ discussion

From the viral TikTok author of the stalker romcom, Lights Out, comes Navessa Allen’s second book in bestselling The Into Darkness Trilogy, upping the ante with voyeurism and play club kink.

“I wanted this woman, and I was a man who always got what he wanted.”

Nico “Junior” Trocci knows Lauren Marchetti is off limits. She is sweetness and laughter, whereas Junior exists in a world of violence and depravity. Men like him don’t get to have women like her. It’s why he pushed her away back in high school and kept his distance ever since.

But when Junior looks Lauren up online, he discovers the shy, bookish girl he remembers is gone. In her place is a strikingly beautiful woman whose social media is filled with scantily clad pictures of herself and a connection to a nearby play club. Junior’s innocent curiosity quickly turns into a dark obsession. Watching Lauren from a distance isn’t enough; he needs to make her his.

“He’s ruthless; a walking red flag. Good thing red is my favorite color.”

Lauren is intrigued by the mystery man who keeps showing up at her club, who tempts her white-hot desires. But as their flirty online messages stir up a deeper form of connection, Lauren worries she’s developing real feelings for this brooding stranger. As their combined desire ratchets up to a breaking point, who will seduce who?

Starting meow

6.6%

(view spoiler)[i can already say that this book is more mature and more serious than the first one, the first one is a bit comedic what this one just puts on straight to the action and......sex stuff. I hope that this theme is not repeated into shreds for the entirety of this book. (hide spoiler)]

22%

(view spoiler)[ok so he's making her angry and thennnnnnnnnnnnnn...what (hide spoiler)]

29%

(view spoiler)[Tell me you're a filler without telling me you're a filler...


Morgan & Steph 🥰 (hide spoiler)]

51%

(view spoiler)[i'm a bit sleepy right now because i already don't know what's happening... I mean since the last update, Lauren knew that her biggest and first fan is actually junior and uhhhh. More sex scenes 😴 (hide spoiler)]

79%

(view spoiler)[Tommy, Nic, Tyler, Hugo, Kristen, McKinney, is this book trying to do a story now??? We're already at the 80% mark, you can't just start the story right here when all the things that happened beforehand is just sex scenes 😒 (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 4 (view spoiler)[ That scene between the brothers was awkward. I wonder what Lauren was thinking seeing Nico there, and what happened to make her react the way she did. (hide spoiler)]

88%

(view spoiler)[ta least now she knows what happened to her father and already forgave him and corrected all misconceptions :D

(After that more unnecessary sex scenes) (hide spoiler)]

Finished

(view spoiler)[while at least they're now a healthy couple and even once that go to couples therapy 🫶, that sex ending was pretty predictable and unnecessary doe (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ I really like Taylor so far. (hide spoiler)]

(view spoiler)[same but like even more, the site characters are more interesting than the main characters 🥰🥱 (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 12 (view spoiler)[ I would freak out about a cannibal wanting me to base myself to Taylor. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 21 (view spoiler)[ "Learn from my mistakes. Be a slut while you still can." I couldnt even imagine my grandma saying that to me. (hide spoiler)]

Courtney wrote: "Chapter 21 [spoilers removed]"

REALLLLLLLL, THAT GRANDMA IS LIKE OF THE MOST OUT OF TOUCH CHARACTERS OUT THERE 😭😭😭😭

Gohnar23 wrote: "Courtney wrote: "Chapter 21 [spoilers removed]"

REALLLLLLLL, THAT GRANDMA IS LIKE OF THE MOST OUT OF TOUCH CHARACTERS OUT THERE 😭😭😭😭"

Yes she is but she still seems to be funny. Probably because you wouldnt expect her to act that way.

Chapter 29 (view spoiler)[ Is it bad I am annyed she got mad that he defended himself when she broke in and then tased him? (hide spoiler)]

Gohnar23 wrote: "88%

(view spoiler)[ ta least now she knows what happened to her father and already forgave him and corrected all misconceptions :D

(After that more unnecessary sex scenes)" (hide spoiler)]

(view spoiler)[ She definitely took that better then I thought she would. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 32 (view spoiler)[ Shit is definitely about to blow up. (hide spoiler)]

Finished (view spoiler)[ Well that went how I expected. Probably still going to read the next one if it is about Tyler and Stella. (hide spoiler)]

Courtney wrote: "Chapter 29 [spoilers removed]"

It's absolutely not bad! I even hated the main characters 🥰🥰🥰, aside characters are way more interesting

Courtney wrote: "Finished [spoilers removed]"

For me it went t he exact opposite 😭😭😭. It lost the gimmick that mate Lights Out very unique and just became like all of the default dark romance books.

Gohnar23 wrote: "Courtney wrote: "Finished [spoilers removed]"

For me it went t he exact opposite 😭😭😭. It lost the gimmick that mate Lights Out very unique and just became like all of the default dark romance books."

I mostly want to because Stella has too be using him. The way he acts was so ick. However, it wont be very high on my TBR. Lol