The Seven Year Slip
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4.4 • 836 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Romance, magical realism, and a pinch of science fiction come together in this seriously fun twist on a classic love story. After losing her beloved aunt Analea, Clementine inherits her Manhattan apartment. She’s hardly in the mood for love, but when a dreamy man named Iwan mysteriously shows up in her new home, she starts to reconsider. There’s one problem, though: Iwan exists seven years in the past, and his life only crosses over with Clementine’s in that apartment. Ashley Poston’s inventive novel takes the idea of time travel out of its usual science fiction setting, resulting in a breezy romance that’s only a little bit mind-bending. With its lusciously descriptive prose, The Seven Year Slip is an unusual, immersive, and sweetly entertaining tale.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
With this poignant, magic-infused contemporary romance, Poston (The Dead Romantics) explores love, grief, and the courage it takes to create one's "own adventure." As a publicist for a boutique Manhattan book publisher, Clementine lives for work, splitting her limited personal time between her parents and her coworkers, and grieving the recent death of her larger-than-life, Auntie Mame-esque aunt, Analea. Analea left Clementine her "century-old" Upper East Side apartment, which she often described as a place where "time pinched in on itself," but she also warned Clementine not to fall in love within its walls. Clementine learns that her aunt's kooky stories are true when she wakes up to find young chef hopeful, Iwan, also in residence—though he's living seven years in the past. What follows is an easily flowing and often unpredictable romance. The magical element adds a cool twist on the gradually building central relationship and Poston's depictions of grief ring especially true and are sure to tug at readers' heartstrings. This is an emotional delight.
Customer Reviews
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I couldn’t put this book down ! It was such a sweet love story . I was happy everything didn’t fall into place so easily and it wasn’t sappy or cringy in any way ! 7.5 / 10 imo .
Way too much description!
The premise of the story is great and towards the end got very good, however there were several paragraphs of descriptions that were totally unnecessary and a waste of time to read.
Ethereal and beautiful
This book was much more poignant than I expected. It delves into human character, things good and bad at our core. Those things that carve a path thru life. It was an interesting read.