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A review by 13rebecca13
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I went into this thinking it was a fluffy laugh-out-loud rom-com but it ended up being one of the most beautiful books I've ever read.
Clementine works at a book publishers and has recently lost the closest person to her - her aunt Analea. The two of them would travel together every year and now she is suddenly navigating life without her. She then closes herself off to protect herself.
Clementine now lives in her aunt's apartment but one day, there is a strange man in her kitchen. Except aspiring chef Iwan Ashton lives seven years in the past. She remembers her aunt telling her stories of this magical apartment and to never fall in love inside it. Each time Clementine leaves the apartment, she is unsure whether or not Iwan will be there when she returns. Will she be transported back to seven years ago?
Until she meets Iwan again in this timeline where he is now a chef opening his own restaurant and her company is trying to sign him. Did he never try to look for her?
Grief is written extremely well and the story really pulls at your heartstrings. Clementine and Iwan are fantastic characters and I truly cannot find anything I disliked about this book. I loved the magic realism aspect and the fact that not only is this a romance but very much about finding yourself after a loss.
Trigger warning for grief and suicide.
Clementine works at a book publishers and has recently lost the closest person to her - her aunt Analea. The two of them would travel together every year and now she is suddenly navigating life without her. She then closes herself off to protect herself.
Clementine now lives in her aunt's apartment but one day, there is a strange man in her kitchen. Except aspiring chef Iwan Ashton lives seven years in the past. She remembers her aunt telling her stories of this magical apartment and to never fall in love inside it. Each time Clementine leaves the apartment, she is unsure whether or not Iwan will be there when she returns. Will she be transported back to seven years ago?
Until she meets Iwan again in this timeline where he is now a chef opening his own restaurant and her company is trying to sign him. Did he never try to look for her?
Grief is written extremely well and the story really pulls at your heartstrings. Clementine and Iwan are fantastic characters and I truly cannot find anything I disliked about this book. I loved the magic realism aspect and the fact that not only is this a romance but very much about finding yourself after a loss.
Trigger warning for grief and suicide.