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mastersal's review against another edition
4.0
A surprisingly good read. The premise is a little far fetched but executed well and believably to my mind. This is a romance novel and surprisingly gentle given the violent premise. This worked for me as I bought that Amanda was healing. Others may not as it probably glosses the damage survivors go through. Still a more nuanced read than I was expecting. And despite a few last minute cliches which I though distracted from the relationships I would recommend this one.
Well done!
Well done!
kil3yp's review against another edition
4.0
Well, that was not what I expected.
This was sitting on my to-read shelf, and came available as audio. I didn't quite recall why I wanted to read it, but the summary sounded like a YA type I delve into occasionally.
Nope.
It started out exactly how you expected, and you saw the ending coming a mile away. But, there were two unexpected twists...minor spoilers ahead!
1. This gets steamy. Super steamy. And Kade doesn't shy away from being descriptive. And her euphemisms are few, and appropriate when used. It doesn't get annoyingly raunchy, nor is it trying to dance around something. But whew. Definitely not YA.
2. While the ending was exactly what I expected, I fully appreciated the twist. Not going to give it away fully, but you think you know. And then you realize you missed a bit.
Well done, and without any experience on the subject myself, it seemed genuine and accurate (or as accurate as can be...it is fiction that involves a rape survivor and celebrity hook-up). Well done, and would recommend...but carefully. Because steamy!
This was sitting on my to-read shelf, and came available as audio. I didn't quite recall why I wanted to read it, but the summary sounded like a YA type I delve into occasionally.
Nope.
It started out exactly how you expected, and you saw the ending coming a mile away. But, there were two unexpected twists...minor spoilers ahead!
1. This gets steamy. Super steamy. And Kade doesn't shy away from being descriptive. And her euphemisms are few, and appropriate when used. It doesn't get annoyingly raunchy, nor is it trying to dance around something. But whew. Definitely not YA.
2. While the ending was exactly what I expected, I fully appreciated the twist. Not going to give it away fully, but you think you know. And then you realize you missed a bit.
Well done, and without any experience on the subject myself, it seemed genuine and accurate (or as accurate as can be...it is fiction that involves a rape survivor and celebrity hook-up). Well done, and would recommend...but carefully. Because steamy!
larissadistler's review against another edition
4.0
Despite all the complaining I do about romance novels . . . I really liked this one.
The story is about so much more than the romance. It's about family and dealing with tragedy. It was a little heavy handed on the self help quotes. Otherwise, I really enjoyed learning the back stories, strengths, and flaws of the characters.
Some reviewers seem to be upset about the "insta-love" aspect. There are times when two people are in the right place at the right time with the right mindset to make that happen. I've been there.
The story is about so much more than the romance. It's about family and dealing with tragedy. It was a little heavy handed on the self help quotes. Otherwise, I really enjoyed learning the back stories, strengths, and flaws of the characters.
Some reviewers seem to be upset about the "insta-love" aspect. There are times when two people are in the right place at the right time with the right mindset to make that happen. I've been there.
honeybadger11492's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
readerspeak's review against another edition
4.0
Wow - a great sense of suspense and tension (sexual and otherwise) + fantastic character-building. Kade's taken what was awesome about her Project Paper Doll series and stepped it up a notch for an adult audience.
joyousreads132's review against another edition
4.0
738 Days, for the most part, is a stereotypical new adult novel: girl and boy with broken pasts save each other from their own demons. It also has one of those impossible romances: celebrity actor falls in love with a commoner. And yet, even with these clichèd tropes, I ended up enjoying this book. At 432 pages, it’s also a bit heftier than your average romance novels. But you’ll never notice the pages flipping by because you’re so ensconced in Amanda Grace’s and Chase Henry’s plights.
The beginning of the novel was a little tough to get through. We see Amanda Grace in captivity, beaten and bloody, and talking to an imaginary Chase Henry in her head. He was the voice she clung to in her months of torture. He was the one that told her to hold on and had kept her fighting through darkness and hopelessness. They’d never met. He was an actor in a show that her sister loved. But he was the face that kept her going in that dark basement where her captor had kept her. Years after she was freed, she’s in a different prison that she’s created for herself: anxiety and fear. At twenty years old, she has no life to speak of. Her family life is in shambles and some days, she can’t even bear the thought of leaving her house. So when Chase Henry shows up at her place of employment, her reaction was severe and instantaneous. She ran away.
Chase Henry’s career has taken a nose dive over the years after a few bad decisions. Given the chance to save what’s left of it, he’ll grab at any opportunity that comes his way. Even if it would mean playing a small part in an indie film and taking advantage of his hero status to a girl whom he indirectly saved all those years ago. But upon meeting Amanda Grace, he saw himself for what he was: an opportunistic leech ready to put another person through what was the most traumatic memories of her life if only to garner a spotlight in the media once again.
738 Days is a story about redemption and courage. And while Chase’s reasons for helping Amanda Grace was selfish in the beginning, he immediately saw that he was well on his way to repeating the same mistakes he did in the past. Courage comes in many forms. For Amanda Grace, it was being with Chase even if it brings about many memories of her time chained to the wall in the basement of her captor. It was putting herself back in the spotlight again and unearthing all the things she wished she could forget. In a way, it was also admitting her role in the demise of her crumbling family relationships. It hasn’t been easy for her, and no one could blame her. She was only 15 when she was abducted – hard to recover from that.
The beginning of the novel was a little tough to get through. We see Amanda Grace in captivity, beaten and bloody, and talking to an imaginary Chase Henry in her head. He was the voice she clung to in her months of torture. He was the one that told her to hold on and had kept her fighting through darkness and hopelessness. They’d never met. He was an actor in a show that her sister loved. But he was the face that kept her going in that dark basement where her captor had kept her. Years after she was freed, she’s in a different prison that she’s created for herself: anxiety and fear. At twenty years old, she has no life to speak of. Her family life is in shambles and some days, she can’t even bear the thought of leaving her house. So when Chase Henry shows up at her place of employment, her reaction was severe and instantaneous. She ran away.
Chase Henry’s career has taken a nose dive over the years after a few bad decisions. Given the chance to save what’s left of it, he’ll grab at any opportunity that comes his way. Even if it would mean playing a small part in an indie film and taking advantage of his hero status to a girl whom he indirectly saved all those years ago. But upon meeting Amanda Grace, he saw himself for what he was: an opportunistic leech ready to put another person through what was the most traumatic memories of her life if only to garner a spotlight in the media once again.
738 Days is a story about redemption and courage. And while Chase’s reasons for helping Amanda Grace was selfish in the beginning, he immediately saw that he was well on his way to repeating the same mistakes he did in the past. Courage comes in many forms. For Amanda Grace, it was being with Chase even if it brings about many memories of her time chained to the wall in the basement of her captor. It was putting herself back in the spotlight again and unearthing all the things she wished she could forget. In a way, it was also admitting her role in the demise of her crumbling family relationships. It hasn’t been easy for her, and no one could blame her. She was only 15 when she was abducted – hard to recover from that.
annapsxx's review against another edition
3.0
I'm torn between 2.5 and 3 stars, but overall a really good and cute book. Predictable and a little bit cliché but good.
(maybe more like 2.5)
(maybe more like 2.5)
agrutle's review against another edition
5.0
I read this one because of the infamous BFF. She said she'd been rec'd this one and said it was like something we used to read a lot. It gave her all the feels and so I had to read it!! She was right, of course. (I get tired of saying that by the way) HA!
I can't even imagine living through what Amanda lived through. It is a parents worst nightmare, to send your child off to school and them never come home. Two years later she's found and its like a miracle. Except she's has severe PTSD. Things are hard for her, people touching her or loud noises make her cringe. Her family walks around on eggshells except her sister Mia. The one thing that kept her sane while she was kept was a picture of Chase Henry. When he suddenly shows up at her job she's shipped right back to that tiny dirty room, her world is chaos around her. She doesn't know why he's there but he's not HER Chase. It's been a few years since she's been home but she's not getting any better, she still has a hard time coping with everything. Something needs to change. Maybe Chase's sudden appearance will help her in another way.
Chase's career is down the toilet. He remembers hearing about the girl that talked to a poster of him while she was abducted, now his publicist thinks that if he has Amanda come visit the set of his latest movie near her hometown. He doesn't see how it can help but really it can't hurt. His career has been down the toilet for a little while, he's basically shoved it in the ground. Drinking and doing drugs, being in general unruly. He doesn't like the idea of using her but he doesn't want to crawl home to Texas a failure. After he meets her and spends some time with her he doesn't want to use her anymore.
I really did enjoy this one. It was nice and sweet. It was hard to imagine as a parent how they all were dealing with it. Amanda was going to therapy and her family seemed like they were trying but I could see that they were ignoring their other children in an attempt to help Amanda. Her dad was also having a hard time with Amanda being back. Of course they were all happy she was home safe and sound but she was different, understandably. Amanda decided to take her life back and Chase was the one to make her want to try more. He may not of been the Chase she spoke to in her mind for those 738 days but he still helped her in the end. I thought the ending of the book was rushed. Some of the book was overly detailed. I was hooked though, I had to know how things were going to go. Have you read this one? Leave the author love in the form of a review!!
I can't even imagine living through what Amanda lived through. It is a parents worst nightmare, to send your child off to school and them never come home. Two years later she's found and its like a miracle. Except she's has severe PTSD. Things are hard for her, people touching her or loud noises make her cringe. Her family walks around on eggshells except her sister Mia. The one thing that kept her sane while she was kept was a picture of Chase Henry. When he suddenly shows up at her job she's shipped right back to that tiny dirty room, her world is chaos around her. She doesn't know why he's there but he's not HER Chase. It's been a few years since she's been home but she's not getting any better, she still has a hard time coping with everything. Something needs to change. Maybe Chase's sudden appearance will help her in another way.
Chase's career is down the toilet. He remembers hearing about the girl that talked to a poster of him while she was abducted, now his publicist thinks that if he has Amanda come visit the set of his latest movie near her hometown. He doesn't see how it can help but really it can't hurt. His career has been down the toilet for a little while, he's basically shoved it in the ground. Drinking and doing drugs, being in general unruly. He doesn't like the idea of using her but he doesn't want to crawl home to Texas a failure. After he meets her and spends some time with her he doesn't want to use her anymore.
I really did enjoy this one. It was nice and sweet. It was hard to imagine as a parent how they all were dealing with it. Amanda was going to therapy and her family seemed like they were trying but I could see that they were ignoring their other children in an attempt to help Amanda. Her dad was also having a hard time with Amanda being back. Of course they were all happy she was home safe and sound but she was different, understandably. Amanda decided to take her life back and Chase was the one to make her want to try more. He may not of been the Chase she spoke to in her mind for those 738 days but he still helped her in the end. I thought the ending of the book was rushed. Some of the book was overly detailed. I was hooked though, I had to know how things were going to go. Have you read this one? Leave the author love in the form of a review!!
frommito's review against another edition
3.0
As always Stacey Kade doesn't dissapoint. This novel has everything you could want in a book. Compelling story line, beautifully written characters, plot twists. The list is endless. Kades writing is stunning, such a beautifully written masterpiece. I could not put this book down and i think that it's safe to say that no one will either.
I loved Chase's and Amanda's relationship. I felt like I grew with them as they discovered themselves. I especially loved that when Amanda needed to say something, she said it! It was so unbelievably refreshing to read a female lead that just doesnt take anyone's shit. And that she spoke ger mind rather than having an internal dialogue.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a well written romance book. I simply devoured this book and loved every minuite of it.
I loved Chase's and Amanda's relationship. I felt like I grew with them as they discovered themselves. I especially loved that when Amanda needed to say something, she said it! It was so unbelievably refreshing to read a female lead that just doesnt take anyone's shit. And that she spoke ger mind rather than having an internal dialogue.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a well written romance book. I simply devoured this book and loved every minuite of it.
bak8382's review against another edition
3.0
Amanda Grace is just trying to figure out how to get back something resembling a normal life after being abducted at 15 and then escaping. A poster of Chase Henry kept her anchored to the world, and now the real Chase Henry has hit rock bottom. What begins as a publicity stunt to salvage his career while at the same time helping Amanda escape her past develops into something more.
I really enjoyed Kade's other series [b:The Ghost and the Goth|7008041|The Ghost and the Goth (The Ghost and the Goth, #1)|Stacey Kade|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1268423785s/7008041.jpg|7252832], and found this to be an intriguing premise. It starts off strong, with the day Amanda escapes, and then moves forward to the present day where eventually it gets a little bogged down in the daily details.. The novel is told in alternating 1st person chapters from both Chase and Amanda's perspectives. Ultimately it was just too long, and the suspense elements in the end felt a little forced. Still I enjoyed the relationship arc and the growth of the characters.
I really enjoyed Kade's other series [b:The Ghost and the Goth|7008041|The Ghost and the Goth (The Ghost and the Goth, #1)|Stacey Kade|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1268423785s/7008041.jpg|7252832], and found this to be an intriguing premise. It starts off strong, with the day Amanda escapes, and then moves forward to the present day where eventually it gets a little bogged down in the daily details.. The novel is told in alternating 1st person chapters from both Chase and Amanda's perspectives. Ultimately it was just too long, and the suspense elements in the end felt a little forced. Still I enjoyed the relationship arc and the growth of the characters.