365 Days is a translated book from Polish to English and one must keep that in mind while reading. There are some phrases that don't quite work and some dialogue that just didn't work for me. However, I reminded myself of this and carried on. :)

I really wanted to read this book and was excited to start. Don Massimo Torricelli is the head of a mafia family and has dreamed of Laura for years and when he sees her, in real life, in Sicily, he must have her. So he takes her.

Now, I've read many a book with a similar kidnapping plot and loved the overall stories. However, with this one it just falls a bit short --for me, that happened mostly at the end of the book. I kept wanting "something" to happen but nothing ever did. For that, I had to give this 3 stars.

This book is a highly popular movie (which I hadn't seen because I knew the book was coming and wanted to read the story first) so now I'll head on over to Netflix and see if they movie lives up to the hype. :)

Unfortunately, the translation job on this one does not work for me. It's not clean, it doesn't scan at times, and anything that might have been poetic or lovely in the original is lost here. As for the story itself, I can handle dark romance with mature themes, but this book just wasn't for me.

DNF at 14%

I gave it two chapters. Having watched the Netflix movie, I knew what I was getting into, but hoped that the book would make these characters more 3-dimensional and believable. Without the distraction of gorgeous Italian vistas you can't escape the super cringey, first person dual perspective. It turns out I didn't want to hear what these characters were thinking.

Some of it (even in just two chapters) made no sense. Who wakes up in an unknown, though opulent location, and goes from, "Where am I? Why am I here?" in one moment to I looked good...tanned and well-rested" in the next? What?!

Bottom line: There is much much better erotic fiction out there. This one just wasn't for me.

Thanks to NetGalley fornthe advance copy for review.

I watched this movie first on Netflix and it was problematic and over the top, but sometimes that's what you need. I'm not a great fan of either main character, but some of the secondary characters appealed to me and I was a sucker for the Italian setting.
I've read a lot of mafia romances and this one holds it's own through the first book. I'm glad to see it was translated and enjoyed the style and story enough to continue with it.
Fifty Shades of Grey fans will really like this one and in all honestly its written way better than the E.L James series.
365 isnt for everyone, most dark romances arent, but it will be a hit once it's out there and I'm sure the movie will pop back up into Netflix's Top Ten in February.

So I knew there was a movie and I didn’t know anything about the movie nor the book. It is a polish translation and some things were lost in context. It was an easy read, a mafia version of fifty shades of grey, that ends on a cliffhanger...... I like to read my cliffhangers back to back.
Thank You to the author, publisher and Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

I feel like some things were lost in the translation of this. Some of the wording and syntax was off which disrupted the flow for me a bit. The story overall was good but it felt forced. I’ve read many dark mafia romances and this one was okay but didn’t have enough of a backstory or focus on the mafia part of things. The relationship felt fake though the steamy scenes were well done and hot. The back and forth banter between the characters was good and as the story went along it seemed to find its footing and had a better flow. The ending is what did it for me. The cliffhanger sucked but it made me want to continue with the series. I give this three and a half stars. I’m hoping the next book has better continuity and isn’t as forced.

What the heck did I just read? Before I even knew that there was a book, I had heard about the Netflix movie that's based off this book. I had no idea what either of them were about. I read the book description on NetGalley and it intrigued me. I knew that this was a romance but was not expecting it to be more like erotica - essentially a Polish version of Fifty Shades of Grey but in a mafia setting. The book is so over the top, but like a car crash, I couldn't stop reading. Like Fifty Shades, this is the first book of a trilogy, and the book ends in a cliffhanger - so no HEA.

The premise of the book is about a "Don" of a powerful Sicilian crime family, named Massimo Torricelli, that kidnaps a Polish woman, called Laura Biel, who is on vacation with her boyfriend in Sicily. The woman looks identical to a beautiful woman that he envisioned during an earlier attempt on his life. Incredulous that the woman he had envisioned is real, he kidnaps her and is determined to make her his - no matter the cost. For 365 days (hence the name of the book), Massimo will keep Laura captive in his estate and attempt to win her heart. If she doesn’t fall in love with him during this time, he will let her go. But if she tries to escape at any point, he will track her down and kill her entire family. (I know...)

So lo and behold, and very predictably, Laura falls obsessively in love with Massimo very quickly (can we say Stockholm Syndrome?). What bothers me about this book is that I think the author has a loose interpretation of what the word "consent" means. Initially, Massimo says that he will not touch Laura without her consent - but then his dominance takes over and he does what he wants with her anyway (Wtf, right?). Plus, the fact that he is keeping Laura there against her will is clearly not consent.

I'm giving this 2 stars because I did find the book entertaining. And as much of a train wreck this book is, I still kind of want to know what happens in the rest of the series - color me curious.

Thank you, NetGalley, Atria Books and Blanka Lipinska for giving me the opportunity to review this eARC in exchange for my honest review.

Well, this is a thing that I read. I'm begging all bookstores/libraries/whatever to please not shelve this in a romance because it is certainly not a romance (cliff hanger, no HEA). Definitely angsty and with a lot of sex that I would not call romantic but is certainly titillating and definitely toeing the non-consensual line. I'm sure there will be some buzz and demand, but this is not going to be one I recommend except for those who are intrigued.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher.

*NOTE* This is a translated book and Polish to English does not translate cleanly.

365 Days reminds me a lot of Fifty Shades of Gray but with a mafia flare. The heroine has a flare for the dramatic but I suppose I might as well if I was kidnapped in a foreign country by a guy that kept popping up everywhere.

don Massiimo is the head of one of the Italian mob families in Italy. He has dreamed of Laura for years. Never to be thought real until she spots her in person in his country. Of course like any mob boss, he must have her any way he can get her.

Laura is a tourist in Italy - on vacation for her birthday. There are several events that lead up to her meeting Massimo and ultimately becoming his girlfriend. You'll find her character to range from whiny, to bratty, to scared, then finally into her self-assured self.

I enjoyed reading the book. There's a lot of sex in here. If you love books with a lot of spice this one will definitely hand it to you on a platter. If you like books that are fast paced laced with drama and trouble this is the book for you.

Just remember the English version of the story has been translated from it's primary language. There are some things that might not make sense or you may find some inconsistencies. Don't hold that against the author and English is not her primary language.

3.5 stars rounded up to 4 stars.

First off I would like to thank the publisher for sending me a digital review copy via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is going to be one of those books that feels almost impossible to review. I will start out by saying I was first introduced to this book through its recent movie that was released on Netflix here in America. I will say that the movie was an instant guilty pleasure for me. This story is basically a mix between Fifty Shades of Gray and a mafia romance. That being said, if you enjoyed the 50 Shades franchise I think this will be a book you REALLY enjoy.

I wish that I had read this book before the movie. For the first 3/4 of the book, it is a TRUE adaptation where everything is almost exactly the same. The shock value that I got from watching the movie was just missing from the book, simply because I knew what would happen. I was hoping that this book would dive more into Massimo and his work when he was not around Laura, however, because it is 100% in her POV we miss out on what could be a very interesting perspective. Toward the end, the book strays away from the movie and that is really what saved the story for me. I LOVED the ending and it has me so hyped for the sequel. I will DEFINITELY be picking up book two before I watch the sequel movie.

With all of this being said, obviously, if I had gone into this book without having watched the movie I definitely think that it would have blown me away. This novel is definitely not one that I would recommend to everyone. There is a very specific audience for it. If you enj0y the erotica genre with a heavy plot. If you are a fan of dark mafia romances, then I think you should give it a shot. This is definitely a franchise that I am very invested in and cannot see what the future holds for it.

My thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for a free ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I was appaled at how badly written this book was - and yet it is a bestseller in Europe. I dislike stories where caricatures, as opposed to characters, are presented to the reader, and the author pieces together hackneyed scenes that she pulled from this or that miniseries. Trite is another word that came to mind. Deluded was another - that would be Laura, the female who is the object of Massimo's obsession and desire.

Massimo is a brutish mobster who decides to kidnap the woman whose face came to him during a comatose vision. He is going to force her to love him and stay with him, even though she is engaged to another man.

Why do women think we can "save" someone like Massimo - or anyone else, for that matter. I have seen so many relationships where one partner took on the burdens of his or her spouse in an effort to "save" or help them. These unequal relationships seldom end happily. I was fed up by the end of this story. Materialism: that is what Laura loves. She gushes about the beautiful dress she will wear, etc. I wanted to toss my ereader out the window at one point: all of these characters were just a mash up of brutal or foolish cartoon characters. I believe this is a series? Well, I don't think I'll be holding my breath until the next thrilling installment comes along. And no, I won't be watching the movie based on this novel. I don't even want to give this one start. Barbara Cartland could do better from the grave - and she dictated all of her romances while in a trance - or so the story goes. I never read any of Barbara Cartland's novels either. The same trashy lust of power and money. I was told once when I was very young that women admired rich and powerful men because they could not hope to be rich and powerful in their own right, by their own endeavours. Well, this author just rehashed that ridiculous premise and is now raking in the big bucks.
I refuse to glamorize mafia/biker/drug lord hereos - these are bad men who profit off of human misery. They enslave women and children and do not deserve my time or notice. Like war, I do not give them the time of day. I wish I had read the blurb on this one more closely and avoided having to read this at all.