It’s been a while since I’ve read a book about time travel so I was excited to read The Seven Year Slip.

Briefly…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.

Overall I liked this one but time travel is tricky. I got confused at some parts because of how choppy scenes were. The romance was cute and just a bit spicy. BTW if you haven’t read The Dead Romantics pick it up ASAP!

How do you feel about time travel IRL or in books? 🤣

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

It's not like Clementine's aunt hadn't warned her. Her Aunt Annalea even gave her rules to live by. But Clementine is struck down by the grief of losing her beloved aunt and now she is torn between wanting nothing to do with her aunt's things and apartment and all the memories the apartment represents.

Finally what Annalea had talked about happening in this apartment happens to Clementine. All the rules firmly in her head, Clementine does a great job of breaking them. She could fall in love with this guy standing in the apartment of her aunt, the apartment of seven years ago, when he stayed a the apartment while Clementine and Annalea traveled. Just remember the rules, Clementine, and everything will be fine.

But no, Clementine falls hard and this can't work, two people from two different times. Or, can it? Even though it didn't work for Annalea, so many decades ago, I'm an optimist and I could see it happening. Forget trying to figure out how any of this happens, just slip into the time slip and accept things for what they are, a food infused story of chances and second chances. This is my first Ashley Poston and it made me hungry. I've never been one to want to wax poetic about food but I sure would like to eat the food that is discussed here.

Thank you to Berkley and NetGalley for this ARC.

My new favorite magical romance. My new favorite Ashley Poston book. Also my favorite book so far this year. You bet cha.
It took a little bit but I fell in love with this book and I feel hard. I loved the story between Clementine and James; the back and forth, the nicknames, the meet cutes, the butterflies. They were all there and I couldn't stop feeling all warm inside at there story. I think both Lemon and Iwan might both be book crushes for me I want them both to love me.
For a minute I thought I wouldn't work out between them, Ashley really tricked me there. There were also some hard times, her aunt passing and her missing the old Iwan but not seeing how great the Iwan Infront of her was.
I just didn't want to put it down in the end.

I absolutely love time travel - especially when it’s incorporated into romance!! This book gave me all of the time travel elements I look for while also delivering an amazing story with characters you can’t help but root for and a book boyfriend that will have you DROOLING.

I found this book so incredibly readable, I binged it in two sittings. This is the best book to bring to the beach/pool and let yourself get entirely sucked into - perfect for summer!

This book was paradise for a time-travel-loving, foodie reader like myself!

This is my first @heyashposton novel and I absolutely loved it! It was so heartfelt and genuine. It was also set in NYC and even in one of my favorite neighborhoods.

Clementine is mourning the death of her favorite aunt: the one who encouraged her to dream big and follow her heart. She also leaves Clementine her magical one bedroom apartment in the Upper East Side. I say magical because when she moves in, so does Iwan, a son of her aunt’s friend… but he’s from 7 years in the past. They make quick friends and he helps Clementine get past her grief. It grows romantic despite not knowing where this relationship could lead. They both just enjoy it for what it is.

Clementine is a publicist at a publishing company and together with her friend and work colleague, they try to sign and up and coming chef to a new cookbook. But he seems familiar… where has she met him before? I loved the back and forth of this novel. It’s fun to see how both Clementine and Iwan grow up and change into more established adults.

I personally enjoyed the time loop! I know this isn’t for everyone, but I thought it really worked well here. I loved Clementine’s friends and that they all worked together. The cookbook side of the publishing industry isn’t one I’ve seen much of and I loved that the author tied it together with the opening of Iwan’s restaurant. Very NYC, very well done. Clementine’s relationship with her Aunt Analeigh was also so beautiful. I loved that they traveled together every year. I’m trying to cultivate a relationship like this with my twin nieces. I’ve not yet read the Dead Romantics, but I will be asap!

Thank you to @berkleypub and Ashley for my gifted ebook. The Seven Year Slip is out June 27!

5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston is a unique standalone novel. We meet Clementine, our heroine, who is still grieving her aunt’s death, as she was extremely close to her aunt, who travelled a lot, and took Clementine on many trips. She spent a lot of times at her aunt’s apartment, which Clementine learned that the stories her aunt told her were magical, but as she grew up, Clementine stopped believing the stories. Now with her aunt’s passing, Clementine inherited the apartment, and after she moved into the apartment, she wakes up with a handsome stranger in her kitchen. Clementine remembers the stories that her aunt told her about the apartment moving in time on occasion, either seven years ahead or backwards.
Iwan, our hero, was the stranger, who was told that he could stay at her apartment, and Clementine realizes that the time frame is now 7 years ago. Iwan was a great cook, and hoped to one day be a chef. In a short time, they both enjoyed each-others company, as Iwan was sweet, caring, understanding and great to be around; and Clementine knew she was falling in love with him. When Clementine went to work, she was in her own time, being a successful publicist, who was on track to replace the publisher for Strauss & Adder Publishers; she is good at her job, and has some good friends who work there. She looks forward to going home and to see Iwan, as he cooks her fajitas, lemon cake, dances with her, gives her a kiss, and then one day when she rushes home, he is no longer there.
With her working hard at her job in the present time (only in the apartment magic did she see Iwan seven years previous); to her surprise, she discovers that her publishing house in trying to bid for the famous new chef’s book, which happens to be Iwan (now seven years later in the present time). To say too much more would spoil the book, and I suggest you read this from start to finish, in order to understand the story line.

The Seven Year Slip was an interesting and different story, with a bit of paranormal, as well as complex. The Seven Year Slip was very well written by Ashley Poston. It was very heartwarming, witty second chance romance. I suggest you read this book.

I loved every single thing about this book! Beautifully written and very likely to be my favorite read of 2023!

This book explores grief and first love and finding the courage to chase after your happy. Full of great friends, a magic time loop apartment, NYC in the summer, mouth-watering food, pigeons, a swoony lead and fun insights into the publishing industry.

Ashley Poston has hit it out of the park with her latest and it was just as special on audio read by my very fav narrator, Brittney Pressley. Many thanks to NetGalley and Berkley for an early digital copy and @prhaudio for a complimentary ALC in exchange for my honest review!

CW: death of a loved one by suicide

The Dead Romantics was one of my favorite reads last year, and this book is also a dreamy and magical love story while dealing with a serious issue like grief. There’s something very tender and lyrical about Poston’s writing that just sweeps you away. My only complaint is I wanted more scenes between Iwan and Clementine; it felt like they fell in love too quickly in the past.

I absolutely adored the authors last book, The Dead Romantics so I was thrilled to be able to read this one early. The authors brand of romance is such a delightful mixture of tender and quirky and it just works so well together. This is a gentle romance, everything is handled in such a soft and sensitive manner and it gives the whole thing a deeply romantic feeling. The addition of a time slip just adds a magical quality to everything and the balance between that uniqueness and Clementine working through her grief just worked out so beautifully in the end. There’s something special about this authors books, this one shouldn’t be missed.

Thank you NetGalley, Berkley, and Ashley Poston for an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review! I’m a big fan of this author and was so excited to read this one and it exceeded my expectations. It’s emotional, real, and whimsy.

The romance is super cute, but where this book really shines is with Clementine, the main character, and her relationship with her aunt. They would go on trips together and she remembers her aunt as being spontaneous and fun. While reading I felt like I knew these characters and wanted to go on one of their trips with them.

The premise is super interesting too. It features a magical apartment that can go back and forth in time seven years. It truly shows how much people and places can change in this somewhat small amount of time. I cried more than I have for a book in a long time at the end and I’m already pre-ordering a physical copy because I loved it so much. Please, pick this one up!

“𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘪𝘵? 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱 -- 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳.”

It's been described as "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘞𝘪𝘧𝘦" and that is spot on. Iwan and Clementine will make you believe in magic and love.

In words:

Fresh.
Other-Worldly.
Unrivaled.
Hopeful.
Lovely.
Sad but never cruel.
Big Hearted.
Unique.
Sweet.
Tender grief.
Emotional.
Hopelessly romantic.
Sparkling.
Door-ajar.

FWIW- I enjoyed Poston's adult debut 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 but enjoyed this one even more!
CW- Suicide

This was a cute and sweet new time slip romance. Both main characters were sweet and likeable. I also liked that the miscommunication wasn't the main conflict and that the time slip element wasn't too complicated or over-explained. I did have a little trouble getting into this one at first, but once it grabbed me, it was a one-sitting read. Overall a nice, sweet, quick read.

Sadly, this was a miss for me.

I absolutely loved The Dead Romantics (5 stars and in my top reads of 2022). The Seven Year Slip felt like a bland and cheap knockoff of the previous novel. I didn’t feel like the story was complete once I finished. The romance was half-baked (hello, instalove!), the rules of the magical apartment were confusing, and some of the connections were left unconnected.

I am just very disappointed. Part of that may be because my expectations were so high. I just felt like this was a watered down version of The Dead Romantics.

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher, and Ashley Poston for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you so much for an advanced copy of this book! I really enjoyed it.

First off, do not expect this book to be a pure romance. Similar to The Dead Romantics, The Seven Year Slip is really more of a women's fiction book that centers around the main character Clementine. The story focuses on her romantic relationship, yes, but there is also a heavy focus on her relationship with her aunt, her changing life plans, her career, etc. There's a lot going on for Clementine! She's a likable character, and I enjoyed her journey so much!

Second, I was hanging on for all the adorable moments between Clementine and Ewan. I thought the apartment magical realism concept was adorable, and I knew I was alternately signing up for both heartache and romance as I continued to read. My biggest complaint is I wanted more romance!

Thank you so much to Berkley Romance for an advanced copy of The Seven Year Slip.

Rating: 4⭐️

“That was love, wasn’t it? It wasn’t just a quick drop — it was falling, over and over again, for your person.”

😭😭😭

I absolutely loved The Dead Romantics and somehow, this book topped it. If you want Emily Henry with a fun paranormal aspect, you need to be reading Ashley Poston.

I loved this story so much, it was about more than just falling in love at the wrong time, it was about discovering who you are and how to deal with grief.

Please read this.

🐦THE•SEVEN•YEAR•SLIP🐦
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The Dead Romantics was a big hit for me last year, so reading Ashley Poston’s newest book was a treat!
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Clementine inherits her Aunt’s apartment, an apartment she’s heard about all her life. The apartment is magical. It has a tendency to send you 7 years into the future with no rhyme or reason. Just as Clementine is trying to deal with grief and loneliness, the apartment sends her Iwan.

Read this book of you like:
🐦time travel
🐦magical realism
🐦yummy food references
🐦swoony romance
🐦strong female friendships
🐦all the feels
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I loved this book. I think it will be a popular read this summer!
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Thank you netgalley and Berkeley Publishing for the opportunity to read this book!

Thank you, NetGalley and Berkley, for this digital ARC in exchange for my honest review!

I don't know why I was so hesitant to start this book because it was PHENOMENAL! I guess I was nervous because I enjoyed The Dead Romantics so much and I didn't know whether Poston could make this book's premise work, too, but she DID! Poston is 2/2 for unique, paranormal adult romances!

Synopsis: After inheriting her aunt's apartment -- which she was always told was "magical" -- Clementine comes to realize she is not the place's only inhabitant. Iwan, an aspiring chef, is staying in the apartment for the summer, and he charms Clementine from the get-go. The catch? Iwan -- and the apartment -- are seven years in the past. Clementine must come to grips with this fact while also navigating work, friends, family, and new love while also trying to find Iwan in the present day. (If I'm not explaining this well, it's because the plot is a bit hard to wrap your head around, but trust me: it works!)

Of course, the best part of The Seven Year Slip is the romance! Iwan is charming and charismatic and swoonworthy. Any scene he was in was automatically 100x better. I loved his interactions with Clementine. They had great discussions about food and art and life. The spice was minimal but still good; the lead-up to it was excellent. If you're looking for a sexy, caring love interest, this book has it!

The premise, as I mentioned, fell short a few times, especially since Clementine only met young Iwan like, four times? However, I liked how the seven-year difference presented a nice juxtaposition between young Iwan and the older Iwan. Poston stressed how people change and that is okay, and I thought that was a beautiful theme <3

Another thing that fell short was Clementine's friendships. Her relationships with Drew and Fiona felt a bit forced, like they were just there to be there. I think they added a lot of support and humor to the story, though, so they were a bit important to the plot.

Content warning: this book discusses the death of a loved one (as caused by suicide) extensively. Please use care when reading this book. I thought Poston handled these topics beautifully, though.

Clementine was a good main character. She was dealing with grief and questioning her work passion through most of the book, so she was often in her head, which could be hard to get through. I thought her friends and Iwan brought out the best of her, however, so that was fun to read.

Overall, this was just a really good book, and I want to reread it immediately! Also, you should be excited for the cameos of characters from The Dead Romantics ;)

Author Ashley Poston has written an impressive story that intricately weaves magical realism, drama, rollicking comedy, and of course heartfelt romance. The depictions of grief, death, suicide and pregnancy are all portrayed in a relatable way, that will keep the reader thinking about the ending for a long time to come.

For anyone looking for a well-rounded story with tug-at-your-heartstrings contemporary romance, you will LOVE The Seven Year Slip. Five of five strong stars to Poston for a gorgeously written love story, making her one of my favorite authors to date! Proud to have recommended this to LibraryReads for tackling strong themes and mixing these themes with relativity in a way that will resonate with all readers!!

DROP EVERYTHING AND ADD TO CART. I absolutely loved this one! This was super cute and a quick read. At first, I had to learn about the different “time-travel” zones, but once I understood it, it was amazing! I can’t wait to read more of her books. Thank you for the ARC! :)

💛THE SEVEN YEAR SLIP by Ashley Poston💛

📆Pub date: June 20th, 2023
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Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Format: E-book
Read if you like:
💛Adorable love stories
🪄Magical Realism
📖Books set in book publishing

Say hello to my favorite book of the year so far🙌 It’s honestly hard to find words how cute, funny, and emotional this book is. I adored everything about it, from the setting in the book publishing world to the magical apartment that sometimes sends you 7 years in the past. Obviously you need to suspend disbelief for this, as with any magical realism book. The Seven Year Slip combines Emily Henry’s signature wit with a beautiful magical element that makes my perfect book.

Clementine’s aunt leaves her her NYC apartment upon her death, an apartment that has a tendency to send you 7 years in the past. When Clementine moves in and meets a man who was subletting from his aunt 7 years ago, she falls in love. Will she be able to find him in the present time? You’ll have to read to find out😉. While this book is light and cute, there are very emotional aspects that had me tearing up. There is a good amount of talk about suicide, so please keep that in mind if that’s something you’re not comfortable reading about.

Endless thanks to berkley romance for the advanced copy of The Seven Year Slip!