A magnificent read! I was provided an excerpt of this book for the purpose of this review, and I have to say I'm hooked.

As a person with chronic head pain due to spinal misalignment, I have never read my specific disability on page before. And while Evie's disability is slightly different from my own (she has migraines), the experience of reading chronic head pain in a romance was almost revolutionary for me. The way that Tia Williams writes Evie's relationship to her own invisible disability and the real, tangible effects is has on her life - how she has to adjust her whole day around an episode and consider what she eats, how she moves, where she sits, how she has sex - is just so real and authentic and in that, feels really respectful.

Th book is told in single POV from Evie's perspective, and I read three whole chapters without meeting the hero. In that way, this feels more like romantic fiction than a traditional romance novel, but the emotional depth showcased in those chapters promises a sweeping romance to come. All of the characters so far are so compelling, and I'm eager to see how Evie's own romance story unfolds.

It seems as though the book is divided into days as well as chapters, which will presumably work out to the "seven days" of the title. There is also an element of time slip in the story, which I found really captivating.

The writing reminds me of Kennedy Ryan's brilliance - funny and poetic and real all at once. I cannot wait to read the rest come pub day!

Thanks to NetGalley and Grand Central for the ARC!

I am so glad I preordered this book! I can tell from this teaser that I won't be disappointed, I am definitely hooked.

I only received the excerpt for review of this book but after reading a couple pages I was so interested I just went out and bought a copy. I adore the author’s writing style and throwback comments to 90’s/early 00’s pop culture. The characters have undeniably great chemistry, they’re fun and witty, strong, and at times exude a raw sadness that’s quite beautiful.

Not my typical read but I will be giving this one a chance when it releases. Sexy, romantic, clever writing.

This review is only of the first 3 chapters. ( I did not receive 4? but that's ok). I was captivated immediately and can't wait for the release so I can pick up where I left off. The story seems to flip flip in time from past to present. The main character seems to have made a better life for herself but has some past issues with her health which I didn't get far enough to find out about yet.. I am assuming the story will take us on how she got where she is today. The author's writing is easy to follow and not overkill in description. Thank you #SevenDaysinJuneExcerpt and #NetGalley for the preview! Looking forward to continuing this story.

Loved the excerpt—wish I could review the whole book! One star because my request was denied and I can’t review it in a timely manner for my publication.

This excerpt was everything!!! I can't wait to read the full version-- just the portion I received had left me captivated! Definitely adding this to my list to buy as soon as it comes out-- thank you for the sneak peak!

I read the excerpt of this sexy, seductive book and promptly purchased my pre-order. Sign. me. UP! I absolutely loved the glimpse I received into Tia's world and can't wait for me.

After just reading the excerpt, I cannot wait to read the full book. It sounds so good! I will be checking this out, when it releases!

I received a book sample consisting of the first four chapters via NetGalley. And I'm so impressed by how this novel threads its way through extremely comedic and extremely difficult subject matter. At first I thought the descriptions were a bit too summary and the tone a bit too self-consciously campy - there's a lot of physical character descriptions followed by mini infodumps about them, and lot of quippiness. But this is done so intentionally against really dark and difficult scenes that the comedy winds up feeling like a breather from the tough stuff, because you know this book will eventually become light and funny again.

We meet our protagonist Eva right before she's about to go to a book event for the very successful Twilight/50 Shades-esque erotica series she began when she was 19, and has continued to write into her late 20s. Eva's on book 16 and there's talk of movie options along with fantasy casting by the fanclub! The book event is filled with white women who are taking this fluffy project of hers waaay too seriously and getting far too invested in its erotic content right in front of the author, which makes her uncomfortable. And she feels so many different ways about her own success. She's a bit resentful of being chained to a project she started at 19 (she is literally chained to her chair as a nod to the book's kink in the meeting, lol). She's outgrown the dark romance she loved to write in her youth and would love to move on to other projects, but for financial reasons she can't. Even so, she is proud of her work and does not discredit her teen self - she makes this speech to the audience she worries will come off as too forceful, about how teen girls change the world and she's in their company. But later, Eva starts thinking of how she envies these women's perceived normalcy, how she feels like an alien and an outsider among them for a few reasons. She suffers from chronic pain, and has a migraine coming on; she excuses herself to go vomit in the bathroom. This bit of drama feels not at all gratuitous - it feels like the private side of a person who's clever and talented but also struggling to cope. No one comes to save her, either. She pulls herself together on her own. With the help of some THC gummy bears, or course!

This picture of Eva is established in which she's clever and funny but also grappling with her health and her feelings of being an alienated outsider. In her Brooklyn environment, the diversity around her is mostly queer and mixed-race. Her identity as a young single mom, and black woman with a black child whose Dad is not "Jewish or Vietnamese. Or a woman." is not the norm in Park Slope. We meet her charmingly precocious tween daughter Audre, who is woke AF. In chapter 2, the daughter calls out her mother's "heterotypicalness" for assuming an older boy she'd invited over with a group of friends must have nefarious intent. There's some holes in the daughter's education though: Audre thinks that "British Columbia" means "the British part of Columbia," lol. "Brooklyn school strike again...No concept of geography, but she's mastered mindfulness," thinks Eva. Audre has some kind of grift going on, psychoanalyzing white children in her class and charging them $20 a session. Eva makes her return the money, while Eva's friend jokes that this is her daughter going after "reparations." This book is so, so funny.

Chapters 3 and 4 get into Eva's tough childhood as the daughter of a single mom escort. Because of this time spent on her journey, it seems like the novel will have a women's fiction arc of character growth alongside the romance plot. By chapter 4, we haven't yet met the hero. In these chapters, we see a young Eva in an exploitative situation with her mom's client that's really frightening, even if nothing too graphic actually happens. The novel again manages to find just the right note, showing how tough, smart, capable and funny Eva is (even in a scene with a would-be abuser, she's cracking jokes at his expense) while also making her a realistically vulnerable and imperfect teen.

I've never read anything quite like this, in which a really light tone is used to go really dark, especially with the humor, which has real teeth. I've also never read a book in which I enjoyed infodumpy digressions so much. There's background on Eva's brief, sad marriage to a Pixar animator, on her mom's family history, and her best friend literary editor buddy, that in less skilled hands might've felt too expository. But each of these were a delight to read and made me increasingly invested in the characters.

I'll definitely be checking out the book when it's released!

This excerpt has me so excited to get my hands on the entire book. Genevieve “Eve” is a romance writer with an invisible illness causing debilitating headaches and pain. Dealing with the illness and raising her teenaged daughter and trying to write the next book in her sexy series while having no time to find time for romance for herself. I cannot wait to finish the story when it comes out in a June!! Thanks to NetGalley for the sneak peak of this one! Definitely one to watch for.

Well this romance looks simply fantastic!! Having read just the excerpt for this review, I am eager to read and review the whole book! I look forward to the opportunity to do so soon!

I read an excerpt from this book not knowing what to expect and I have to say that I really enjoyed what I read so far. The writing was witty and made me chuckle a few times. The main character Eva and some of her struggles were very relatable (parenthood, career etc.). I would definitely love to read the rest of the book!

I received an ARC excerpt from NetGalley; thank you.

I absolutely loved the beginning of Seven Days in June by Tia Williams. It’s quirky and fun. I was hooked from the first paragraph. I loved the writing style. It really shines a light on the struggle of invisible disease.

I just want to add a note about trauma and a trigger warning. Some difficult issues are discussed at the beginning.

Thank you for letting me review this excerpt.

Loved the excerpt and cannot wait to get a copy to read the whole book! I thought the characters were complex and interesting and I wonder where this is going. Beautiful writing and an intriguing plot add to my excitement for this novel’s release!

Based on the excerpt, I want to read the rest of Seven Days in June. It's everything I wanted from Get a Life Chloe Brown, which also features a black woman with chronic pain. I found her writing to be far more digestible and less cheesy. I also liked that I got a glimpse into Eva's backstory.

Brooklynite Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling erotica writer, who is feeling pressed from all sides. Shane Hall is a reclusive, enigmatic, award-winning literary author who, to everyone's surprise, shows up in New York.

When Shane and Eva meet unexpectedly at a literary event, sparks fly, raising not only their past buried traumas, but the eyebrows of New York's Black literati. What no one knows is that twenty years earlier, teenage Eva and Shane spent one crazy, torrid week madly in love. They may be pretending that everything is fine now, but they can't deny their chemistry-or the fact that they've been secretly writing to each other in their books ever since.

Over the next seven days in the middle of a steamy Brooklyn summer, Eva and Shane reconnect, but Eva's not sure how she can trust the man who broke her heart, and she needs to get him out of New York so that her life can return to normal. But before Shane disappears again, there are a few questions she needs answered. . .- Goodreads

Only three chapters and I am blown away. I was not expecting things to move so quickly and deep and what I mean by that is, I was not expecting to find out as much information about Eva as I did in those three chapters. I love Eva and her backstory is complicated and filled with so many emotions that I am looking forward to seeing how she works with not only herself (i,e. growth) but with Shane.

Short review for a preview but I am really looking forward to this book..

After reading the excerpt for this book, I can't wait to be able to read more. The beginning of the book shows the reader just how talented a writer Tia Williams is, setting the stage for a heartfelt, realistic, familial and romantic journey. I can't wait to finish the book once I have access to a full copy.

The excerpt for this book was interesting and hot! It intrigued me enough that I want to read more! I’m adding this one to my TBR list!

This book should come with a disclaimer that it is very rated R from the first page. Thanks to NetGalley for the excerpt because I now know this book is much too spicy for me. This is not the kind of romance I enjoy.