Type of read: Commuter Read.

What made me pick it up: BookTok made me do it.

Overall rating: If you're looking for a smutty book that's a fairly quick read and feels a little disjointed but still has a semblance of a storyline, 'Lights Out' is for you. I got about halfway through the book before I was like, ok, where the heck is this going to go? There is no substance. Then, in the last half

, where you meet the mob part of her family and go through that whole Brad scenario

, you get a bit more storyline and substance, but it seems a bit forced. I wish it would have somehow been introduced at the beginning of the book. I think it would have made everything flow a bit better, or at least make more sense long term. But let's be honest, I didn't read 'Lights Out' for the storyline. 😂 I wasn't a huge fan of the mommy/daddy vibes that the FMC and the MMC had throughout the book, especially when they brought the cat into it. But that's more personal preference. It's not the best smut I've read, but it's far from the worst, overall, not mad.

Also, Jacob Morgan could read me the back of a soup can and I'd be all ears.

Reader's Note: Allen does a wonderful job of putting all the trigger warnings right at the front of the book (appreciated), I'm going to copy what they had on their website so I don't leave anything out: sexually explicit discussion and scenes, alcohol consumption, mention of (off-page) rape, mention of past domestic abuse, memories of experienced child abuse, medical content, blood and gore (in a hospital setting), discussion of mental health, mention of serial killers and their crimes, limited description of a mass shooting, stalking, invasion of privacy, home invasion, hidden cameras, hacking, theft, mention of unintentional cannibalism (remembered), death, desecration of a body, car accident (remembered), description of violent death (remembered), death of a parent, breath play, knife play, gun play, fear play, primal play, and mask play.