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Eighty Days #1-3
The Eighty Days Series: Volumes 1-3
The first three exhilarating, seductive, and tantalizingly bold books in Vina Jackson’s international bestselling Eighty Days romance series
In Eighty Days Yellow, passionate, flame-haired violinist Summer Zahova finds release in her music. She spends her afternoons playing for money in the London Underground, lost in the works of Vivaldi or Mendelssohn. When her violin is damaged beyond repair, Summer receives a surprising proposition from Dominik, a university professor with powerful desires, who has been captivated by Summer ever since he heard her perform. Unable to deny the chemistry between them, Dominik and Summer embark on an intense affair full of daring twists and turns, as unpredictable as it is thrilling.
Summer’s story continues in Eighty Days Blue and Eighty Days Red, as she moves to New York, where newfound success brings fresh temptations, and then back to London where a series of steamy affairs leads wealthy and charismatic Dominik back into her life. Summer knows that if she plays with fire, she’ll end up getting burned, but then there are some pleasures that are just too hard to deny. . . .
942 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 21, 2013
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Vina Jackson
49 books351 followersVina Jackson is the pseudonym for two established writers working together for the first time. One a successful author, the other a published writer who is also a city professional working in the Square Mile.
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January 12, 2018
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La storia di Dominik e Summer non è un romance, anche se alla fine del terzo libro si ritroveranno, innamorati, a vivere insieme, 80 days non è il racconto di un amore tradizionale, i sentimenti a lungo negati usciranno davvero solo nel terzo libro, ma prima i due protagonisti ci portano in una girandola frenetica di sesso BDSM, orge, gruppi segreti amanti del Fetish, gang bang, rapporti sessuali non convenzionali, voyerismo ed esibizionismo, dominatori e sottomessi, un sottobosco nascosto eppur evidente della società moderna che sembra non esistere ma che se cerchi bene, trovi subito.
La cosa che salta immediatamente agli occhi è lo stile eccelso di scrittura di questo sodalizio letterario (Vina Jackson infatti è uno pseudonimo che cela le misteriose identità di due scrittori, un uomo e una donna, che normalmente scrivono altri generi), uno stile crudo, nudo, descrittivo e al tempo stesso essenziale, senza filtri morali ma che non scade mai nel ridicolo o nella farsa. Gli autori sono stati così bravi da riuscire a spogliare alcune scene davvero forti del loro potenziale erotico lasciandole prive di sensualità e riducendole a mero racconto di fatti, e contemporaneamente a vestirne invece altre, magari all'apparenza meno coinvolgenti, di una sensualità infusa e avvolgente tale che sembra quasi di provare sulla pelle le stesse sensazioni, gli stessi brividi.
Alcune scene che descrivono quello che sente Summer mentre è preda della trance musicale che prova quando suona sono così vivide e cariche di energia che ti manca il fiato, che devi fermarti un attimo e respirare, perché in quel momento tu sei lei, sei tu che stai provando le stesse sensazioni. Summer è un personaggio che ha la potenza di una bomba nucleare, schiava dei suoi istinti di base, incapace di far prevalere la sua parte razionale, naturalmente portata a farsi dominare perché è più facile eseguire gli ordini che prendere decisioni da sola, convinta di non poter provare sentimenti se non per il suo prezioso violino che è un simbolo, una porta per la dimensione onirica del suo io più profondo. Dominik, forse a causa del fatto che il suo punto di vista non è in prima persona, è invece un uomo che riusciamo a conoscere poco nello svolgersi del racconto; fisicamente è descritto in modo sommario, di lui non sappiamo né l'età né il cognome, ma è ammantato di un alone di mistero che lo rende attraente, è un animale magnetico, un dominatore autorevole ma non autoritario, un uomo innamorato che fa di tutto per la sua donna anche se abbastanza miope da non riconoscere l'amore che prova, che teme i proprio sentimenti ma ancora di più teme che la partner non li ricambi. Dominik e Summer sono una coppia imperfetta, ma le loro imperfezioni combaciano e alla fine si incastrano creando la perfezione dell'intero.
Personalmente ho trovato il terzo libro quello migliore dei tre, perché irradia positività, perché si percepisce che, alla fine, tutto troverà la sua giusta collocazione.
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La storia di Dominik e Summer non è un romance, anche se alla fine del terzo libro si ritroveranno, innamorati, a vivere insieme, 80 days non è il racconto di un amore tradizionale, i sentimenti a lungo negati usciranno davvero solo nel terzo libro, ma prima i due protagonisti ci portano in una girandola frenetica di sesso BDSM, orge, gruppi segreti amanti del Fetish, gang bang, rapporti sessuali non convenzionali, voyerismo ed esibizionismo, dominatori e sottomessi, un sottobosco nascosto eppur evidente della società moderna che sembra non esistere ma che se cerchi bene, trovi subito.
La cosa che salta immediatamente agli occhi è lo stile eccelso di scrittura di questo sodalizio letterario (Vina Jackson infatti è uno pseudonimo che cela le misteriose identità di due scrittori, un uomo e una donna, che normalmente scrivono altri generi), uno stile crudo, nudo, descrittivo e al tempo stesso essenziale, senza filtri morali ma che non scade mai nel ridicolo o nella farsa. Gli autori sono stati così bravi da riuscire a spogliare alcune scene davvero forti del loro potenziale erotico lasciandole prive di sensualità e riducendole a mero racconto di fatti, e contemporaneamente a vestirne invece altre, magari all'apparenza meno coinvolgenti, di una sensualità infusa e avvolgente tale che sembra quasi di provare sulla pelle le stesse sensazioni, gli stessi brividi.
Alcune scene che descrivono quello che sente Summer mentre è preda della trance musicale che prova quando suona sono così vivide e cariche di energia che ti manca il fiato, che devi fermarti un attimo e respirare, perché in quel momento tu sei lei, sei tu che stai provando le stesse sensazioni. Summer è un personaggio che ha la potenza di una bomba nucleare, schiava dei suoi istinti di base, incapace di far prevalere la sua parte razionale, naturalmente portata a farsi dominare perché è più facile eseguire gli ordini che prendere decisioni da sola, convinta di non poter provare sentimenti se non per il suo prezioso violino che è un simbolo, una porta per la dimensione onirica del suo io più profondo. Dominik, forse a causa del fatto che il suo punto di vista non è in prima persona, è invece un uomo che riusciamo a conoscere poco nello svolgersi del racconto; fisicamente è descritto in modo sommario, di lui non sappiamo né l'età né il cognome, ma è ammantato di un alone di mistero che lo rende attraente, è un animale magnetico, un dominatore autorevole ma non autoritario, un uomo innamorato che fa di tutto per la sua donna anche se abbastanza miope da non riconoscere l'amore che prova, che teme i proprio sentimenti ma ancora di più teme che la partner non li ricambi. Dominik e Summer sono una coppia imperfetta, ma le loro imperfezioni combaciano e alla fine si incastrano creando la perfezione dell'intero.
Personalmente ho trovato il terzo libro quello migliore dei tre, perché irradia positività, perché si percepisce che, alla fine, tutto troverà la sua giusta collocazione.
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March 4, 2018
Aspettavo la delusione e alla fine è arrivata. Difficilmente gli erotici di tipo BDSM riescono a interessarmi fino in fondo. O c’è una componente di dolore che è eccessiva e mi disturba, oppure qualcosa relativo ai sentimenti che stona. Mi viene in mente Lora Leigh, una delle poche che non mi ha deluso, e nessun altro nome. Comunque, in questo caso il problema è del secondo tipo. Vina mi aveva catturata, mi piace come scrive e cosa scrive. Purtroppo l’incantesimo è finito nel momento in cui durante un’orgia lui accetta le attenzioni della sua migliore amica. E puff, la bolla di sapone è esplosa. Peccato. Lo consiglio a chi non ha problemi a condividere, perché secondo me è scritto piuttosto bene.
July 5, 2013
Eighty Days Yellow
(My descript part of my review are just a few snippets of the actual story there is more that I could add but…)
Summer is a violinist. One day while playing in the subway (tube, I guess that is how that the authors described it) for change, she found herself in the midst of a drunk brawl between some soccer players. Her violin was damaged beyond repair.
A few days later, she logs onto her Facebook account and finds a single message:
Summer knew a few people that had the beginning letter of D and the account yield very little information of this mystery man’s true identity.
She agrees to meet up and the challenge is one that she wasn’t expecting. One that she agrees to but...
Written by two people using the penname, Vina Jackson writes this series. The book is NOT for the faint of heart reader. This goes DEEPER into the world of BDSM. If you are seeking out some fluffy romantic stuff like FSOG, my suggestion would be to look elsewhere because this is NOT one of those book.
The book is FULL of hardcore BDSM kinkiery and f*ckery (yeah I know that they may be a made up words but it is the best I can think of at the moment of writing this review) all around hardcore and some hard limits for me personal.
Some of the hard-limits for me personally was the full out orgies, unprotected sex, humiliation, degrading and derogatory scenes first from Charlotte & Dominik then leading to Victor selling her for an hour to a stranger to … (Truly fudged up, the only thing I can say is fortunately that the authors did a glance over and didn’t get into in-depth details cause…)
Each chapter of the book has a different POV (point of view) of either Summer’s or Dominik’s.
The book starts out slow, which I found a bit dull.
I received the book for an honest review, thank you.
This is a DARK and SADISTIC book that was out of the realm of being something that I would normally read. Overall a 2.5 star count for me… for this section
Eighty Days Blue
(My descript part of my review are just a few snippets of the actual story there is more that I could add but…)
The story begins about the same spot that the last book stopped at. Summer is still in New York and Dominik has returned to London. Their relationship if you even want to call in that is precarious and in a sort of limbo. They aren’t dating but in the book it does say that they are friends with benefits.
Dominik gets his an internship of sorts to work in New York. So he can be closer to Summer. But Summer land a solo gig that has her touring. How does this help or hinder Summer and Dominik's (if you want to call this...)relationship? What about Victor?
The book itself pushes the hard limits again for me with Dominik participating in what the authors called “ gang bangs” and full out orgies in the beginning of the book.
Then to the continuous reckless behavior that Dominik continues having though the book. As well as the one time that Summer has a fling with a drunk that is a total blooming stranger.
Then leading up to Victor's return toward the end and extorts her by using picture images of the time that she was with him. A time that Summer wants to forget and wants NO parts of.
The whole book is one big mind trip that I seriously wish not to venture down again. I received the book for an honest review. I am not sure if I want to Thank you for pushing my limits or runaway screaming...
Overall another 2.5 star rating for this section.
So, let's see what these authors have in store to shock the ...
Eighty Days Red
(This is a brief synopsis of the book, there is more that I could add to this section of my review...)
Eighteen months has past since either Summer or Dominik has seen each other. They both move on with their lives or have they? The female character that he used in his book seemed that it was based on her...
Summer has been in a unfulfilling but stable relationship with the conductor, Simone. Simone notices things and lets her go on with her life.
Summer decides to move back to London. She has had a very successful stint playing her violin and meets back up with her friend, Chris. Chris conveniences Summer to play with his band Groucho Nights, she agrees.
She leaves her Bailly violin in the green room and steps up to play with the band.
The next day in a frantic discover her violin was stolen. What happens next is series of events that bring Dominik and Summer back together in search of the violin. As well as find some interesting information about her Bailly, ones that spark the creativity side for Dominik to complete his next book.
This one is A LOT tamer than the other two in this series and was nice change of pace for me personally cause I was unsure if I could take any more of my hard-limits big hit...
Overall a 4 star read for this section.
I noticed in this section of the series that there was images stuck into it the following are what they were:
I received the book for an honest review, thanks.
If I do my math correctly 2.5 for the first, 2.5 for the second and a 4 for the last on add them together then divide by 3 to get an average star count for this it comes out to be a 2.67 (round it up to next larger number which would make this an average of 3...)
(My descript part of my review are just a few snippets of the actual story there is more that I could add but…)
Summer is a violinist. One day while playing in the subway (tube, I guess that is how that the authors described it) for change, she found herself in the midst of a drunk brawl between some soccer players. Her violin was damaged beyond repair.
A few days later, she logs onto her Facebook account and finds a single message:
I am willing to gift you with a new violin. Do you accept my challenge? With the signature of the letter D”
Summer knew a few people that had the beginning letter of D and the account yield very little information of this mystery man’s true identity.
She agrees to meet up and the challenge is one that she wasn’t expecting. One that she agrees to but...
Written by two people using the penname, Vina Jackson writes this series. The book is NOT for the faint of heart reader. This goes DEEPER into the world of BDSM. If you are seeking out some fluffy romantic stuff like FSOG, my suggestion would be to look elsewhere because this is NOT one of those book.
The book is FULL of hardcore BDSM kinkiery and f*ckery (yeah I know that they may be a made up words but it is the best I can think of at the moment of writing this review) all around hardcore and some hard limits for me personal.
Some of the hard-limits for me personally was the full out orgies, unprotected sex, humiliation, degrading and derogatory scenes first from Charlotte & Dominik then leading to Victor selling her for an hour to a stranger to … (Truly fudged up, the only thing I can say is fortunately that the authors did a glance over and didn’t get into in-depth details cause…)
Each chapter of the book has a different POV (point of view) of either Summer’s or Dominik’s.
The book starts out slow, which I found a bit dull.
I received the book for an honest review, thank you.
This is a DARK and SADISTIC book that was out of the realm of being something that I would normally read. Overall a 2.5 star count for me… for this section
Eighty Days Blue
(My descript part of my review are just a few snippets of the actual story there is more that I could add but…)
The story begins about the same spot that the last book stopped at. Summer is still in New York and Dominik has returned to London. Their relationship if you even want to call in that is precarious and in a sort of limbo. They aren’t dating but in the book it does say that they are friends with benefits.
Dominik gets his an internship of sorts to work in New York. So he can be closer to Summer. But Summer land a solo gig that has her touring. How does this help or hinder Summer and Dominik's (if you want to call this...)relationship? What about Victor?
The book itself pushes the hard limits again for me with Dominik participating in what the authors called “ gang bangs” and full out orgies in the beginning of the book.
Then to the continuous reckless behavior that Dominik continues having though the book. As well as the one time that Summer has a fling with a drunk that is a total blooming stranger.
Then leading up to Victor's return toward the end and extorts her by using picture images of the time that she was with him. A time that Summer wants to forget and wants NO parts of.
The whole book is one big mind trip that I seriously wish not to venture down again. I received the book for an honest review. I am not sure if I want to Thank you for pushing my limits or runaway screaming...
Overall another 2.5 star rating for this section.
So, let's see what these authors have in store to shock the ...
Eighty Days Red
(This is a brief synopsis of the book, there is more that I could add to this section of my review...)
Eighteen months has past since either Summer or Dominik has seen each other. They both move on with their lives or have they? The female character that he used in his book seemed that it was based on her...
Summer has been in a unfulfilling but stable relationship with the conductor, Simone. Simone notices things and lets her go on with her life.
Summer decides to move back to London. She has had a very successful stint playing her violin and meets back up with her friend, Chris. Chris conveniences Summer to play with his band Groucho Nights, she agrees.
She leaves her Bailly violin in the green room and steps up to play with the band.
The next day in a frantic discover her violin was stolen. What happens next is series of events that bring Dominik and Summer back together in search of the violin. As well as find some interesting information about her Bailly, ones that spark the creativity side for Dominik to complete his next book.
This one is A LOT tamer than the other two in this series and was nice change of pace for me personally cause I was unsure if I could take any more of my hard-limits big hit...
Overall a 4 star read for this section.
I noticed in this section of the series that there was images stuck into it the following are what they were:
I received the book for an honest review, thanks.
If I do my math correctly 2.5 for the first, 2.5 for the second and a 4 for the last on add them together then divide by 3 to get an average star count for this it comes out to be a 2.67 (round it up to next larger number which would make this an average of 3...)
January 5, 2015
***Details***
EIGHTY DAYS YELLOW
EIGHTY DAYS YELLOW is definitely not the easiest book to get into. There were a few points where I was struggling and I had to go read a few reviews that promised things picked up if you made it to about 40-50% and it is true.
I like to think of this book in 3 parts. Part one is the boring beginning that is so hard to get through. We meet Summer and her boyfriend who doesn’t accept her and her unusual ways. They end up ‘taking a break’, Summer’s violin is broken and thus is the entrance of Dominik.
This is where part two begins. Dominik is entranced by Summer’s violin performances. He offers to buy her another one, if she plays for him. Steadily and unspoken, their relationship continues to get more and more D/s. This part is where things really get interesting. Many things go on that are just Wow.
The biggest way this is different from FSoG for me, is the fact that Dominik shares Summer, allows others to watch and does not require exclusivity of himself nor Summer. The acts are much more public and erotic. Also Summer is much more willing to be a part of the life that Dominik introduces to her.
Part three is the separation between Dominik and Summer when neither is willing to commit after things are taken too far. A fellow Dom weasels his way into Summer’s life and takes it over. With Victor, Summer is a slave, where with Dominik, she had more of a choice and he wasn’t as into D/s.
When Victor is about to tie her to him permanently, she must make a choice about the life that has been opened up to her and pick between the two.
The ending is not much of a cliffhanger, but I am eager to start book two.
EIGHTY DAYS BLUE
I'm not sure I liked anything about this book.
It felt so different from book one. Dominik and Summer aren't even together through most of the book, despite Dominik coming to New York where Summer is pursuing her violin career.
I just didn't like Dominik and Summer being on their own and following them separately. Nothing appealed to me and I just wanted to yell at them both.
The ending didn't leave me very eager to start book 3, so I think I'm going to take a small break before I finish Dominik and Summer's story
EIGHTY'S DAY RED
Once Dominik and Summer went their separate ways the series went downhill for me.
This is certainly not your typical romance series.
EIGHTY DAYS YELLOW
EIGHTY DAYS YELLOW is definitely not the easiest book to get into. There were a few points where I was struggling and I had to go read a few reviews that promised things picked up if you made it to about 40-50% and it is true.
I like to think of this book in 3 parts. Part one is the boring beginning that is so hard to get through. We meet Summer and her boyfriend who doesn’t accept her and her unusual ways. They end up ‘taking a break’, Summer’s violin is broken and thus is the entrance of Dominik.
This is where part two begins. Dominik is entranced by Summer’s violin performances. He offers to buy her another one, if she plays for him. Steadily and unspoken, their relationship continues to get more and more D/s. This part is where things really get interesting. Many things go on that are just Wow.
The biggest way this is different from FSoG for me, is the fact that Dominik shares Summer, allows others to watch and does not require exclusivity of himself nor Summer. The acts are much more public and erotic. Also Summer is much more willing to be a part of the life that Dominik introduces to her.
Part three is the separation between Dominik and Summer when neither is willing to commit after things are taken too far. A fellow Dom weasels his way into Summer’s life and takes it over. With Victor, Summer is a slave, where with Dominik, she had more of a choice and he wasn’t as into D/s.
When Victor is about to tie her to him permanently, she must make a choice about the life that has been opened up to her and pick between the two.
The ending is not much of a cliffhanger, but I am eager to start book two.
EIGHTY DAYS BLUE
I'm not sure I liked anything about this book.
It felt so different from book one. Dominik and Summer aren't even together through most of the book, despite Dominik coming to New York where Summer is pursuing her violin career.
I just didn't like Dominik and Summer being on their own and following them separately. Nothing appealed to me and I just wanted to yell at them both.
The ending didn't leave me very eager to start book 3, so I think I'm going to take a small break before I finish Dominik and Summer's story
EIGHTY'S DAY RED
Once Dominik and Summer went their separate ways the series went downhill for me.
This is certainly not your typical romance series.
April 7, 2014
Read the 3 books back to back... Was a little out of my comfort zone reading...but interesting nonetheless..i m not sure if i ll read the spin off series right away. That s what i enjoy about reading...it takes me places i ve never been and gives me a view of certain experiences that i wasn t familiar with. Not sure if these are experiences that i would like to experiment, but makes for interesting reading....☺️☺️☺️
March 12, 2015
Not at all what I expected.....
I found the story for me was a bit difficult to hold my attention at first, but with persistence, I found that I eventually found the rhythm of the authors style and rather enjoyed the character development very much- it was a little like Gabriel's Inferno meets Owning Wednesday and I found myself rooting for the characters HEA.....
I found the story for me was a bit difficult to hold my attention at first, but with persistence, I found that I eventually found the rhythm of the authors style and rather enjoyed the character development very much- it was a little like Gabriel's Inferno meets Owning Wednesday and I found myself rooting for the characters HEA.....
September 19, 2013
Dominik thinks he can strike a deal with Summer and it wouldnt turn to anything more then him listing to her play. Not only did he find someone to hare his life with but he also found the only violin with an interesting history. This books will keep you up all night if you dont watch it..lol
November 4, 2013
Intriguing overall but I got tired of the repetitive overly descriptive sex scenes.
January 13, 2014
These books are...something else.
July 14, 2014
Not as good as several other series I've read. Worth a read, just not my faves...
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