This is Poston’s sophomore adult novel and, like The Dead Romantics, she has crafted a beautiful love story that defies convention, time and space. She breathes life into her characters with lyrical dialogue, a vulnerability and honesty between them, and a willingness to suspend disbelief in order to get to the right time and place to be together. It has a similar premise as the movie, The Lake House, but is not quite so intense.

Although it is a romance, there is magical realism in the form of an apartment that has infrequent and unpredictable time slips, one in which Clementine’s Aunt Analea meets Vera, the love of her life, and another when Clementine first meets Iwan, the talented chef visiting NYC in the hopes of landing a dishwashing job in the restaurant his grandfather, an amateur chef, brought him to as a child and where he hopes to climb the ranks to top chef, making his grandfather proud. Little does she realize that he is seven years behind her in time.

The central theme is about following your passion, whether it’s in a vocation or in a person, and being open to change, because life isn’t stagnant, and love means embracing and supporting your partner’s growth and loving yourself enough to walk away from the life you thought you should want to discover new things about yourself and the passions that drive you. I enjoyed all of the lyrical prose, especially when Iwan was romanticizing food and his idea of “the perfect meal” and how serendipitous the path to romance is. Highly recommended!

This was a fun book, and I really appreciated the opportunity to read it! I will recommend this book.

Did I ball my eyes? Absolutely! I can see where the hype came from, this novel encompassed so much without feeling overwhelming or dragged out. Iwan and Clementine had my heart. A rollercoaster of emotions that is sure to keep you turning the page.

Sadly this didn't live up to the hype for me. I absolutely adored The Dead Romantics (one of my top favorite romance books ever!) but this just fell a little flat in terms of the romance and the plot. It felt slow (both romance and plot) and I didn't connect to the characters. I did enjoy the writing style and inner dialogue but this just wasn't for me.

“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘮𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.”

I devoured this book in just a couple days and fell in love with it. I don’t read enough contemp romance that is sprinkled with sci-fi and magical elements, and every time I do it becomes a new favorite. This one is set in the book world and integrates one of my other favorite things, food! So many nods to cooking, finding love in a simple moment over a meal, and trying new restaurants.

This book was filled with so many treasures of wonderful quotes and characters. Clementine, aka Lemon, is a publicist for a well known publisher and lives in her aunt’s apartment in NY. There’s something magical about this apartment as it slips through time. She has the best meet cute with Iwan, an aspiring chef who just moved to NYC. What’s magical about this story is Clementine coming to terms with her grief, reigniting her passions in life like art, making note of little moments between friends and family, and could be falling in love with this chef?

Here’s what I loved about the time travel part of the story, she actually meets Iwan when the apartment slips back seven years. She is in the now, and he is in the past, however their paths continue to cross. New memories are made for her now, while they’re just a reminder of the past for him. There were so many layers and complexities to these characters that just keep you invested and wanting more.

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🥐Magical Realism
🍕Time Travel
🍷Talks of desserts
🍽️Making Memories
🍰Second Chance Romance
🌮NYC Sites and Sounds

I AM OFFICIALLY OBSESSED WITH 'LEMON' AS A PET NAME, WOWOWOW. This book was so sweet and a little steamy and a lot magnificent. Ashley Poston knows *exactly* how to weave just the right amount of extraordinary and magic into her stories that I can't help but swoon and giggle and absolutely fall in love with everyone involved.

This book made me cry so much and is my new fav Ashley Poston. I truly cannot say more good things about it. Ashley Poston is on the same god tier as Emily Henry.

The Seven Year Slip is a book that I will be recommending forever. It's absolutely beautiful, sad and happy all at the same time.

Iwan is the sweetest and most sincere MMC and I fell in love with him instantly. (don't tell my husband).

Clementine is more serious and focused. She hates change and doesn't know what to do with her life now that Analea (her aunt) is no longer here.

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘓𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥"
"𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸?"
"𝘛𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬"

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me free access to the advanced digital copy of this book.

This book wasn’t nearly as light as I expected. Not rom com, much sadder and morose. Beautiful concept and writing. Lots of feels. This one might make you cry. Heavy, emotional and heartfelt. It’s about grief and finding yourself. Im not sure I was prepared.

Wow. Wow wow wow. The Seven Year Slip was SO good, I actually can’t even express how much I loved this. Much like The Dead Romantics this was a book deeply about grief. But Poston handles hard topics (in this case suicide) with such beautifully written care. The romance in this was delightful, I read and listened on audio and I honestly couldn’t put it down. Lemon and Iwan were everything. All the stars!

A moving and witty follow-up to The Dead Romantics. Explored grief, especially after suicide, in such a thoughtful and authentic way.

I couldn’t put this book down. I laughed and cried and fell in love with the characters in this book. I didn’t want it to end

Oh, I just adored this! I didn't want to put it down at all, and if I didn't have any obligations, I would have definitely stayed up until 5 or 6am to finish it!!!

I've found that I love stories set in NYC—it's the familiarty of the city, knowing a street and a place and a landmark and grinning because I could be there too! It feels silly, but it's not bc familiarity is so lovely, I think.

My favorite part of romance books (I think only romance books, so far) is the small tragedies in them, which is weird to admit. That little bit of heartache the main character carries through the book—I always want more of it and discovering it throughout the book just makes everything else about the romance even better.

I adored Clementine, but what's more is that I adored her heartbreak about her aunt. It was so beautifully written, as grief often is. Poston really nailed that well.

And of COURSE I loved the romance! I couldn't get enough of Iwan, sweet guy he is. The friendships were amazing, as well—I knew Poston would write that bit incredibly. Fiona and Drew were as important to the story as Iwan was, and it made my heart so happy. Friendships are important relationships, too

I love this author! This is the second book that I've read and they've both been wonderful. The author has an interesting premise and I very much enjoyed the ride. I would highly recommend this author and book!

This was the sweetest story! i didn’t quite know what to expect beyond a romance with some magical realism and was completely swept away in this beautiful, swoony story of love and loss. I absolutely adored Iwan and the the beautiful depth of Clementine’s story. And I definitely loved the lemon pies!

Clementine doesn’t want to get hurt so she distances herself from the people in her life. That is until she find a strange man standing in her aunt’s apartment. As the build rapport, they realize that he lives seven years in the past. Her aunt always said the apartment was a pinch in time, and now Clementine knows why. She knows this man could be the love of her life but is she willing to open her heart up to him.

Oh how I loved this story! I typically struggle with magical realism, but not with this book. Poston created such a fun and unique world, and I adored all the foodie aspects in the story. I really wanted things to work out with Iwan and Clementine. I just loved them together and was hoping they would find themselves in the world outside apartment B4.

This was my first book by Poston and I absolutely fell in love with it. She is a clever writer and I really enjoyed reading about Clementine finding herself. The friendships in the story were great, and the way she described the trips Clementine and her aunt on transported me to the places they traveled.

I enjoyed the audiobook narrated by Brittany Pressley. The subtlety and sereneness were perfect for this story.

I look forward to reading more from Poston.

Finally read this book in February 2024 after having had the ARC from NetGalley for quite some time, and honestly I am extremely disappointed. The way I wanted to love this book. The way that I was fully prepared to become invested in the plot. And the way I was... not.

The good: the premise for the book was excellent. I mean what a stellar idea! A seven-year time slip and a love story to span the years? Sign me up. Another big hit: NO THIRD-ACT BREAKUP AND MISCOMMUNICATION. I mean for these traits alone I should have been running to the nearest bookstore to buy a copy.

But instead it brings me to the bad: the pacing absolutely ruined the book. The first half was bland, so much repetition and needless detail, what is happening here? By 40-50% I was like, "alright alright it is getting good." No. False alarm. Suddenly things pick up, characters are making moves and developing. 70% is like moving and suddenly sitting in an empty house when you literally only packed one box. Once the plot hit the climax, it didn't go anywhere! And then we get a rushed ending that ties everything up nicely, but gives us nothing else in terms of development. Truly some of the most intriguing details that "would have" made the plot shine, suddenly disappeared like dust.

By the end, I was irrationally angry at this book. And I felt robbed. I felt like as a reader I was presented with possibly one of the best romance book premises in recent history and then just Fyre Festival'd.

I realize this feedback is almost a year overdue. I apologize. I finally had time to read it and I'm so glad I did. In addition to being a lovely, well-written story, it also made me think hard about the relationships I have now versus the ones I had with the same people years ago. What a great exercise. I told quite a few people that I love them this week, some as overdue as this review.

I connected to this book from the get go. The way that Ashley Poston deals with grief is so real and relatable that anyone who has had to experience grief in any way can understand. The relationship between Clementine and Iwan is witty and raw. The time shift in this novel makes you think about your own life and how you would interact with those around you if you too were in that situation. We all wish we could have an eclectic aunt who leaves behind magic, and Clementine gets just that. All in all, I simply loved this book from cover to cover. I read it in one sitting and I can’t wait to recommend this book to other readers.