What an absolutely heart felt romance that truly explores the right place wrong time theme of relationships.

Clementine is such a lovable character stuck in her grief after losing her aunt, just going through the motions of life but forgetting how to actually live. When she meets Iwan at just the time in her life she needs him most, she realizes that it cannot really last since it's obviously her future self brought back into the past. How can you explain to someone you've fallen for that you aren't actually there? That you won't truly be in the same timeline for another 7 years.

I love the idea of time travel through this magical apartment, knowing just when to transport the characters. The genuine feelings of knowing it's the right place, wrong time, of growing together in the apartment and yet separately through their own timelines.

5/5 stars for another solid read by Ashley Poston!

Thankyou to NetGalley and HQ for this ARC.

This book was brilliant. I loved Ashley Postons first book the dead romantics and I might just love this one more. I had all sorts of emotions reading this book and fell in love with the characters right from the start.
This book is such a feel good romance and so heart melting.
I thought the story line was a little predictable at first but even towards the end there were moments that I didn’t expect.
Definitely worth the read. I wish I could read this book for the first time again.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Format - E ARC ( Netgalley)

Rating- ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Spice- 🌶

Series- N/A

Troupes- Time travel, only one bed, opposites attract, insta attraction, he falls first.

CW- off page suicide

I’m doing a rare review where I have just finished this book and I can not stop turning it over in my head. This is only my second book by Ashley Poston and she has already become a Insta buy for me. As far as I’m centered she is a rising star contemporary romance.

This is a story about love, loss and the timing of it all. I don’t know how to express how much this book has sunk into my bones. Clementine and Iwan are some very special characters. Ashley’s story telling has such a lyrical quality interspersed with humor that it’s almost impossible to put this book down. I found myself thinking about it though out the day, wishing I could just sink back into the story and live there.

The apartment that can manipulate time, is a character all on its own and I loved the imagery with which Poston has painted the picture of it in my head. In addition we also have a group of wonderful found family friends that love and support our MC’s with very little understanding of the magnitude of what they are experiencing. I also Love Ashley’s ability to throw a touch of magic into a contemporary story and make it feel like it’s just supposed to be there.

If I haven’t stated it enough yet, I love this book, it will be with me forever and I can’t wait for a reread and whatever Ashley has for us next.

I received an advanced readers copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion. Thank you Ashley Poston, Netgalley and HQ Harper Collins UK.

Oh this was just an absolute pleasure to read.

Such a heartfelt story. A story that tells of loss, grief, safety, travel, food and love. And what more could you want?

Characters that you immediately warm to. Ones that you take to your heart and just spend the entire time just willing for everything to come right.

I am floored. I am in awe at the brilliance that is Ashley Poston and her otherworldly writing. I feel like I have been transported to a dreamy and swoony world like no other and I do not want to come back to reality. If you only read one book this year, make sure it’s The Seven Year Slip. All-encompassing, ethereal, and emotionally-rich, this beautifully book bewitched me. I am so besotted!

After inheriting and then moving into her late aunt’s apartment, Clementine meets Iwan. A man that steals her heart with his kind eyes and lemon pies. One small problem though…he lives in that very same apartment, seven years in the past.

I am going to keep this as vague as possible. It’s best to just immerse yourself in it and go with the flow. The story of Clementine and Iwan is immensely unique and so deeply emotional. Ashley Poston made me live an experience, and I felt so overwhelmed with so many emotions. This book is a unique romance…intoxicating, so intense, angsty and emotional, UNPUTDOWNABLE, with a poetic prose that takes your breath away. From the first pages I was totally enraptured, I devoured it.

This book was nothing less than spectacular perfection. I love stories with a magical twist and this one was wonderfully crafted. It drew me in and didn’t let me go. Much like The Dead Romantics, The Seven Year Slip has immediately landed itself onto to my top 2023 reads. Another favourite from this author who never stops impressing me!

I was in a little slump when I started reading this, and this DEFINITELY got me out.

This is a really great, funny and cute romcom that dabbles in the weird but does it so spectacularly that I am finding myself wishing time and time again that I could find a seven year slip apartment.

I thought the characters were really great and very well developed, and I Loved the relationship between the MC and her aunt, and felt the grief at every point the MC did.

Overall such a great read and now I can’t wait to read her other books.

First of all, the bad (which is more about me than the story, but it pertains to my enjoyment of the story and thus the rating, so here): I have a big issue - when a big plot point needs resolution, and things are not revealed until the end, I need side-plot points to be interesting enough to keep my attention and not have me impatient to know what's gonna happen. When I get too impatient, my interest wanes and I don't care anymore.
Up to around 65-70%, I was all in. Then I started getting too restless about how things would turn out (and the side plots did not have me compelled as much), and thus skimmed to the end.

That being said, it's a very lovely story, and brings to mind the movie The Lake House. With The Seven Year Slip, Poston has come up with an uncommon story once again. I love how she moves from the present to 7 years before, while keeping everything tied up together rather beautifully.

This one is a 3.75 rating for me, mostly due to what I explained in the beginning.

Thank you to the publisher for the ARC via Netgalley. All opinions are my own.

I love stories with magic realism and Ashley Poston's 'The Seven Year Slip' was the perfect feast of writing that tugs your heart, characters to root for, and a plot that pulled me in. At its heart this a story about grief and loss, embracing change and accepting that love is a matter of timing.

Clementine inherits her beloved late aunt's apartment after her sudden death six months previously. As a child she was told that it was magical, where you may meet people seven years in the past or future when you're at a crossroad. After moving in she encounters aspiring chef Iwan subletting the flat seven years from the past. Against her aunt's advice Clementine finds it hard to resist this carefree man with the crooked smile who calls her 'Lemon'.

I was hooked from the first sentence though I had to pause reading times trying to absorb everything from the little clues to the beautiful observations and the emotions it stirred in me. I loved the synchronous events Poston woved in (when I worked it out I was going 'OMG!'), which reminded me of Lia Louis's 'Dear Emmie Blue' and 'Eight Perfect Hours'.

Clementine is overworked and shouldering grief. She's walled off her heart and trying to keep herself busy so she doesn't have to deal with any of it. For her, falling in love with Iwan is the last thing she needs especially since past Iwan and present Iwan are different people. As her aunt warned her, change is something to reject. Iwan is everything you want in a romantic hero - he's passionate, supportive, fun and knows how to break Clementine's walls in the way that breaks through to her. Swoon. I loved how perfect they were for each other - bringing out the best in each other and encouraging them to chase their respective moons. My only quibble with this book was not enough Clementine and Iwan in the present, but that's because I'm greedy and want more.

'The love stays. The love always stays, and so do we.'

Be still my heart, I think this book is definitely one of my top 2023 reads.

Thanks to HQ and NetGalley for the ARC.

Warning: may keep you up all night mumbling “just one more chapter…”

I absolutely loved The Dead Romantics, and The Seven Year Slip is another super unique and original story from Ashley Poston, where our protagonist falls for a man stuck seven years in the past. It is romantic, funny, charming, moving, and such a page-turner.

Whenever you pick up a book of Poston’s, you just know that you’re in for a treat from the very first page. Not only is the story unlike anything I’ve read before, the writing is fantastic. I absolutely loved getting stuck into this one, as I knew I would, and recommend it wholeheartedly.

4.5⭐️ Another gorgeously magical novek from Ashley Poston, combining a lovely romance with the devastation of coming to terms with loss, and who you are as an individual.

Just like in the Dead Romantics, Poston instantly creates a character you root and feel for on the first page, creating a world like our own but with a touch of magic that makes the story that much more compelling.

The romance that develops from the very first meeting was one that had me turning the page quickly, telling myself one more chapter even after I promised to put down the book. This book had all the good tropes starting with "only one bed" and the "don't fall in love rule”.

Whilst I guessed who our guy was from the start and how they would find one another again that didn't detract from the story, only had me NEEDING to get to the end and NEEDING it to be happy.

The author’s writing on loss, love, art and food made you feel she understood everything she was writing l and in turn made the characters feel real- people you can empathise with and believe in.

The undercurrent of this book, understanding who you are as a person and how loving someone (none romantically) changes you and how that love goes beyond when they are in your life is something that leaves you feeling like you've loved and lost once you've finished the book - and also really appreciating every relationship you have.

Cute, spicy, intriguing and a great time! Great book to spend your time with and interesting plot. The cover is also stunning!

"Never forget to fall in love whenever you find it because love is nothing if not a matter of timing, and to chase the moon. Always, always chase the moon..."
This book captured me with its magic, time-slipping apartment in New York City, a workaholic fmc struggling to find herself and come to terms with her grief, and a romantic interest that is right there in front of her but also seemingly completely out of reach. It was whimsical, touching, and romantic. Clementine's love for her aunt, and their history are a central part of the story, as is her journey to find her way in a world without her. Throw in to that a swoon worthy chef(even if he does live seven years in the past!)and this was a very enjoyable read. I very much enjoyed The Dead Romantics and this one did not disappoint as a follow up!

A gorgeous and heartfelt story filled with beautiful prose and delightful characters. I really loved this charming love story and the way it evoked so much of the classic rom com feelings whilst not shying away from the harder and more difficult themes of loss and heartbreak and finding your place in the world. I hope that the errors will be cleared up by publication, because they caused me to lose focus and jarred me from the story (Iwan undoes her buttons three times in quick succession...) and it would be a shame for those to be left in an otherwise wonderful story.

Oh my darling Clementine.

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston is an adorable little romance that I very much enjoyed. Having read the authors previous book, The Dead Romantics, and loving what a heartwarming, romantic story it was, I was very eager to get my hands on this book when I heard about it. It lived up to my hopes for it and proved itself to be a fluffy, unputdownable read and left me eagerly anticipating more books from this other. My favourite part of the books of hers I have read so far is by far the little supernatural twists she adds to her otherwise contemporary stories, and this one was even more appealing to me as it involved time travelling of sorts, which is something I typically quite enjoy.

Although for the most part this is a very light, typical contemporary read, boy did it ever manage to hit me in the feels as well. Rather unexpectedly at that. The story follows Clementine, living my dream working in publishing - I was already deeply invested with the story dealing in the publishing world as much as it did - and details her workaholic tendencies and fear of commitment. As is referenced many times throughout the book, her aunt only had two rules, to take your shoes off at the door, and to never fall in love. Clementine has taken the second rule especially to heart, and guards herself very closely from any kind of deeply romantic feelings for anyone as she lives in her aunts old apartment following her death. The death is recent enough that Clementine is also still dealing with the grief of losing one of the dearest people in her life, which is where things get emotional at times. The journey for Clementine to learn to battle her demons involving her aunts death, and the actual story behind her aunts death had me blindsided with emotion and it really made this book a standout for me.

Clementine meets Iwan, a happy-go-lucky young man full of dreams of being a successful chef. What she doesn’t realize at first is that she’s meeting him 7 years in the past when he stays at her aunts apartment until he gets on his feet, as it turns out the stories her aunt had told her about the magical properties of the apartment were true all along. Despite herself she starts to fall for this young man, and despite the barrier of seven years that stands between them and no clue as to where he might be in her present.

My favourite part was probably the contrasting versions of Iwan we get to see, from the seven years in the past, to Clementine’s present when she meets him again. It’s so real because she finds a much different man than the younger version she initially met who was still fresh to the world and had this idealized image of life and his dreams, to Iwan seven years down the road who had years more worth of experiences under his belt that had fashioned the man he became. It was so real because who can say they are the same person today as they were seven years ago? And this is something Clementine had to make her peace with to learn to care about Iwan in the present the same way she unintentionally falls for him in the past, as she expects to find the same man she left behind in her aunts past apartment, and doesn’t understand how he could be so different. It was very real and I loved that it was something Clementine had to come to an understanding on gradually in order to see Iwan for who he was in the present, rather than hanging onto the Iwan of the past who it was impossible to keep ahold of after so many years.

I will say there was a lot of predictability for me in the storyline, as I wasn’t surprised by any of the twists, but for a book like this that really didn’t bother me because I think it’s to be expected to some degree in contemporary, light reads. I still enjoyed every minute of it. I also cannot wait for the next book by Ashley Poston as I’ve really grown to enjoy them.

What I loved about this book:
⏰ A magical apartment with a 7-year time glitch
♥️ Strangers to lovers
📅 Alternate timelines
❤️‍🩹 How it dealt with grief and loss
❤️‍🔥 Great tension and banter
🧠 Mental health rep
😍 Such a sweet love story
🍋 Super cute nicknames
🫣 Hilarious meet cute

Review:
I completely lost it multiple times while reading this book. It was so addictive and it really kept me on my toes! The thing I love about this book, as well as Ashley Poston's previous book The Dead Romantics, is that there's that little touch of magic that helps the love story along.

It's so hard not to spoil this story and that's the last thing I want to do! Clementine moves into her late grandmother's apartment and is still dealing with the loss of her favourite person. Since her aunt's passing, she has closed herself off from everyone and definitely put a stop to any romantic entanglements, as well as submerging herself in her work. As she reminisces on the story that her grandmother told her about the apartment's magical ability to create a time glitch where it travels 7 years into the past. When this happens to Clementine, she meets Iwan, and we see Clementine move between past and present, falling in love with a man from the past.

This gave me The Lake House vibes, but I thought it was way better! I loved delving into both timelines and seeing Clementine come out of her rut and find her person. Iwan was delightful - flirty and passionate and totally obessed with Clementine 'Lemon'. Classic 'he falls first'. I definitely recommend you read this when it comes out at the end of June!

Thanks to #NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I was worried that no book would be as good as the Dead Romantics but I absolutely adored The Seven Year Slip. Ashley Poston always manages to create the perfect blend of swoony romance and emotional buy-in. I don’t know whether it’s my timing or simply if there is something that everyone can take from her books but I always feel like a different person when I reach the last page. The romance and fantastical elements were expertly handled and I wish the book was a thousand pages longer just so it didn’t have to end. Iwan was such a great love interest and a chef which added so many bonus points for me. I also found the way that Clementine navigated her circumstances to be realistic and inspiring. Definitely pick this book up as soon as it releases or preorder like I did because you won’t want to miss it.

Thank you to NetGalley and HQ for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks to NetGalley and HQ for the ARC. I voluntarily read and reviewed this book.
A beautiful story. A bit slow in the middle but picks up over the second half. The time slip worked here (unfortunately it doesn't always!) and the MCs showed such growth in their own lives and in their relationship together. Not a romance like you usually think of one, this works on so many levels. You empathize with Clementine while she grieves for her beloved aunt. A great ending too.

The Seven Year Slip is a beautiful romance with a fantasy twist, which looks at how people change over time as well as touching on grief. There were a few bits that dragged a little, but for the most part (and especially towards the end) I was enchanted. This is definitely a book that stays with you!

I received a copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Ashley Poston writes the most beautiful books. I loved the Dead Romantics and still have quotes from it that live in my head rent free. The Seven Year Slip is no different.

Interestingly, I didn't love this because of the romance (which was fine). I loved it because of the insightful analysis of how we see ourselves versus who we want to be, and how much we can change over the years. There are so many points where I read a sentence and just stopped to think about it more. The writing is gorgeous and Clementine's struggle is so relatable to anyone dealing with grief, feeling paralyzed in their life, or struggling to reconcile who they are versus who they thought they would be at this age.

There is also a cameo from the Dead Romantics and that made me smile.

As far as strict romance, this is heavier than most, as it doesn't have the humor and zaniness of that so many do. It covers topics like suicide (off page, historical) and doesn't shy away from the impact it had on Clementine. So know that going into it. But it's a wonderful book and I highly recommend it for anyone who loved the Dead Romantics or Book Lovers.

The Seven Year Slip is one of thoses novels that the synopsis is so stupid that it shouldn't work. A temporary room mate from 7 years ago. At first I thought he was a ghost but no he is real, and the apartment has a seven year time slip where you it moves seven years back.

Becaues of this Clementine meets Iwan = an aspiring chef who is seven years in her past. They fall hopelessly in love never to meet again. But good romances mean that the 7 years catches up but can they get their romance back on track?

I loved this novel its quirky and funny and very poignant. Definite 5 stars for romance lovers.