This book was absolutely beautiful, perspective of grief and absolute rawness of life. This is the first book that I have read by Ashley Poston and I loved it. It happily made me re-evaluate life. Bonus = romance ✨ and magical realism. Wonderful.

5 huge stars, I never ever want to forget this book. If I could give this book 100 stars I would 🥹

Clementine is a busy woman, who works hard; all to mask the worst day of her life. Her Aunt always told her that you needed at least one big dream to keep going, so Clementine tried to chase the Moon. One day she finds a strange man in her Aunt’s Manhattan apartment, a man she could fall head over heels for. But he lives in the past, seven years to be exact. She knows if she lets herself fall, she is doomed. So what will her future hold?

This book!!! ❤️ I don’t think any words can describe how amazing this book made me feel. I cried, I smiled and I felt all the emotions Clementine felt. Why it took me so long to pick this book up…. I don’t know. But what I know now is that I want to turn back to page 1 and read all over again.

Oh this book is going to stay with me, forever I hope. ✨

Easiest 5 stars ever

I adored this book, it made me laugh, tear up and was just an absolute joy to read!

The plot was so cleverly woven, I couldn’t read fast enough!

This book was perfection. It had a beautiful blend of sad, happy, and humour. Ashley Poston continues to blow me away with her relatable prose, her incredible dialogue, and her slightly fantastical plot. The way that this blended some of my favourite things together was incredible. I honestly cannot wait to read whatever comes next.

You know I mean business when I take out my laptop to write up a review.

Tbh I didn't have low expectations, I knew Ashley would serve, and SHE DID!
Honestly her work has a special place in my heart, as Caleb once said "your software slays"💅, also this is about to get EMOTIONAL

Clementine was an amazing representation that its okay to start over, and you do not have to be in your early twenties to navigate life, you will always be navigating life. Her character development was insane. The most important thing is to live a happy and fulfilling life, and even if its new, scary and unconventional, just start over, you deserve to be happy. Her aunt was a beautiful testament to chasing the moon, and striving to live a happy life. I love how real and raw this book was, and just the overall message of choosing your happiness.

Good God i LOVE the connecting of the past and present, this plot was so intricate I am absolutely in awe and shock at how it panned out. The way they met in the apartment '7 years ago', both in past (seven year slip) terms and like real time past terms in the cab (if you read the book you know what I mean). I was just SO FASCINATED by that plot line. Humour was 10/10 as per usual. And anything set in NYC has me buzzing.

I truly believe in right person wrong time, and I love that this book showed that it doesnt mean that is the end of your story, but rather life will bring you together when its right. Love is never a matter of time, it is about timing, and whether you make it in time for when you are both right for each other. Things and material possessions never stay, but love does, always. 🤍

Iwan and Lemon were absolutely perfect. I loved his kind and thoughtful nature his character, whilst also being stern and determined. I LIVE LAUGH LOVE how hot he was, like I can't explain it, but his mannerisms were EVERYTHING and more.

And don't think I didn't see that Benji Andor cameo. Also I feel like this book was Nick and Jess coded, in the whole right person, wrong time thing.

Love everything that is an Ashley poston book and I’m so so happy I got to read this. Honestly I didn’t think she could top her last book but this was everything. It’s not often a book can properly suck me in a make me forget what I’m doing for such a length of time but this did. Thank you so much for the chance to read this.

I loved Ashley Poston's novel, The Dead Romantics. Her sophomore effort is equally as charming, blending romance, magic, and heart.

Clementine lives for her work as a publicist in a boutique Manhattan publishing house. She has recently been left her dear aunt's Upper East Side apartment, but was warned before her death never to fall in love there.

Now she knows why. After coming home one day to find the gorgeous Iwan - a hopeful chef - living in the apartment, she realises the apartment has the tendency to slip back in time. Seven years, in fact. What follows is a warm and romantic tale about grief, love, and forging your own path. It's such a cosy and enjoyable read, and the magical elements really add something to the experience. I really liked this one, and I can't wait to read Poston's next book.

I really liked this book, it was different than anything else I've read which was a breath of fresh air. I will be recommending this to my friends, and auto buy this author!

I read The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston last year and highly enjoyed it, so when I saw this one announced I knew that I would eventually end up picking it up. When I think about the two together I do think that I prefer The Dead Romantics but I recommend and had a great time reading both.

The Seven Year Slip follows Clementine who recently lost her Aunt and inherited her apartment, but this apartment doesn't seem to understand time so one day Clementine finds herself 7 years in the past. While romance plays a key part in the story, so does finding yourself and friendship. I tend to enjoy any book that talks about books and has strong female friendships so this ticked many of my boxes right off the bat.

The food in this book! I was constantly hungry reading it. Iwan, the male love interest, is a chef, so there is always delicious food being made, eaten or discussed so I'd recommend reading when you have a meal you enjoy rather than a couple hours before that meal.

Clementine has two really good friends where she works and I just love how much they support her and try to make sure she's doing the best for herself that she can. They support her, often know what's best for her before she does and are just everything a girl wants in her friends.

The last thing I want to discuss is the romance that fits into the story. There are many parts that are really positive surrounding this love story, that I wasn't necessarily expecting. For a decent amount of the book the people they know each other as aren't living at the same time (if that makes any sense), which as you would expect leads to a lot of personal growth. This isn't the only reason for the growth or the only way it happened but it did kick-start a lot of it and this growth is essential to the story in many ways. The plot is an obvious one but I don’t think the book would have the same feel or be as enjoyable without it either.

Even ignoring everything other than the romance, it was really strong and did have me super hooked in. The ending made me super happy and I really did want to know what was going to happen to these two characters together and apart.

Highly recommend and am very glad to have now read. Ashley Poston has proved herself now as a fantastic romance author with magical elements sprinkled in and I'll read whatever else she publishes in the same vein.

Thank you to Netgalley and HQ for a free e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

You guys. This book. Is SO so SO perfect. It's as tender as a home-cooked steak. It's as sweet as your 8th-grade birthday cake. It's as romantic as a honeymoon getaway through Italy. I've been a fan of Ashley Poston since her YA books, and she just continues to have hit after hit with her adult romances. I laughed. I cried. I immediately texted all my friends and told them they needed to cancel all plans and run to the store to pick this one up. It's just THAT good. It's emotional, it's tender, it's romantic, and it's exactly what I needed to get out of a reading slump. I loved Clementine and Iwan and my ONLY complaint is that I needed this book to be 400 pages longer.

Characters were both pretty meh (especially the male love interest = overly nice to the point he was boring like sure be nice but have a personality). Romance was lacking because of the flat characterisation. Premise was interesting but lacking execution.

Thanks so much for the arc of this one. I was so excited to read this as I loved The Dead Romantics.

Sadly, I didn’t enjoy this one. I really didn’t like the writing and although I liked the idea of the storyline, I don’t think it was well-executed and everything just felt a little all over the place.

I don’t feel like the characters were well-developed either. There wasn’t a lot of detail to their back stories and the info we were given felt like filler.

I requested this because I really loved The Dead Romantics so I think I came into it with expectations that it just didn’t meet.

There was definitely more that could have been done for this as I liked the concept behind Aunt Analea’s apartment but it just missed the mark for me.

I loved this book as much as the first one. The storyline kept me invested until the end. A lovely romantic read with twists and turns and humour along the way.

The Seven Year Slip seamlessly marries magic, books, food and romance in a perfect blend that kept me picking up my headphones to keep listening - I loved it! I loved the narration of the finished audiobook, and how Poston gives a tiny nod to The Dead Romantics. This is sweet, heartfelt, and so so fun to read!

Having read her previous book I thought I knew what to expect but I was wrong, The Seven Year Slip was everything and more! Heartbreakingly beautiful, filled with gorgeous writing that made me want to fall in love again. I’ve never read a book that made my eyes fill with tears and then make me laugh and smile at the same time. I can’t wait to see what Ashley does next.

I'm a little bit disappointed with this one. It wasn't completely terrible, but after having it recommended to me by someone on BookTok as “infinity stars out of five”, I was expecting so much more.

When I first sat down to read this, I was aware of the general setup so I knew that she was going to meet someone and slowly fall in love, but that they would be separated by seven years in time and this would be a HUGE dilemma.

That isn't what happened.

There was no “slowly” falling in love for a start, it was total insta-love and the author did not give the reader any time at all to come along for the ride. And then with the time slip situation…the solution to her problem presented itself within the first half of the book. Like…what was the problem? Where did the stakes go?
So after that, the whole rest of the book just seemed like manufactured conflict that wouldn’t hold up to any close scrutiny at all.

I also didn’t love the FMC And the banter was pretty cheesy at times.

3 stars.
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I adored this book so much. The bits of magical realism were on point and so well done that it felt believable. I adored the main characters and was pulled into their lives. It was a really fantastic read.

“I tell them about a girl I fell in love with at the right place but the wrong time.”

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I really liked this cute and quirky, will they won’t they, slow burn romance! It’s well written, well paced and playful - and deals with some challenging subjects like death and grief. (Do look up TWs if you feel it necessary)

This book has deconstructed lemon pie, a time travelling apartment, a job in books, and lots of good food - but GOOD GRIEF the sheer amount of times that the love interest’s very specific shade of eye colour was mentioned was LUDICROUS. SHEER LUNACY. Enjoyed the book otherwise! Read way past my bedtime to finish it 🥰

I was also lucky enough to be gifted @heyashposton first book ‘The Dead Romantics’ last year, and ‘The Seven Year Slip’ is definitely reminiscent of its comfort and light magical realism. It felt familiar. If this sounds like a bit of you - I recommend! 🍋❤️

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1) Always take your shoes off at the door
2) Never fall in love in this apartment

BUT

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

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Thank you to @hqstories @netgalley for the ARC in return for an honest review.

I honestly don’t know why I torture myself with books about losing a loved one, but I probably won’t stop any time in the future.

We follow Clementine, a book publicist who inherits her late aunt’s apartment. However, to Clementine’s surprise she finds a man in her kitchen, named Iwan. Although he has a valid reason for being there and he’s someone Clementine would probably fall for, he lives seven years in the past. This is a story of a magical apartment, grief, moving on, and doing what’s best for you.

Clementine’s story focuses quite a bit on her relationship with her aunt, followed by her relationship with Iwan, her work and best friends. I liked how the story painted a realistic picture of dealing with the grief of a loved one. It’s not easy and it’s not something one can overcome immediately. The slightest and smallest things will remind one of them and Clementine really embodied that. The story does this effortlessly while ensuring to keep a slightly light tone so as not to make this book too dreary. I loved how Clementine’s relationship with Iwan grew steadily and how her relationship with her best friends felt natural and unburdened.

The beauty in this story belongs in the writing. The author has a magical way to pull the reader into their story without revealing the ending. There are multiple puzzle pieces that need to be put together to pierce together the mystery of this magical apartment. I absolutely loved the little details such as the security guard reading the same book. The pacing, the well placed descriptions and the dialogue all made this book a story that’s hard to forget.

I loved how this book brushes the topics of mental health, moving on from losing a loved one and making decisions for yourself instead of for others. Honestly I didn’t mind it and it didn’t ruin the story for me, because it was interesting and felt like a part of Clementine I needed to know so I could understand her better.

Overall, this was a lovely story and kept me hooked since the first page. I feel like some will find the events in this book predictable but I think that’s the case with many magical realism stories. I really wish we had more pages about the other characters such as Drew and Fiona. They seemed like interesting characters and were really supportive of Clementine so I would have loved to read about them a bit more. I think adding a little more cast makes the story only more interesting.

Definitely a good read to pick up if you’re looking for a toned down romance, focusing on growth with a hint of magic.

I adored Ashley Poston’s ‘The Dead Romantics’. I’m a big fan of contemporary romance and also fantasy but I’m not really a ‘romantasy’ girly. The basis of the story was one that appealed to the contemporary romance lover in me as well as the fantasy fan without being too steeped in the tropes and settings that have become synonymous with ‘romantasy’.

When I heard Ashley Poston was releasing a second book with similar vibes and aesthetics to The Dead Romantics, I was sold. On a surface level The Seven Year Slip is a quirky contemporary romance with sprinklings of fantasy, a time travelling apartment. On a deeper level it’s the complexity of grief, the turmoil of meeting the right person at the wrong time and the reality of struggling with who you once wanted to be, who you are now and who your present self longs to be.

Don’t ask me how a book about romance and loss can become such a comfort read, because I honestly don’t know. Ashley Poston has an incredible way with the words that just hits right.