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A review by arae9352
Seven Days of You by Cecilia Vinesse
4.0
"You're terrifying the way a book is right before if ends. You know? When you have to put it down because it's too much to take at once. You are the most terrifying person I know."
Seven Days of You tells the story of Sophia who has been living in Tokyo for the past four years with her mom and sister. But the four year sabbatical her mom is on is up and they are leaving in a week to head back to the states. Sophie doesn't want to leave her life here, her friends (one of which she's had a big crush on for a few years. But during the final countdown an old friend returns to Tokyo and changes Sophie's view of the world and what she thought she knew about herself and her life.
I was really drawn by the premise of this book. In the beginning I found Sophie, our MC, to be naive, whiny, and sort of annoying. Which is why I had a hard time picking it back up to read after those first couple chapters.
After getting through that slow stretch, I started to really enjoy the story and the characters. Sophie finally rethinks the way her life has been for the last few years. She begins to fight for herself and the things she wants. She sheds the "Sofa" persona her friends have made for to be. One of the things I really really loved was the ups and downs between Sophie and her sister Alison and watching them grow closer and open up as the story goes on.
I loved Jamie, he was so adorable and complex. I wish we could have gotten to explore issues that were arising during the story about his adoption and birth mom. I thought the build-up of the relationship and feelings between him and Sophie was well-paced considering the timeline of the story. Mika was also a good complex character, at times not always likable but I think that's what I liked about her. David, of course, made me mad but I found his role to make sense with pushing the plot along (though if someone put him in front of me with a bat, I can't say I wouldn't hit him).
I enjoyed the writing it made for a cute and fast-paced read.
The ending was bittersweet, and while I hoped Sophie would find a way to stay and be with Jamie I was also content with the way it ended. Just because this is a work of fiction doesn't mean that their lives stop when they fall in love and they need a happily ever after. They still need to live out the events that life throws at them not always be fixed and tied up with a pretty heart-shaped bow.
**Huge thanks from the Little, Brown Books and NetGalley who provided this book in exchange for an honest review**
Seven Days of You tells the story of Sophia who has been living in Tokyo for the past four years with her mom and sister. But the four year sabbatical her mom is on is up and they are leaving in a week to head back to the states. Sophie doesn't want to leave her life here, her friends (one of which she's had a big crush on for a few years. But during the final countdown an old friend returns to Tokyo and changes Sophie's view of the world and what she thought she knew about herself and her life.
I was really drawn by the premise of this book. In the beginning I found Sophie, our MC, to be naive, whiny, and sort of annoying. Which is why I had a hard time picking it back up to read after those first couple chapters.
After getting through that slow stretch, I started to really enjoy the story and the characters. Sophie finally rethinks the way her life has been for the last few years. She begins to fight for herself and the things she wants. She sheds the "Sofa" persona her friends have made for to be. One of the things I really really loved was the ups and downs between Sophie and her sister Alison and watching them grow closer and open up as the story goes on.
I loved Jamie, he was so adorable and complex. I wish we could have gotten to explore issues that were arising during the story about his adoption and birth mom. I thought the build-up of the relationship and feelings between him and Sophie was well-paced considering the timeline of the story. Mika was also a good complex character, at times not always likable but I think that's what I liked about her. David, of course, made me mad but I found his role to make sense with pushing the plot along (though if someone put him in front of me with a bat, I can't say I wouldn't hit him).
I enjoyed the writing it made for a cute and fast-paced read.
The ending was bittersweet, and while I hoped Sophie would find a way to stay and be with Jamie I was also content with the way it ended. Just because this is a work of fiction doesn't mean that their lives stop when they fall in love and they need a happily ever after. They still need to live out the events that life throws at them not always be fixed and tied up with a pretty heart-shaped bow.
**Huge thanks from the Little, Brown Books and NetGalley who provided this book in exchange for an honest review**