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    72 Hours
    72 Hours
    72 Hours
    Audiobook6 hours

    72 Hours

    Written by Bella Jewel

    Narrated by Maxine Mitchell and Joe Arden

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A fate worse than death.

    It's all part of his sick game. A game he's been planning for an entire decade. Now everything is perfect: One woman and one man have been selected. They used to be a couple-and they can no longer stand one another. They are the perfect victims. He doesn't intend for the game to be easy. He wants to push them to the brink of insanity, to make his hunt real . . .

    A desire worth fighting for . . .

    The couple has been captured and dumped into a massive wooded area. There's only one rule in this fatal game: They will have seventy-two hours to find a way out before the sadistic serial killer begins his hunt. But what he never could have expected was the explosive passion that ignites between the two ex-lovers-one that makes them strong. Fierce. And determined to do whatever it takes to escape-and to survive . . .

    Contains mature themes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateApr 4, 2017
    ISBN9781515989585
    72 Hours

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    • 5/5
      Triggers: stalking, bullying, kidnapping, hunting. Noah & Lara: WTAF did I just read… holy s***! This book was so captivating. A mystery romance but more of a mystery than anything. You will be on the edge of your seats for the entire book. Noah and Lara have recently broken up but Noah is continuously trying to talk to Lara and get her back. Lara is not having it. All they do lately is argue. They were once so in love, now at odds. What they don't know is that someone is watching them and has big plans for them. Everything becomes a nightmare when they both wake in a forest after being drugged. A note telling them they have 72 hours to try to escape before the hunt begins…. And they are the prey! OMG .. so much action and so many plot twists. Lara was a little whiny and a little slow on the uptake for awhile but it's a little understandable. This book was amazing.
    • 3/5
      72 Hours by Bella Jewel is a fast-paced, suspense-laden novel that pits two estranged lovers against a sadistic psychopath.

      Lara and Noah's break up was acrimonious and despite Noah's best efforts to discuss what led to their split, Lara adamantly refuses to talk to him. So when they are kidnapped and left in the Florida swamp and told they have 72 hours to find their way out or they will die, will they be able to work together to save themselves? Or will Lara's lack of confidence and dislike of Noah hinder their efforts?

      At one time, Lara was self-confident and fearless, but after a life defining loss, she is filled with self-loathing and her self-esteem is at an all time low. At the first sign of trouble with Noah, she bailed without giving him a chance to tell his side of the story and she has gone out of her way to avoid him in the months since. When she begins running into Noah in the days leading up to their kidnapping, she is surprised to realize she still cares for him, but will she give in his pleas to talk to him?

      Noah is somewhat aggressive and heavy-handed in his attempts to reconnect with Lara. He still loves her and he would like nothing more than to explain the situation that led to Lara breaking up with him.  After the kidnapping, Noah is harsh with Lara as he tries to get her focus on trying to find a way out of their predicament. Once he has convinced her to work with him, his attitude softens and he has a much easier time getting her to co-operate with him.  If they are able to figure out a way to save themselves, is there any chance Noah will be able to salvage their relationship?

      While the premise of 72 Hours is unique and interesting, poor character development and very irritating personality traits make it impossible to like or really connect with either Lara or Noah. Even in a life or death situation, Lara is incredibly whiny and virtually impossible to motivate to DO anything to save herself.  Yes, she went through something awful at one time, but to have absolutely no self-preservation instincts after the kidnapping is just too hard to believe. Noah deserves a medal for finding the patience to put up with her and it is extremely difficult to understand why he still wants to be with her considering her ridiculous behavior.

      Which brings us to the romance element of the storyline. Life or death situation. 72 hours to save themselves. And yet, Noah and Lara find the time to hook up  couple of times.  They also manage to have a heart to heart talk about what caused their break up. Suspension of disbelief is often a necessity when reading fiction, but the plot of 72 Hours is a little too far-fetched to believe.

      Most of the novel is written from Lara's perspective, but there are also short passages from the killer's point of view. While it is obvious this person is quite troubled, these peeks into his mind are so ridiculous they really add nothing to the storyline.

      72 Hours by Bella Jewel has plenty of action and the final resolution of Noah and Lara's horrific ordeal is quite satisfying.  A little predictable but overall, an entertaining read that will appeal to fans of romantic suspense.
    • 5/5
      This is such a heart pounding, fast paced story that kept my attention. If I had the block of time, I would have read this in one sitting. What a scary situation that made me think of Criminal Minds or a movie. Very well written and brought out several emotions in me.
    • 2/5
      72 HOURS by Bella Jewel is a book I feel I've read before, but it isn't. The basic concept has a broken romance couple captured by a crazed killer, brought to his private hunting preserve somewhere near Orlando, Florida, and told they have a 72 hour head start before they will be tracked and killed. Lara was a very confidant young woman until her boldness when she and her grandmother were set upon by some rowdy teens. Grandma died and Lara blames herself. Noah, we don't find out much about him except he is very sexy and likes to say the word "fuck" every chance he gets. As a noun, verb, adjective and adverb, almost every sentence it seems.. They broke up because she caught him with a woman on his lap in his office, but it is all a misunderstanding. In this "romance" type of story there is always a misunderstanding. And one of the two will not speak to the other even though we all know that is what has to happen. So there is that level of predictability to the story. The hunting action manages to bring to two together even though the psycho hunter never thought that the facing of adversity could be a unifying factor in any relationship. Bryce, the hunter is given no motivation to do anything to this couple so we are left to assume he is going to the trouble of years of prep work just because he likes to kill dysfunctional couples. This isn't a romance because, well, there isn't any romance in it. It is hardly suspenseful because you can figure out what will happen in 90% of the story. That only leaves thriller to cover it, but the concepts behind the set-up are so thin that there is hardly any thrill to it. On the plus side, my copy was double spaced and there is a great deal of short dialog used, so if you decide to read 72 HOURS it won't take you much time at all.
    • 4/5
      This was such an entertaining book! I picked this book planning to read just a bit to get a feel for the story. Before I even knew what I happened, I had finished the entire book in a single afternoon. The whole concept behind this story is incredibly exciting and everything came together very well. I am so glad that I decided to give Bella Jewel's writing a try.Lara and Noah used to be a couple but now they can't seem to even be able to talk to each other. Noah wants to talk and tries to get Lara to listen to him but she doesn't want anything to do with him. I have to admit that at the start of the book, I didn't really care for Noah or really Lara all that much. Lara's backstory was interesting so I was curious about her but Noah really was quite stalkerish at the start of the story. Lara and Noah wake up and find themselves in the woods and learn that they have 72 hours before they are hunted. They finally have their talk and all as forgiven between each other and they work together to try to escape the wooded area they have found themselves in. They soon find a fence and decide that they need to prepare for their attacker. Once they are in the woods, this is a pretty fast paced book. They are either planning in order to survive or actively working to evade the man who is trying to kill them. It was fun watching them work together to outsmart the killer and even when things calmed a bit there was always a bit of tension because you never knew when he would return.This book was incredibly entertaining but there were some things that were very far fetched. This pair both seemed to be able to do some pretty amazing things despite some pretty serious injuries. In reality, they would not have stood any kind of chance against a man with weapons and years to plan. I understood this but to be honest, it didn't make me like the book any less. I keep thinking that every action movie that I have ever watched has some of these same unrealistic tendencies. I would highly recommend this book to fans of romantic suspense looking for an action filled and fast paced story. I look forward to Bella Jewel's next romantic suspense novel.I received an advance reader edition of this book from St. Martin's Press via NetGalley.
    • 3/5
      72 Hours by Bella JewelThree days in which to find a way out of their predicament or die horribly – that is what ex-lovers Noah and Lara are faced with when they are captured by a psychopathic murderer. They must deal with their past relational issues as well as manage to survive in an enclosed Florida forest. There is pain, hunger, and the need to find a way to thwart their abductor if they are to survive. This book was told in first person and predominately from Lara’s viewpoint. There were scattered thoughts of the villain and once or twice Noah’s point of view was shared. Both Noah and Lara were strong characters that did not give up. I enjoyed this action-packed story and found it entertaining but would have liked to have had more backstory about the villain and perhaps more about Lara and Noah, as well.Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC – this is my honest review. 3 Stars
    • 3/5
      I did not need 72 hours to finish this book. This is a very, quick read. Noah and Lara together as a couple was nice. I did feel the anguish and love they had endured in the past and the love they had for each other now. I am glad that this story did not try to be like other horror stories. Yet, there was no gore. This was a nice romantic suspense novel. Although, Noah was the one that really took the lead. If it was not for him encouraging Lara to survive, she would have ended up dead. At times she did fight but not without a lot of whining as well. Yet, she pulled it together in the end. I just wished that she had done so a lot sooner. I wanted to see that Lara though out the whole story. Additionally, this book may have been a romantic suspense but the romance was mild. It balanced out well with the story and did not distract. I am interested to see what the author has in store with the next book.