The Seven Year Slip
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ 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 novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics.
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2023
"A gorgeous love story from one of the finest romance writers out there."—Carley Fortune, New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After
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.
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2023
"A gorgeous love story from one of the finest romance writers out there."—Carley Fortune, New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After
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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Readers say *The Seven Year Slip* is a sweet, heartfelt romance with magical realism that thoughtfully explores grief, change, and connection. Many pr...
Loved, loved, loved! Read this in one day. Totally ate it up! Wish she would have set it up to write another book in the same setting though. Iwan is every woman’s dream and every man should take note!
It was a very cute book. I was not prepared the grief that was in this book. It was quite sad and hit me in a way I wasn't prepared for. Definitely not as light as I thought it would be, but the romance evened it out. I would recommend this.
3.5 rounded up.
“The sadness will last forever. It wasn’t a lie. There was sadness, and there was despair, and there was pain—but there was also laughter, and joy, and relief. There was never grief without love or love without grief..”
I really enjoyed this book. The author does a fantastic job of exploring grief in its different stages and the idea that two things can co-exist at the same time - in this instance it was Clementine still coming to grips with her aunts death but also experiencing a blossoming love, and joy and laughter.
The book follows Clementine, she works at a publishing agency and 6 months ago moved into her aunts apartment following her death. She is also tasked with getting a Chef to sign an exclusive book writing deal with her agency.
But when they finally meet face to face, they realise their paths have crossed in the present, and from then on a steady romance begins…
The pace of this book was fantastic, I didn’t feel like it dragged. I enjoyed the Lemon’s growth throughout the book and I liked that with each chapter we were learning a bit more about her aunt and Ewan. However, I felt I only got to know him from whatever age they first met and would have liked to have a little bit more character development written into him ie why did he change how he wanted his restaurant to be?
I loved that the author also explored that as we change, what we desire in love also changes and that’s okay. I loved lemon’s inward reflection about her growth over the last 7 years and when she felt that she could drop all her walls down and just be vulnerable - so so real😅 - overall despite the topic of grief in its forms I really really liked this book.
I am excited to read more of the authors work.
“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.”
𝙎𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣-𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙎𝙡𝙞𝙥 was beautiful and heartfelt. I enjoyed every second of it and has come to be one of my all-time favorite books.
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