#185 in Romance
Caught Up
- 291
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 7 weeks on the list, peaked at #1
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Our view
“Caught Up” is a dark romantic comedy that treats kink openly and approvingly, the second in Navessa Allen’s “Into Darkness” series. Junior, whose life is steeped in violence, pursues Lauren, the girl he kept at arm’s length at school; readers of “Lights Out” enjoy meeting Aly and Josh again. Some find Junior a less endearing lead than his predecessor and place this book below the first. Its explicit content is part of the design.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
Dark Romcom Sensation. Over 3 million copies sold. Book two in the #1 New York Times bestselling Into Darkness Series, following the viral BookTok novel, Lights Out. Navessa Allen ups the ante with voyeurism and a 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? Caught Up is an obsessive dark romance with morally grey characters. Some themes and scenes may be disturbing to readers.
Reading order · Into Darkness
Full order & progress →- Lights OutStart here
8.08.0 / 10 - Caught UpThis book
7.67.6 / 10 - Game On
7.97.9 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.6 across 232 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 61% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Romance average of 7.6. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 9.6 | 5 | 2% |
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 227 | 98% |
Frequently asked
How long is Caught Up?
It has 291 pages — shorter than 93% of the ranked books in Romance.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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