The Seven Year Slip – Book Review

Title:- The Seven Year Slip

Author:- Ashley Poston

Date published:- June 27th 2023

No. of pages:- 352 pages

Genre:- Romance

Setting:- New York City, NY USA

Rating:-

Writing:- 5/5

Plot:- 5/5

Overall rating:- 5/5

Worth reading:- YES

Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it.

So Clementine forms a plan to keep her heart safe: stay busy, work hard, find someone decent to love, and try to remember to chase the moon. The last one is silly and obviously metaphorical, but her aunt always told her that you needed at least one big dream to keep going. And for the last year, that plan has gone off without a hitch. Mostly. The love part is hard because she doesn’t want to get too close to anyone—she isn’t sure her heart can take it.

And then she finds a strange man standing in the kitchen of her late aunt’s apartment. A man with kind eyes and a Southern drawl and a taste for lemon pies. The kind of man that, before it all, she would’ve fallen head-over-heels for. And she might again.

Except, he exists in the past. Seven years ago, to be exact. And she, quite literally, lives seven years in his future.

Her aunt always said the apartment was a pinch in time, a place where moments blended together like watercolors. And Clementine knows that if she lets her heart fall, she’ll be doomed.

After all, love is never a matter of time—but a matter of timing.

An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love with her temporary roommate…only to discover he lives seven years in the past, in this witty and wise new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics.

OK, this book has been made to one of my top reads this year! Despite being a romance genre book, I feel like this is one of the best romance novels I have read.

Clementine is dealing heavily with her aunt’s death. She is trying to overwork herself, to forget about her grief and the empty apartment that once belonged to her aunt, now belongs to her. So on Friday night, when she enters into the apartment, she finds herself slipped back to seven years when she is sharing an apartment with someone named Iwan who had come to New York to fulfill his dream of becoming chef. As they go back and forth between past and present, Clementine and Iwan then soon begins to head over the heels with each other.

I actually, couldn’t put this book down. I literally nearly read this book in one sitting. The plot itself is unique set of story which I actually enjoyed and thought intriguing. And the fact that as a reader, you are rooting for Clementine and Iwan with their sizzling chemistry with each other is too much to handle. The writing was really great and I like that in every chapter, it starts with a title. Of course, we all know that all romance novels have a happy ending and this book is no such exception. Nevertheless, the reason why I enjoyed this book is because of its unique plot which I enjoyed it really much.

So is this book worth the hype? Of course it is, and for the ones who are fans of romance genre, get this book! Worth five stars!