Thanks so much to NetGalley and Harper Perennial for access to an eARC in exchange for my honest review!!

What would you do if, one night after a few drinks at your favorite whole in the wall bar with your best friends, you found an old magazine tucked away with a story in it claiming that each woman will only ever date seven different archetypes romantic partner in their lives, proving that one of them will be her soulmate? Well, in Esther's case, you absolutely lose your mind over the prospect, labelling each of your past exes as each archetype and realizing they match up *perfectly.* So perfectly that, of course, this means there is no one else out there for you and thusly, one of the seven must be "the one."

Despite finding the idea a little crazy, her best friends are supportive of her as she hatches a plan to meet up with each of her seven exes and to see if there was something she missed about them that might prove they were her one true love after all. Along the way, she reunites with a long lost friend, forms a friendship with her first love, learns her lesson on a few different counts, and comes face to face with a lot of past mistakes, heartbreaks, and traumas. It's messy, it's chaotic, and all in all, it was a pretty good time to read about. The only thing that made it a difficult read for me was how genuinely unlikeable Esther was for most of the book. She was dishonest, she was selfish, she was unforgiving and pushy, and more than once she jumped to conclusions about others and gave no opportunities for them to prove her wrong while expecting the opposite from others where she was concerned.

It was a really fun read with hilarious dialogue, a fun inner monologue carrying the reader through the story, and very funny dead ends and red herrings in the background to trip you up. I also loved her two best friends and their plots so much, and despite having seen it coming (honestly, this isn't even a negative, as it's common and enjoyable in pretty much every romcom ever haha). the romance in the end was so sweet and a perfect relationship to help Esther grow into a better person and also see the good that was already there in her.

Esther is almost 30, and feels the rush to get married and have a family. She revisits 7 of her ex relationships to see if someone of her past can be the one of her future. This was a cute plot and idea for a story, I just couldn’t connect to Esther. I felt she was whiney and judgmental, and she found flaws with everyone right away. I did find her comical at times, though, and that was a redeeming factor for me. I liked how she found herself by the end of the novel, and the relationships she had with her girl friends, but it wasn’t enough to make me love Esther and the overall story.

Huge thank you to @netgalley, @harperperennial, and the author for the opportunity to read this arc in exchange for a totally honest review.

Esther is feeling like her life isn’t progressing. She comes across an article talking about the seven types of love in a girl’s life. She decides she’s going to revisit her seven loves, to see if one of them is the one that got away. Surely one of them is the one she’s meant to be with, right? It sounds simple, but it’s definitely not.

This was so precious. This is like a fiction meets romance, yes there is some romance but honestly most of it is watching the FMC grow. It’s definitely a rom-com, there were so many moments that made me smile. I loved the friendship and the relationships throughout. The chaos was so good. If you want a nice light-hearted rom-com to read by the pool or on vacation, this is a good one!

Unfortunately I couldn’t get into this book after several chapters. I’m not sure if it was the writing or the characters, but I couldn’t finish. :(

Esther Adams is out for a bout of day drinking with her two best friends when she stumbles on an ancient issue of Cosmo. As she’s about to turn 30 and trying to recover from a strong of bad dates, she flips through the pages of the magazine, feeling nostalgic for the dating tips. And that’s when she comes across the article about the seven different types of relationships a woman encounters while dating. And Esther realizes she’s been through all of them.

There is The First Love, The Work Mistake, The Overlap, The Friend With Benefits, The Missed Chance, The Bastard, and The Serious One. As she thinks through all her exes, she decides that she missed the one that she was supposed to spend the rest of her life with. That life partner was there all along, and she let him get away. She has no choice but to look them all up and figure out which one is her truest love.

Her friends at first think she’s crazy for doing this, but they decide to support her. Louise is in a long-term relationship with Sven, and Bibi isn’t interested in dating at all, but they’re all-in for Esther’s walk through her past dating mistakes. She starts easy, with Alistair, her first love from high school. And after meeting him for a drink and finding out he’s in a relationship, she moves on to her next ex, the missed chance.

But as Esther reconnects with these loves from her past, she starts stirring up a lot of emotions, and the effects of that spin out first to her best friends and then to the others who live in her building and even to her assistant at work. She becomes obsessed with this journey back in time, and focuses her energy on her exes, while not dealing with the repercussions for those closest to her. Will it all be worth it? Will she rediscover the love of her life? Or will she just burn it all down and end up alone again?

Seven Exes is a playful, whimsical rom com about taking the time to look at your past. Author Lucy Vine asks the questions that all single women of a certain age ask themselves, namely, did I already meet the person I’m supposed to spend my life with and blow it completely by being an immature, selfish partner?

I really enjoyed this book. I love the premise of the seven types of relationships, and I certainly remember the desperation that comes along with certain milestone birthdays, and feeling like I just wasn’t performing the adulting as successfully as I was supposed to. Tagging along with Esther on her journey was a lot of fun, and it stirred up a fair amount of nostalgia for me. It’s a little frothy, but it’s also got a lot of laugh-out-loud moments and a lot of heart.

Egalleys for Seven Exes were provided by Harper Perennial through NetGalley, with many thanks.

* I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley. Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for this book. All thoughts are my own.

The premise seemed super promising, and I was very excited to see how it played out. But honestly, this is probably one of my least favorite books of 2023. The main character is beyond rude, cruel, and insufferable. Her friends try to help her through all of her problems with this exes drama, but she is a terrible friend and she’s mean, especially when she doesn’t get her way. I don’t know if I could think of a worse main character than Esther. I would not recommend this book to anybody. It tries to be funny and isn’t. It repeats the same jokes over and over - they’re gross and not remotely funny. The writing is bizarre and the author uses capital letters for a couple pages just to show that the characters are shouting at each other. It was a STRUGGLE to get through this book.

Absolutely do not recommend.

This book is a witty, modern take on the dating world as a 29 year old who feels pressure to find “the one.” I love that the story starts out with an old magazine feature that describes the 7 types of relationships a girl has before finding the one. We’re all guilty of reading these type of lists and it’s so relatable! Inspired by the article, Ester decides to revisit her exs to see if she missed something and one was really meant to be the one. There are some laugh out loud scenes as she goes on her crazy mission.

Thank you to Harper Perennial and Paperbacks & NetGalley for allowing me to read this book

I went into this one with high hopes. I had heard good things about it but honestly, it didn’t live up to the expectations. I like the storyline and the idea of the synopsis but I didn’t find myself hooked.

I loved the idea of this book so much! At first I couldn’t wait to get into each of the exes but by the time we got to the third one I was exhausted. One ex definitely took me by surprise but the rest sort of seemed standard. Even though the guys were different Esther seemed to have the same chemistry with all of them making it hard to become invested in any of them. Although I liked that her friends were fully fleshed out characters I wish we got more of a break from them. Like more of her at work and with other people and less around friends that seemed to turn a blind eye to her issues. We see that Esther is a hot mess but not much else and I wish we learned more about her outside of connection to guys and her friends. By the time she finds the person she’s supposed to pursue I was confused why she never seemed to show any feelings for them from the beginning. It just came across as convenient. Not a bad book but I was hoping to connect to the book more.

Thanks to NetGalley and the Publisher for the ARC.

This book just was not for me. While the premise sounded great, the storyline and characters just fell flat for me.

Our main character, Esther, is insufferable. She is self-centered, immature, and in my opinion, a horrible friend. I enjoyed some of the events that happened, the alternating timelines, and found a few scenes enjoyable, but overall, could not find any redeeming qualities that made me want to root for her or her potential at a second chance.

From summary for this book I got “What’s Your Number” vibes. The movie starring Chris Evans and Anna Faris from roughly easy 2010s?

I thought the film was cute so I knew that I should request and read this book. Overall I thought it was cute but it was soo similar to the movie that it was a little lack luster to me and fell a little short.

The main character is a bit self destructive and not my favorite but this was still cute.

Thank you to Simon and Schuster UK and Netgalley for this eARC.

A lot of people (women especially) do believe that life without a partner is unfulfilling. I see miserable couples all the time together just to have someone to go to dinner with, go to shows with, or even just to have someone to come home to. I have been jaded by my parents' divorce for twenty plus years and I refuse to believe that. Esther wants "the one." She has surveyed what's out there, and its slim pickings. She reads an old advice column that states the seven exes everyone has had, and the "one who got away.". It's cute following her journey as she revisits her past, just to be reminded why these men were exes. She has some good friends who help her see her own value. My mom always tells me "Make yourself happy and everything else will fall into place." I try to live by those words, but it's hard. A fun rom com in London town.

**I received a complimentary ARC of this book from NetGalley and the publisher(thanks!). I voluntarily give my honest review and all opinions are my own. **

This book did not end up working out for me. I went into it expecting a romance, and this is much more contemporary fiction/women’s fiction.

I can’t root for the main character as her personality comes across as very 1 dimensional, shallow, and desperate. The entire story is told in first person, which would be fine, but the writing style feels very stream of consciousness, and we get very little description of other characters or the setting. Plus, with the character being unlikable being stuck in her head is not very enjoyable.

I also see no reason why the author chooses to use ‘ marks instead of “ marks for quotations. It adds nothing to the story or prose except making it harder to tell when someone is speaking (if that was the point it worked, I don’t understand why you would want that though?).

I do think the story had potential and I think friendships are the saving grace, but even those seem very flat to me.

Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Perennial for the chance to read and review for an honest review! I’m sorry that it didn’t work out this time but I always appreciate the opportunity!

This book is a witty, modern take on the dating world as a 29 year old who feels pressure to find “the one.” I love that the story starts out with an old magazine feature that describes the 7 types of relationships a girl has before finding the one. We’re all guilty of reading these type of lists and it’s so relatable! Inspired by the article, Ester decides to revisit her exs to see if she missed something and one was really meant to be the one. There are some laugh out loud scenes as she goes on her crazy mission.

I think this book pairs perfectly with the song, Thank you, next by Ariana Grande!

Seven Exes gave me early 2000s rom com vibes. Think Debra Messing, Katherine Heigl, Kate Hudson, etc. etc. etc. I loved this. I found this perfect for summer a bingeable beach read that was cute, funny, sweet and the perfect blend of nostalgia and the horrors of dating.

There wasn’t much about this book that I liked other than how fast a read it was and how Esther’s friend group kinda reminded me of my own. Unlike my friends though, I found all these characters insufferable and, sometimes, really dumb. Some of their conversations felt truly mind-numbing. I didn’t care for the relationships - they weren’t fleshed out enough. None of the ex-lovers had a personality and none of them stood out, even if they made multiple appearances. The author was also incredibly on the nose about who Esther was going to end up with. At that point, you don’t have a reason to get invested in any of the ex-lovers.

Some chapters held promise; most fell flat. I got through this book in a matter of hours and because of that, this book was a step up from a 1 star.

Esther is not entirely sure she is happy in her life. When she finds an old magazine that examines the Seven Loves of one's life, she decides that happiness must lie within one of her past loves. Determined to find her happily ever after, she tracks down each ex to see if there are any sparks.

I loved this book! Here's what I loved:

The British humor of it all: I think I'm a sucker for British Romcoms. I find the quirky sense of humor to be hilarious and this book had that in spades. All of the characters were sarcastic and snappy which came across in all of the dialogue.

The Exes: The way the book is structured, Vine takes you back and forth between the present and past as Esther reconnects with her exes. They are each funny in their own way and seeing how Esther interacts with them is brilliant. Some may argue that you don't get enough time with each person, but I'm fine with that. This read like a classic romcom because of the structure!

Unpredictable: Just went you think you know where Esther is going with her love life, you get curve balls thrown at you. I loved that!

All in all, this is a great British Romcom that is filled with humor, heart, and series topics.

I loved the concept of this book, and I was hooked from the prologue, but along the way, something was just off in this book. I liked the idea of Esther visiting and meeting up with seven of her exes. I think it's interesting to go back and look at relationships under a different lens. Along the way, she found that some of her relationships were different than she thought they were. I liked that it went back and forth between different timelines. It showed how she met with the exes in the past and their relationship. Then in the present, we could see how things changed over time.

I think that Esther was a very frustrating character. She isn't very likable, and I wasn't rooting for her to find happiness. She seemed selfish, and she wasn't a great friend or roommate or boss. She was so caught up in this seven exes search that she turned away from all of the people in her life. I think that most of her relationships ended because of something that she decided.

When I started reading the book, I was hoping for a second chance romance, but there wasn't much romance in this story. I could see how it was going to end, and it was very predictable.

Overall, it was a good concept, but it just didn't hit right with me. I wanted more romance, and the epilogue didn't give me enough of that.

Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Perennial for an ARC of this book.

I don't know where to start with this book. After reading the prologue (which I loved 😍) I had high hopes for this book. However as I went along in the book something was missing. I can't put my finger on it but Louise (the main character) was a little scattered to me. The storyline felt like it jumped right into the middle of an existential crisis without much back story as to why the character was having one.

All that being said it was a decent read but for me it fell a little flat and it made it harder for me to want to read it. Maybe its just me..

Seven Exes was a really fun rom-com. I always seem to really enjoy stories set in London and this one was no exception. Each chapter focuses on an ex of Ester’s and the story of how their relationship started and why it ultimately failed. Ester decides to see if there is anything worth rekindling in any of these relationships and the story follows along her journey. I don’t want to spoil anything, but one of her relationships seemed like it didn’t get mentioned enough. At the end; you kind of find out why and it makes sense, but I just wish I had a little bit more to the story. Overall this was a cute book and I look forward to reading more from this author!