The further I get away from this book the more I keep thinking about it - and that is the sign of a great book. The one will stay with me for a while.
Very interesting approach to a man's obsession with a woman he recently met that had you rooting for both parties involved. I was guessing how it was going to end up until the last page - it could have gone a hundred different ways!

I had every intention of reading this book and writing an honest review but it expired before I had the chance. My apologies, If you like to resend it to me I would be happy to get it reviewed,

What a fascinating read! Teo Avelar is the spooky guy who kidnaps a girl that he loves, and this story is told from his point of view. Wow!

This story, this main character, this writer will chill you to the bone. This is a book I’ve actually reread twice now. I don’t often do this with books. But if a thriller leaves me with too many questions or disturbs me, I tend to go back for a reread. This is one of those books.

Raphael Montes is a celebrated crime writer in his native country of Brazil but this book is his English-written debut. Wow! What a debut! In each read-through of this book, I read it in one sitting. It is unputdownable, page-turning, disturbing thriller perfection. Yes, this book is about obsession, delusion and rejection. But this book is very different from other books which feature the same themes. Raphael Montes has got a very distinctive Voice. It is this Voice and the style choices he made to tell this story that make this story a stand-out for me. He has chosen to tell the story from a 3rd person POV in a very distinctive unemotional voice. Everything that takes place in this story is deeply twisted, chilling and disturbing. Using this unemotional, almost cold and rational style to tell this story gives it an even more delusional edge.

This is a story that will stay in your mind for a long time afterwards. Be aware that this is a book that cannot be read lightly. It is a violent story with incredibly psychopathic behaviour. But, it is a story that will haunt you. Just wait until you get to Page 198… Some books have great beginnings, some great endings, some take a while to warm up but the meat is in the middle. But for me the entire horror of the story, the full pay-off is in the first chapter of Perfect Days and the very last paragraph. I knew with the first chapter this would be a page-turner of a story but I knew with the last paragraph that this writer is a master story-teller. Perfect Days has definitely earned a perfect 5 star/coffees review from me.

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Read this book if you have ever felt or been the subject of unrequited love. Read this book if you loved Misery by Stephen King or love Gillian Flynn.

I leave you with the quote that Raphael Montes has chosen to include at the beginning of this story and that perfectly sums up the beating heart of this story.

“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. | Friedrich Nietzsche”

[I would like to thank Netgalley, the publisher and the Author for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.]

If you are looking for a book that with shake you to your core and have you thinking about it long after you finished, then this is the book for you. Packed with suspense, darkness, and twists, this is a truly chilling read.