Book Review | The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love with her temporary roommate…only to discover he lives seven years in the past, in this witty and wise new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics.

Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it.

So Clementine forms a plan to keep her heart safe: work hard, find someone decent to love, and try to remember to chase the moon. The last one is silly and obviously metaphorical, but her aunt always told her that you needed at least one big dream to keep going. And for the last year, that plan has gone off without a hitch. Mostly. The love part is hard because she doesn’t want to get too close to anyone—she isn’t sure her heart can take it.

And then she finds a strange man standing in the kitchen of her late aunt’s apartment. A man with kind eyes and a Southern drawl and a taste for lemon pies. The kind of man that, before it all, she would’ve fallen head-over-heels for. And she might again.

Except, he exists in the past. Seven years ago, to be exact. And she, quite literally, lives seven years in his future.

Her aunt always said the apartment was a pinch in time, a place where moments blended together like watercolors. And Clementine knows that if she lets her heart fall, she’ll be doomed.

After all, love is never a matter of time—but a matter of timing.

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For the Reading Challenge(s):
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The Reason

This book has been on my TBR for-freaking-ever! I finally read it! Woot!

The Quotes

“I didn’t find out who I wanted to be until I was almost 40. You have to try on a lot of shoes until you find some you like walking in. Never apologize for that.”

“Nothing lasts forever. Not the good things, not the bad. So just find what makes you happy, and do it for as long as you can.”

“Isn’t it strange how the world works sometimes? It’s never a matter of time, but a matter of timing.”

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

My Thoughts

I have heard so much praise for this book and had this book on my TBR for so long, but for some reason, never got around to reading it because I was so mired in buddy reads and deadlines. I finally started and got hooked immediately, and basically finished reading it in a single day because I just couldn’t put it down!

I love the idea the moment I heard it but I was worried about the execution because seven years is a long time and I hoped we wouldn’t get a whole middle part of the story where nothing was happening but ah, I of little faith was wrong and I apologize. The pacing of the story, the execution of it, the timing of it (hah, see what I did there!) was absolutely perfect. The chemistry between the two MCs, Clementine and Iwan, was *chef’s kiss* (hah, see what I did there again!). The backstories, the connection with their friends, all of it made the characters feel so real. I just absolutely loved this book!

My Rating

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 stars.

Have you read this book? Would you read this book? Did you like the book or do you think you would like it?