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The Next 365 Days

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This book and the character development - WOW wasn’t expecting that! For those that want a rich, sexy, and dominating man make sure you know what you are asking for and prepare yourself to be surprised at the turn of events in this book. Overall book was ok. The love triangle (or should we call it psychotic triangle) is not going to be understood by most but for what it’s worth Laura did get her HEA. I just wished Laura had played a stronger role throughout the series.

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After finishing the second book - I was patiently to see how this was going to conclude.
Without giving away any spoilers, I will say - I got bogged down in some of the details however ultimately- I’m very satisfied with the way this series wrapped up. I’m anxiously awaiting to see how Netflix is going to translate this to film.

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Thank you to NetGalley and Atria for the eARC of this book.

This was a good conclusion to the 365 days series. I liked this book better than the second one. One thing I have a hard time with is the love triangle aspect in books. Overall I think this wrapped up the series really well and I am glad I read the series.

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The highly anticipated conclusion to Massimo and Laura's story. This was my favorite book of the trilogy! I do feel feel like the author did Massimo a bit dirty in this book. I fully enjoyed it. I know that there was talk that American's would not like the ending. I enjoyed it. I feel in love with these characters in book two and that love continued.

I do see the potential for a spin off down the road. I would totally read it.

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3 stars

This has to be my favorite book out of the entire series. However, I’m kind of sad and disappointed that the author had to make us despise Massimo. I was actually rooting for both of them to finally get their happy ending, especially by what happened in the previous book. But emotions aside, logically, Laura did do the right thing by leaving Massimo and trying to find her own version of happiness without him.

Laura has gone through so much and I’m glad that she ended up with Nacho, someone who truly treated her right and the way she deserves. Although, if it was up to me, I’d rather she didn’t end up with anyone and just solely focused on herself and her well-being. I feel like there was just so many negative things that happened to Laura during the whole 365 days series that she didn’t have time to fully and properly process, mourn, or even grief for everything bad that ever happened to her.

All and all, I’m happy that Laura found happiness at the end of this insane series (even though it was with the one guy I least expected). But I do have to say that throughout the book, Laura really, truly, seriously pissed me off with her stupidity and naivety. And I really didn’t like how she constantly attempted to console her troubles and almost every disastrous situation with alcohol.

***Thank you NetGalley and Atria Books for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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A lot can happen in 365 days..

What makes a good book is when its storyline becomes unpredictable. I had no idea what to expect when diving into the last installment of this series. I was so torn while reading “The Next Day”. I had no idea where my head was at, and where my loyalities were in regards to who was right for Laura.
This trilogy has me whole heart. 365 Days was the first Mafia romance I had ever read and I fell in love with this world of Mafia gangsters. The characters, the italian/canarian culture, all of it was amazing. I would have never guessed that by the end of the series I would hate who I had loved in the first book, and love who I hated in the second all by the third. Eventually I was rooting for a completely different life for Laura. Massimo and Marcelo are two very different men and I loved getting to know them both in these books.
I admired the continued relationship of Domenico and Olga, I honestly would have read an entire book or even series if it were just them. I also have a feeling that Amelias story may not be over? I felt like we kept getting hints that there may be more to come, if so I would be thrilled to read her story!
The twists and turns of "The Next 365 days" had me at the edge of my seat every time I picked up this book. It only got better and better and the Epilogue and the Authors note were *chefs kiss*!

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The next 365 days continues with Laura and Massimo and others and it was a big fat no for me.
What I wanted was Laura and Massimo hot sex and happily ever after and that was not what we got.

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Man Trouble!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💚🖤💙💜❤️
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌍🌏
Character development: 😤😥😊🤩😘

This review may contain minor spoilers from the two prior books.

In my reviews, I usually list the names and some background information on the heroine, then the Hero. Though since this is the third book in a series which have been made in to hugely popular Netflix movies, I won’t do my usual format. Though I will give some background on the prior two books. Don Massimo Torricelli is a Sicilian Mafia Don who had a near death experience and dreamed of a beautiful woman. When he saw that woman alive and in his city, he kidnapped her and said he would keep her for 365 days and if she wasn’t in love with him by the end of that time, he would let her go.

Suffice it to say, Laura did fall for Massimo, they married and she got pregnant with his son. Though life was not always rainbows and roses. The Don had many enemies and people out to get at him through her. One of which was Spanish Mafia Don Fernando Matos and his son-in-law, Flavio whom had a huge grudge against Massimo. The Spanish Don sent his son Marcelo (a.k.a. Nacho) to kidnap Laura, in order to force a meeting with Massimo.

Marcelo kept Laura with him until the meeting, he and Laura becoming friends during that time, and were attracted to each other. Though she thought it might be pregnancy hormones which made her horny, she was still in love with Massimo after all. Then everything changed at the meeting and here we begin this book.

I must say that at the end of the last book, I didn’t like that Laura was starting to become attracted to Nacho when she had such strong feelings for Massimo. I mean it is one thing to appreciate the attractiveness of someone else while you are in love with one person and something else to be thinking of kissing or making love to that someone else. Though I was happy she ended up feeling only friendship toward him before everything blew up.

I can also say that I really liked Marcelo until the meeting at the end of the last book when he seemed to be just a puppet for his father. I saw the cover to this book and knew it was Marcelo right away since he is nearly bald, tattooed and has some Swedish in his heritage along with the Spanish. I was hoping this was his story and that he found a new woman of his own, though I knew that since the last book had a cliffhanger, that Laura and Massimo’s story wasn’t done, and the blurb confirmed that, so I was a bit confused.

This book does delve into the feelings of attraction and friendship that Laura and Marcelo had for each other. I usually hate love triangle’s in romance but I know they occur more in movies and TV than in romance novels since many romance readers hate any kind of cheating when two people are in love even if they aren’t together, as evidenced by more than a few one star reviews I have seen, but I kept an open mind going in to this one. Laura romanticized her time with Marcelo before everything happened and was resentful that being with Massimo had put her in danger to begin with. It wasn’t helped by the fact that Massimo was crushed with grief and guilt and pulled away from her.

I got being pulled into the story like I never expected and found myself even rooting for something to happen between Laura and Marcelo. I liked the fact that Laura didn’t just all the sudden fall for someone else, but it happened slowly and naturally, as she felt more distance between herself and Massimo. That is all that I will say about the plot of this book since I don’t want to give to much away, but it definitely is one worth reading and I enjoyed it much more than I expected.

I love the fact that all of these books are romantic, sexy, super steamy and have storylines that integrate well together. Another thing I really enjoyed was the travel, from the Canary Islands, to Sicily, Portugal, Poland and Ibiza. So many romance books take place in one city or even one neighborhood, I really enjoyed living the high life vicariously, Laura has great taste in designer clothes, shoes and accessories, and don’t even get me started on the motorcycles and cars.

I voluntarily read & reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts & opinions are my own.

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I’m literally digging deep at trying to figure out how to write this review without giving anything away! It’s brilliant! It’s the perfect ending! The entire time I was like no way, no way, no way! If you read book one and two brace yourself and your heart for this conclusion. It is well worth the wait!

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Kolejne 365 dni is a vast improvement from the second book of the series. Although this book had more of storyline, it was still lacking in the quality of writing. I feel that the author attempted to touch on some very important themes around miscarriages, but rushed through the character development. Overall, I have to disagree with most reviewers and say *spoiler* Laura's change of heart to leave Massimo is empowering. Their entire relationship was a far cry from romantic. The Stockholm syndrome theme is very apparent in all three books and I praise the author for putting an end to it. Looking back on it, perhaps on purpose or accident, there was some foreshadowing that Laura would end up with Nacho based on the characters' descriptions. Laura, prior to Massimo, dressed in a more causal mixed fashion, maintained a close relationship with her family, enjoyed working and took pride in her independence. All these things she was forced to give up in order to fit into her relationship with Massimo. For these reasons, I struggle to understand why she fell for him at all. Probably the sex....The book series is definitely based on a little girl's fantasy of being surrounded by beautiful rich men that fawn all of over her and is so far from reality. I don't understand the hint of incest between Nacho and Amelia... maybe this is a translational issue, but it adds no value to the plot and really weirds me out. Although Laura's life turns out okay, I could of used a little more closure in Massimo's story. Perhaps it is a chance for a change in POV series, but I'm not sure I want to go down that rabbit hole.

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This is the epic conclusion to a wild, and crazy mafia trilogy. This story is off the rails good and I am so sad to bid these characters goodbye.. but you know what? I'll be reading and watching it over and over again.

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I read all 3 books in the series back to back. Definitely the better of the 3 books. There was more suspense and action in this book that had me hooked on who Laura was going to choose. The first 2 books and part of the third book was very similar between Laura and Massimo fighting. I did like that Laura stood her ground against Massimo several times through out the book. I felt her character grew the most during this last book and especially towards the end of the book. I like that there was more of her parents and the relationship she has with both of them. I did find that there were several grammar issues through out the book. I believe during translation they might have omitted a word or forgot to read for fluidly. Also there are a lot of letters and words that are misspelled.

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first of all i watched the netflix movies before i read the books, but hey that’s how i got here. i love dark romance books, mafia stories with romance is so sexy. the cover is not bad, he looks good however with today’s trend of discrete covers, maybe an object or floral or crown type of cover would be great too for readers that want a more discrete cover or for those that don’t really like people on the covers.

but jumping into the review, wow the last book we were left on a total cliffhanger! my girl laura took a hit. this book is full of twist & turns, drama, steamy scenes. i can understand how some readers are upset that laura went from massimo to nacho. i want to see this third installment into a movie and see will they have it stay the same or will some things change. this book was sure a rollercoaster of emotions.

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This book had an interesting storyline, but it was hard to get invested because everything seemed to bounce around and resolve unrealistically quickly. It was a wild ride as we have come to expect from this series, which kept it interesting, but it went too far with some of the “punishment” scenes. Yes, even for these books. Hopefully comes with appropriate TW.

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Absolutely loved this book!! After falling in love with both the first and second novel, I didn’t think the series could get any better. What a roller coaster of emotions this last book turned into. I loved and hated the struggles Laura went through, but ultimately cheered when she started to fight for her own happiness and freedom to do the things she loved. Massimo will always be the controlling and dangerous character that fuels dark desires, but Nacho? Damn, would take surfing lessons from him any day !

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Trigger warning galore!! I am glad the author put a note about not glorifying domineering behaviors at the end, but I wish it was at the beginning! Nevertheless, what an intense ride between Laura and Nacho! After spending two books falling in love with Massimo, I now find myself hating him and realizing that her “kidnapper” is really her happily ever after. I really enjoyed this final chapter of Laura’s story! I devoured this book and I appreciate NetGalley for allowing me a chance to read this ARC.

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I was really excited to receive an arc for this book as I have followed both the series on Netflix and also as books! Jumping right back into the world of these two rather stubborn characters, I was filled with anxiety about how the characters could redeem themselves and see if they still had a chance to end up together in the end.

While the films translated the story fairly well, there were definitely moments within the book that I had to read a few times until I understood what it meant. The characters can sometimes come off as overly stubborn that it almost made me roll my eyes but you can’t help but kind of love them at the same time.

One thing I definitely feel like this book needs is trigger warnings at the beginning for some of the topics mentioned or covered within the book. Some readers may not mind but others may.

Overall this book was good, I’m very grateful that I got to read it and enjoy Laura and Massimo’s story once more!

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I swore after the second I wouldn’t touch the next one but here I am… this was too rushed and ruins everything that was built up. Don’t waste your time.

Thanks to Netgalley and Atria Books for the eARC.

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I really wanted to like this book. I struggled to finish it. The plot felt rushed and had many holes.

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I wish I had finished reading the second book in the series before asking to leave a review for the third installment. I did not finish reading this one. After one or two chapters, I could not continue reading. I believe that this book could have been left off of the series and had the book as a duo instead of a trilogy.

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