What on earth is Ashley Poston putting in these books????

"The Dead Romantics" was one of my absolute favorite books of 2022, and one of my favorite books ever, I think. I was really anxious about reading "The Seven Year Slip" for that reason -- how could anything live up to "The Dead Romantics?"

Well, she did it again. I don't think I've ever cried so much reading a book as I did at this one. I love the amount of magical realism -- or just plain magic -- that AP weaves into her adult romances. It's always just enough to enhance the novel, not distract. But what's even more magical is the way she weaves a love story. Clementine and Iwan were both so lovable, so three-dimensional, that I couldn't put this book down. If I have one complaint, it's that I wanted MORE Clementine and Iwan, but I loved everything else.

I was given the wonderful opportunity to read and review this one as part of a blog tour and I'm so glad that I said YES. After loving her previous novel, I'm just eating it up with the different magical realism that she brings to the table. The perfect man but you meet him when he is 7 years in the past. Yes, please.

This book. It consumed me! The magic of slipping back in time simply by walking through a door is intoxicating. Always wondering, never knowing…is today the day?

Haven’t you wondered what it would be like to truly know someone’s past self? See what made them who they are today? Instead of hearing the stories over a slice of lemon pie, live the moment with them?

This is such a beautiful story of love in the right place but the wrong time. Not only is this book about falling in love but also one of familial love. Love for an aunt and grief after she’s gone. I couldn’t put it down and had to know what was going to happen!

When I saw that Britney Pressley narrates, I knew I had to listen along with my physical copy. She’s one of my top five favorite narrators and knows just how to make the magic seem plausible.

Read this book! Even if you’re a lover of other genres, I promise this book with speak to you in some way! Also, make sure you have snacks close by because the mention of delicious food is a major plot point!

I received an advanced copy. All thoughts are my own.

After reading The Dead Romatics I was really excited to see the magical world Ashley Poston created for her sophomore novel. once again, While the plot of this story wasn't based in reality and had those same magical elements Poston was able to create previously, the way Clementine and Iwan develop and connect with each other is very real and heartwarming.

By the end, I was begging for more of their connection to each other and was hoping the romance would continue. A lot of this novel is dedicated to clementines bond with her aunt, trying to figure out her life goals, her career, and her friends. and so, because of that, there wasn't as much Clementine and Iwan content as I was hoping for, and definitely puts this into the women's adult fiction and less of new adult romance.

I still really love the concept and storyline and there are a lot of adorable moments along the way that left me wanting to recommend this book to others.

Thank you @berkleypub & @netgalley for the advanced copy. Officially out now

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Ashley Poston does it again! I was a HUGE fan of THE DEAD ROMANTICS so I was looking forward to this release. You must pick this up if you love time travel romances.

Imagine you’re present self was able to go back and forth between 7 years and kick start your future. BUT once you leave your upper East side NYC apartment you’re back in the present day? Crazy thought right? Especially when you’re current apartment wasn’t yours 7 years ago but instead sublet to a sexy southern chef (chefs kiss).

I loved everything about Clementine and Iwan’s love story. I love the magical realism that Ashley can write so beautifully. Escaping reality is a great recipe for a great story and amazing foods. Foodies will enjoy this as well!

If you’re interested in time traveling romances add all of these to your list:
• THE SEVEN YEAR SLIP
• IN FIVE YEARS
• THE TIME TRAVELERS WIFE

The Dead Romantics last year completely surprised me so when Berkley offered me a widget for Ashley Poston's new book The Seven Year Slip I knew I had to read it even if I wasn't immediately drawn into the synopsis since time warp isn't my thing and I'm so glad I read it!

Go read The Seven Year Slip. It's so beautiful, I couldn't put it down. I absolutely loved this book. It's magical in all the right ways. I loved Clementine and Iwan. I don't know how else to describe this book but to tell you to read it.

While I'm not usually a magical realism fan, I'll read anything Ashley Poston writes!

Anyone else a sucker for a time travel story? THE SEVEN YEAR SLIP strikes the perfect balance of whimsy and depth making it the perfect book to pop in your beach bag this summer.

It’s summer in NYC and instead of taking her annual vacation, Clementine is grieving the death of her aunt. She stumbles upon an unexpected love in her late aunt’s mystical apartment. He is perfect except he exists seven years in the past.

The backdrop of the publishing world to this sweet romance was a big bonus for me. I loved the wit and encouragement to chase big dreams and this bighearted story felt fresh and unique.

READ THIS IF:
The element of time travel works for you
You can suspend a bit of disbelief for unconventional love
An unique meet-cute gives you butterflies

A book publicist and a hot roommate who lives seven years in the past…how could I resist? The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston is a contemporary time slip romance with touches of magical realism that pulled me in and never let go. Grab an iced coffee and see why I recommend it.

Clementine was very close to her aunt, and it reminded me of my relationship with my grandmother. The two would travel together and filled their passports. Clementine would spend time with her and paint with watercolors in the bathroom, where the light was best. When her aunt dies, it leaves a hole, but her aunt left her the New York apartment.

Clementine is still unpacking boxes when a stranger opens the apartment door. His name is Iwan, and he has a letter from his aunt saying he was welcome to use the apartment while she was away. But her aunt has been dead for over six months. Clementine remembers stories her Aunt Analea told her about the apartment. Is it possible? Is Iwan from the past?

Iwan is an aspiring chef, who traveled to New York to work in some of the best kitchens. He wants to make his grandfather proud. He cooked for Clementine who he nicknames Lemon. I loved all the food talk from experiences to desserts.

The story that unfolds was wonderful. From food shared in the kitchen to a slow burning romance that made me swoon. It seems Iwan is from seven years in her past and they keep having stolen moments until they collide in the present.

I loved the magic of the apartment and the truths we discover. We saw character growth, healing, rediscovery, and reinventions of self. The book balances between the love Clementine shared with her aunt and the budding romance between Lemon and Iwan.

Rich prose, and wonderful quotes like “If you don’t fit in, fool everyone until you do. Keep your passport renewed and Always, Always Chase the Moon!” Which were shared by her aunt transported me. It was a heartwarming tale that made me laugh, cry and believe.

The Seven Year Slip is the perfect romance novel to take with you on vacation.

Clementine enters her apartment and finds things are quite different from when she left them earlier that day. Seven years ago different. Odd. Then, after sleeping on the couch under her dead aunt’s afghan, she is awakened by a strange man standing over her. Not odd, but creepy. Wait, he has a note from her aunt that says Iwan is subletting for the summer. And he is sweet. And handsome. And he can cook.

Here begins the most unusual romance. Clementine lives in today’s time, but Iwan lived in her apartment seven summers ago. The magical apartment building she lives in occasionally sends her back in time. When she steps out of the apartment, it is normal time, where she has a job as a publicist in a small publishing company. The seven-year slip sneaks smoothly into the story while it confounds Clementine.

Clementine is working to get ahead in a job she is good at, but not in love with. She is dealing with the death of her beloved aunt. And she trying to avoid being set up on dates by her best friends. Along comes the highly successful chef who is being courted as an author by several publishing companies, including Clementine’s. Guess who the chef is. Yep, Iwan, from seven summers ago.

This magical story is a sweet confection of romance, everyday life, cooking, friends, and family. The alternating timelines stir up the romance, while bringing an odd complexity to both main characters – Clementine and Iwan. These complexities are worked out, mostly while enjoying a meal. Both will come to important, possibly life-changing realizations, while they grow closer to each other.

Readers of Poston’s previous book, The Dead Romantics, will recognize the characters that make cameo appearances in this story. Both books are set in the publishing world. And in both books, the heroine is dealing with the death of a beloved family member. It may seem repetitive, but it absolutely was not. It just works.

The Seven Year Slip is contemporary romance flavored with heartfelt emotion and sprinkled with magic. A few twists will make you smile. Somehow, Ashley Poston has snuck onto my favorite authors list. I’ll be watching this one!

Through NetGalley, the publisher provided a copy of this book. My review is my honest opinion.

Thank you for the free book @berkleyromance!! #penguinrandomhousepartner #berkleyIG #BerkleyBookstagram

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𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲: magical realism, books about books/ food/ travel, paranormal romance-ish?, honestly just get it
𝗣𝘂𝗯 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: June 27

"...𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙛 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜..."

Clementine had recently lost her aunt and had inherited her apartment. Her aunt had always told her that this apartment is magical, obviously Clementine didn’t take this literally until one day she experiences magic herself.

Her aunt really only had two rules for living in such place: 𝗢𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝘄𝗼, 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. But when you open the door and it brings you back seven years from your current time and who welcomes you is some handsome guy who knows his way around the kitchen and was able to make you laugh in one of your worst days, the second rule might be a little bit hard to stick to 😅.

That’s all I’m going to say about this book, friends but omg this was such a beautiful story.

It’s about finding yourself and your happiness even if by the book, it seems like you almost have everything for a perfect life,
It’s about letting go of the control and letting life take you wherever you need to go,
It’s about falling in love with the right person at the right time;
And if you found said person before the “right” time, are you strong enough to let go of them to give them room to grow? Because "𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗶𝘁? 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽- 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻. 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲.”

Definitely go get yourselves a copy!

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If you liked Ashley Poston's The Dead Romantics then you are going to LOVE The Seven Year Slip! Run, don't walk, to pick this one up from the bookstore! I really enjoyed The Dead Romantics but this book blew me away! I didn't want to put it down for one second.

“…𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓈𝓂𝒾𝓁𝑒, 𝓈𝓂𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒻𝓊𝓂𝑒. 𝒴𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓁𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉.”

This book is sooooo sweet! I absolutely loved this one and the magical/time travel aspect of it. As well as the real life, mental health, aspect of it. This one balances real life, romance, and a little magic🪄 so well in my opinion, it’s not one to miss. It also really made me want some lemon pie. 🙃

Ashley Piston does it again! Amazing story! Magical romance is done like no one else can! If you liked the dead romantics, you'll definitely love the seven year slip!

So, I’d heard such good things about this. Then the first time I picked it up, I was a little bored and unsure if I would go on. Well, I stopped at the wrong spot, because if I’d just started the next chapter, I would have been hooked! Because the second time I picked it up, I totally started to see what the reviews I’d skimmed before were talking about.

The love story was so good, but it was also so much more than that. Clementine in the present day was still reeling from the death of her aunt that she had been so close to. Her aunt had left her apartment to Clementine, which while wonderful in one way, it also had so many memories it was hard for her to deal with being there. And the morning she woke up and there was a strange man in the apartment, wow! That was crazy! But how it all unfolded with the things her aunt had told her about the magic in the apartment, well that was unique and so good! There were things I wondered about why one didn’t reach out to the other in the time between, but it made sense when I thought about it, as well as when the characters worked those things out for themselves.

The times that the two of them got to spend together in the apartment were perfect with banter and time spent together just the way I’d want to get to know someone myself. Then there were the little connections between the two when they didn’t really know the one they ran into, or at least one of them didn’t, and those were special too. And then when they had to reconnect in the present day, wow, it was perfect. Nothing was too overdramatic like so often happens, it just really seemed real for those moments.

Finally, I didn’t quite see what Clementine decided at the end coming until she did, but it made sense and tied in perfectly with Iwan/James’s journey as well.

A wonderful book, so glad I made the time to fit this e-galley into my reading schedule!

This book was a really great romance while also being a wonderful exploration of grief and moving on. While The Seven Year Slip has a fantastical premise, what the characters go through and how they feel are very relatable and I was rooting for them from the beginning.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is such a fun premise for a romance, and it’s excellently executed. The romance itself, from the perspective of our protagonist, may seem quick, but I still felt like it was believable, and utterly swoon worthy. And shout out to the Dead Romantics character cameos! So seamlessly woven into this book.

And the prose! So beautiful! I found myself highlighting a bunch of passages that I adored. I can’t wait to read more from this author!

Another winner from Ashley Poston. It started of a little slow, but then hold on because you won't want to put it down. I am recommending to my romance readers who want more depth to the story. I know this one will find a large audience. I look forward to the next book from Ashley Poston. She has become an author to watch with this sophomore debut.

This is how you do a foodie book. Such good anticipation and I didn’t quite know how it all would work itself out. Ashley's romances are unique and always have a little magic in them!

“There was something just so reassuring about books. They had beginning and middle and ends, and if you didn't like a part you could skip to the next chapter.”

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston is fabulous! Clementine, a book publicist, has inherits her grandmother’s apartment after her passing. The apartment has a tendency to go forward or backwards in time according to her grandmother. She comes home one day to find it has gone backwards in time seven years and she meets Iwan. He is a funny, good looking, and kind man who wants to be chef. But, what is he like in the present day?

WOW! I enjoyed this story so much. The characters were so vivid to me, had incredible depth, and were very likable. The time travel was so well executed and added to the story. I enjoyed wondering how Clementine and Iwan would meet in the future, if they would recognize each other, and if they would they be able to connect again like they did in the apartment. I was very invested and loved reading their story.

“There is was never grief without love or love without grief.”

What surprised me in a good way was how the author wrote about grief in such an insightful way. There were so many quotes and thoughts that I found comforting and insightful. I found myself reading them to my family. The author spoke straight to my heart with this story. I highly recommend the Seven Year Slip.

“Because the things that mattered most never really left.
The love stays.
The love always stays, and so do we.”

I was given a copy by the publisher and not required to write a review.

Oh my goodness I absolutely LOVED this one! So different from anything else I've read. Magical. I am not a re-reader however I might just have to grab this audio because I hear it is spectacular!