I loved The Dead Romantics Last year and this one was just as good!

It was a unique romance with a magical apartment and a slip in time. The story is both heartwarming and dreamy, and the characters are so dynamic. You instantly fall in love with Clementine and Iwan and their relationship in the present and past. It was such a beautiful story not only about love but grief, timing and finding your passion.

I love Ashley Postons writing! I didn’t quite fall in love with this as much as I did with Dead Romantics but it was also really good! I’ll definitely pick up a copy once it comes out. Probably will re-read on audio as well. Absolutely a fan of this author and will hands down read her future releases!

I received an Advanced Reader copy from Netgalley. I was unfamiliar with the author and enjoyed her writing style. The premise of a seven year slip between lives when in the apartment is an interesting concept. I had to let go of preconceived ideas. Clementine and Iwan go back and forth between present day and seven years ago. The relationships with Aunt Analea, Vera, and Iwan’s granddad intertwine. Is it by chance, fate, or the magic apartment? Intriguing storyline that kept me reading.

The Dead Romantics was one of my favorite books last year, and this one will also be making this year's best of list! I LOVED this book! It made me laugh, swoon, cry, and also a bit hungry! The premise of the magical apartment that can take you seven years into the past was, well, magical. I adored Clementine and Iwan's story both in the past and present, and even when the book was over, I wanted to spend more time with them.

Also, the audiobook was superbly read by Brittany Pressley!

This book absolutely stole my heart right from the beginning. It was stunningly beautiful with a hint of magic. I couldn't put the book down. This is my favorite romance of the year thus far. Ashley's previous novel The Dead Romantics was good, but The Seven Year Slip is something so special. You have to experience it for yourself!

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The Seven Year Slip ~ Ashley Poston

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* Genre: romance
* Pages: 348
* Pub Date: June 27, 2023
* Gist: a lesson in timing in a time traveling apartment

•Clementine’s aunt always said her eclectic apartment was a pinch in time. So when Clementine arrives home one day and finds a strange man standing in the apartment, she doesn’t know what to make of it. He’s charming and handsome and cooks - and Clementine starts to think that her life might be taking a turn for the better.

But she remembers what her aunt said and realizes that in that apartment she is living 7 years in the past. Clementine must find a way to blend past and present to finally have a chance at the love she has always wanted.•

The Dead Romantics was a favorite of mine last year so this was a no-brainer for me - and dare I say, I think I loved it even more. Charming and full of so much heart - Poston is a really smart yet playful writer, creating characters that jump off the page with realism but always placed in a situation that plays with time bending and a bit of magic. This was an amazing escape and I really just didn’t want it to end.

If you are someone who loves a little romance without the cheesy sappy mess - Check out this out please! I have yet another must-buy author on my hands now.

Thank you NetGalley, Berkley, and Ashley Poston for the advanced copy of The Seven Year Slip in exchange for my honest review.

I was so, so excited to have the opportunity to read an advanced copy of Poston's newest release after *loving* The Dead Romantics last year. I don't know how it's possible but I managed to love The Seven Year Slip even more!

I absolutely adored Clementine and Iwan's dynamic, and I loved them both individually as well. There are definite elements of grief on display and I felt Poston did an incredible job really letting those moments sit with the reader (the author's note at the end will shed some light on this - and if you're like me, make you cry)

I would like to blame the pregnancy hormones for how much I cried through this one, but realistically I probably would've been a puddle either way. And that's not a knock on the story in any way. If anything, it's even more of a testament to Poston's writing because I felt so deeply connected to these characters and their stories.

Truly cannot recommend this one enough!

Ashley Poston is slowly turning into one of my favorite contemporary romance authors. Or should I say romantasy? Her ability to write these stories that use magical realism as a major plot device without feeling far fetched is impressive.

As someone who has experienced profound loss, it means the world to me when authors have a gift of expressing the complexities of grief. I was brought to tears, both happy and sad, continually throughout the story. Saying this, it didn’t read heavy or depressing, it felt authentic and relatable.

Foodies rejoice- you will love the subplot of Iwan making his way through the restaurant world. The meals he prepares for Clementine, the evolution of his cuisine is such a fun journey. However, its his best friends who own a food truck who were the true culinary standouts!

My one gripe- I wanted more from present day Clementine and Iwan. I know sometimes we have to wait for our happily ever afters but their connection was so vibrant that I greedily wanted more!

This story was pure magic in every sense of the word. I can not resend The Seven Year Slip highly enough!

review will be posted on 6/27/23

Clementine inherits a gorgeous apartment on the Upper East Side from her kooky aunt, whom she loved to travel the world with. Clementine is dealing with some major grief after the death of her aunt, not to mention remembering all the strange stories she told about her "magical" apartment that bends time. She used to think it was all her aunt's strange stories, but when she wakes up to find aspiring chef, Iwan, in her apartment she is starting to realize her aunt was right. Iwan is living seven years in Clementine's past and she is living seven years in his future. In the same apartment! Clementine is also dealing with some bumps in the road regarding her life as well as her job, and Iwan is the greatest escape. His lemon dies, his southern accent, and his warm heart all make her gravitate toward him. The more time she spends with him, the more she starts to see things differently about her life and question what she really wants. How could they actually have a real relationship though? Her aunt warned her to never fall in love within the walls of her apartment and that is exactly what is happening. Ashley Poston's The Seven Year Slip is a delightful romance filled with magical realism.

Clementine is a wonderful character in The Seven Year Slip. She works as a book publicist for a small publisher in New York City, so that aspect of the story was interesting. She is at a crossroads at work though, not to mention dealing with the death of her beloved aunt. Then throw in Iwan, you have a lot of drama that Clementine must face. Clementine and Iwan's love story, due to the magical elements, is very unpredictable and in that case, I enjoyed that aspect of the story as I wasn't sure what would happen. How could they make this work in real life?

The threads of magic in The Seven Year Slip are perfect. Even though it seems really far-fetched, Poston made it believable for me. While it didn't pack the emotional punch of her previous novel, The Dead Romantics, I still enjoyed the ride and was rooting for Clementine. If you love a romance with a strong side of magical realism, look no further. This book will transport you and that makes it the perfect beach read for the summer.

Are you a fan of Ashley Poston? Do you plan to read The Seven Year Slip this summer? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston is a love story that stands the test of time in more ways than one and will inspire you to chase the moon.

My Reading Experience:
What I loved most about this story is how much there is to talk about after you read it. It could be a book club choice or just an informal group of friends. I know I had some thoughts I'd love to explore with others.

I also appreciated the poignant moments. That's where this story stands out among stories that utilize the time slip technique. As I processed Clementine's grief with her, I felt the emotional ramifications as the complete picture emerged. I loved that this very emotional plotline is balanced by the lighter plotline of magical realism and how the apartment would choose to be in the current time or seven years in the past or future. Without it, this would be a difficult read, but with it, the reader gets to experience lighter moments and hope for the future.

The writing flows so beautifully, and the world-building feels so authentic. While reading the story, I never once doubted that this apartment slips in time as directed by who knows what (this is one of those aspects that would make a good discussion). I loved the dialogue, which is witty and natural, the relationships that I could easily root for, and the love that is felt through the pages.

Characters:
The characters are all incredibly well-developed, with layers and layers of defining moments to explore and relate to. Clementine is terribly driven, as are her parents. Her aunt makes her breakaway from that part of herself each year as they travel wherever the wind directs. Clementine loves her free-spirit aunt, and I couldn't help but be drawn to her too.

Iwan is determined to make his grandfather proud by becoming a chef of note. Even after his grandfather's death, that desire to please his grandfather drives him. Somewhere along the way, both Iwan and Clementine lose themselves, and that spark reflects their true selves.

Narration & Pacing:
The narration is third-person focused and is told from Clementine's point of view. She directs the story in a way that is very true to her feelings and being. And that narration helps keep the pace quick enough to maintain a consistent medium pace throughout the story.

Setting:
The setting is in NYC, and it's almost a love letter to certain aspects of the city – like the old buildings, foodie mecca, and the publishing world. The city is part of the story and is utilized perfectly to make it feel intentional.

Read if you're in the mood for:
A reflectively hopeful story that will take you through the whole gamut of emotions
A medium-paced love story
A story with strong character development

I was excited to read The Seven Year Slip. The premise was giving About Time vibes so I figured I’d really like it.

Honestly I just found myself struggling to connect to the story and the characters.

The plot was predictable, and the chemistry just wasn’t there. I kept waiting to get more out of both, but sadly it just never got there.

This story is about a magical apartment that can transport you seven years into the past. It’s random, and you can’t control it, and there’s no explanation for this. Why seven years? Maybe because seven is a lucky number? Who knows.

Clementine grew up hearing magical stories about this apartment from her aunt who meant the world to her, but she was always skeptical. Present day Clementine is grieving over the loss of her aunt, and now living in said apartment that was left to her. She believed the tales were all make believe until one day she wakes up to a strange man in her apartment saying her aunt gave him permission to crash there, seven years in the past.

This love story was so unique! It had such wonderful themes of grief, loss, moving on, and growing as a person. Time changes everyone, but how it changes you can never be anticipated. This was heartwarming, comforting, and such a dreamy love story. This was also such a love letter to foodies!

This was such an escape and absolutely enchanted me. I loved every moment of it and I was captivated from the first chapter. Ashley Poston is officially an autobuy author for me. She writes such charming love stories with a touch of magic that’ll truly stay with you. For the second time I am left in awe by her writing and her storytelling.

✨ Read this if ✨
- you want a truly magical love story
- you enjoy split timelines
- you’re a foodie + have a comfort food you always turn to
- you already loved The Dead Romantics
- you like when your romance novels include everyday real life issues like grief + change
- you like mostly closed door + mild spicy scenes
- you want to absolutely swoon + be enchanted

🤫 and btw the characters from The Dead Romantics make a cameo in this one!

Thank you NetGalley, Berkley publishing group, and Ashley Poston for this ARC in exchange for my honest review! 🥹🫶🏻

I have literally no words for how I’m feeling after this book.

It’s magic and melancholy and I feel like I just want to lay here at CRY ABOUT IT.

Ashley Poston has cemented herself as one of my favorite authors after The Dead Romantics and now The Deven Year Slip.

My goodness GRACIOUS am I emosh. Loved it. Loved it loved it loved it.

After reading The Dead Romantics last year, I knew I had to keep an eye on Ashley Poston. The second I saw this book available to request on NetGalley, I sent in a request and crossed all my fingers that I would be approved.

As a big-time lover of the romance genre and a huge sucker for the 'we both love each other but outside forces are keeping us apart' trope, I figured I would adore this book based on the synopsis alone. However, while The Seven-Year Slip may be labeled as a romance, there is so much more to this book than the love story.

Just to be clear, the love story in Seven Year Slip was absolute perfection. Ashley Poston has a wonderful ability to write endearing characters that you cannot help but root for. Clementine and Iwan were two wonderfully imperfect people who very sweetly fall in love despite many obstacles. The weaving of their love was sweet, full of yearning, and just the right amount of angst.

As fantastic as the romance was, this book, to me, is primarily a book about grief. Clementine's struggle with her aunt's passing read so raw, authentic, and vulnerable that I was not at all surprised to read the author's note at the end of the book, in which Poston talks about how she wrote this book as she was coming to terms with her grandfather's passing. There were so many different moments where I was certain I was reading and experiencing the author's grief as well as Clementine's. In my opinion, The Seven-Year Slip felt like a beautifully heartbreaking therapy session transformed into a novel. I smiled, I cried, I laughed through the tears.

While Dead Romantics put Ashley on my 'to watch' list, Seven Year Slip has permanently cemented her on top. If you're looking for a beautiful love story mixed with a touching exploration of grief and a dash of magical realism, please go pick this up immediately!

Talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before.

I adored this book from start to finish. I cried, I laughed, I fell in love with everything about this book.

What a treasure!

The Seven Year Slip is a perfect romance for fans of a little time jumping and unique concepts. The intrigue and tension between these two timelines was amazing. You keep wondering, how can they work out? And then it turns into how can they broach this distance? Additionally The Seven Year Slip is a story about grief, our passion for life and being true to ourselves, and love. I could identify with Clementine and how she's using work as a shield to her grief, to her sense of listlessness, and fears.

A magical relationship in an apartment brings together, Clementine and Iwan, seven years ago to build a future in the present. Their love story is romantic, heartbreaking and intentional with its emotions.

Poston brand of romance is a wonderful combination of tenderness and magical realism. The Seven Year Slip is a contemporary romance that will soothe the soul. Its gentle nature will make you believe in love.

Thank you Berkley for the complimentary copy.

Short synopsis: Clementine inherits an apartment from her aunt after she passes, that somehow slips through time by seven years.

My thoughts: I really loved The Dead Romantics last year, and this one was also especially sweet. I really enjoyed the time warp apartment, Lemon’s aunts two rules 1. Always take off your shoes 2. Never fall in love in the apartment.

Ashley has such a fun one of creating magical stories with amazingly lovable but broken characters. We watch Lemon heal through her loss of her Grandma, and find her true passion through Iwan.

“For everything that changed, something stayed the same.”

Read if you love:
- Multiple Love stories
- Magical realism
- Foodie and books about publishing
- Second chance romance
- Amazing side characters

Thank you so much to Berkley Pub and PRH Audio for a copy of this book! Publication date is June 27, 2023.

This was a happy, sad, wonderful love story! It was whimsical, and ethereal, and I could just feel myself right there.

I liked Dead Romantics but I might be obsessed with The Seven Year Slip. It was such a devourable, must-keep-reading romance. I loved the entire reading experience. The way Ashley developed the story on top of the banter was perfection. The reader has the perfect view through Clementine's POV, discovering the wonder and ache of magic alongside the MC.
Clementine's aunt passes away and bequeaths her beloved apartment with a previous warning to never fall in love within its walls. She knows of the apartment's history of time lapsing but when it happens to her, Clementine is left floundering and curious as to why the one who seems to have gotten away never reached out to her in the interim. Seven years of no contact is a curiosity and wonder when their connection is so great.
Time loops and sliding doors - I want them all! The magical aspect provides such a delightful escape through a little bit of fantasy in a contemporary setting. I adored both main characters and the supporting cast and setting provides the perfect backdrop for this enchanting romance.
As per my usual lately, I read and listened to this book simultaneously. The narrator, Brittany Pressley, is perfectly casted and suited for Clementine's voice. I'd recommend either format.
Thank you to Berkley and Netgalley for the advanced copy and PRHA for the alc. All thoughts in this review are my own.