{"id":30372,"date":"2023-06-28T08:49:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T12:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=30372"},"modified":"2023-06-28T08:50:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T12:50:44","slug":"review-the-seven-year-slip-by-ashley-poston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/28\/review-the-seven-year-slip-by-ashley-poston\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-30372\" data-postid=\"30372\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-30372 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_zplu158 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-narrow tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_qdvo158 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_eh8e159 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/the-seven-year-slip-ashley-poston.jpg?resize=333%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-30373\" title=\"the-seven-year-slip-ashley-poston\" alt=\"the-seven-year-slip-ashley-poston\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/the-seven-year-slip-ashley-poston.jpg?w=333&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/the-seven-year-slip-ashley-poston.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/the-seven-year-slip-ashley-poston.jpg?resize=400%2C600&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_3a7z159 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">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\u2019t want to get too close to anyone\u2014she isn\u2019t sure her heart can take it.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">And then she finds a strange man standing in the kitchen of her late aunt\u2019s 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\u2019ve fallen head-over-heels for. And she might again.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Except, he exists in the past. Seven years ago, to be exact. And she, quite literally, lives seven years in his future.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">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\u2019ll be doomed.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">After all, love is never a matter of time\u2014but a matter of timing.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_hgt8159 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_5tuq159  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16467 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3_5-hearts-1.jpg?resize=146%2C44&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jun 27, 2023<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Love on Cue<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>2<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $10.99<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote class=\"quotes\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8216;When did you get this?\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>He looked down at the tattoo, and then sheepishly back to me. \u2018About seven years ago. It\u2019s a bit faded now\u2014\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>\u2018It\u2019s a lemon flower.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>\u2018Yes,\u2019 he replied, looking up into my eyes, searching them. He\u2019d gotten a lemon flower tattoo over his heart.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>\u2018What do you tell people, when they ask about it?\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>His shyness melted into a smile, warm and gooey like chocolate. \u2018I tell them about a girl I fell in love with at the right place, but the wrong time.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>A knot lodged in my throat. \u2018And what are you going to tell them now?\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>\u2018That we finally got the timing right.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Clementine West<\/strong> is grief-stricken after her aunt passes away and moves into her magical apartment that can transport the tenant back into the past seven years. The apartment transports her to seven years in the past, where she meets aspiring chef <strong>Iwan<\/strong>, and they begin a friendship that turns to love. Her aunt always warned her there are two rules to the apartment, and the biggest one is to never fall in love because no one stays the same. When a serendipitous chance meeting in her time pushes these two back together again, sparks fly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">This book is hard for me to rate because while it is extremely well written, it deals with some very heavy topics like grief and suicide. I wasn\u2019t expecting that. I did find that Clementine\u2019s friends provided some much-needed comedic relief. I just wish there had been more of it to balance out that darkness that we see in Clementine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Her aunt always said that the apartment would take you back to when you were at a crossroads, and I believe that Clementine absolutely needed that version of Iwan. He was kind and funny and brought her back to life a little bit. <strong>Ashley Poston<\/strong> didn\u2019t shy away from discussing hard topics, and for that, I commend her. 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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\u2019t want to get too close to anyone\u2014she isn\u2019t sure her heart can take it.<br \/><br \/>And then she finds a strange man standing in the kitchen of her late aunt\u2019s 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\u2019ve fallen head-over-heels for. And she might again.<br \/><br \/>Except, he exists in the past. Seven years ago, to be exact. And she, quite literally, lives seven years in his future.<br \/><br \/>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\u2019ll be doomed.<br \/><br \/>After all, love is never a matter of time\u2014but a matter of timing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3_5-hearts-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p> <hr \/> <p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jun 27, 2023<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Love on Cue<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>2<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $10.99<\/p> <hr \/> <blockquote> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>'When did you get this?\u2019<\/em><\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>He looked down at the tattoo, and then sheepishly back to me. \u2018About seven years ago. It\u2019s a bit faded now\u2014\u2019<\/em><\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>\u2018It\u2019s a lemon flower.\u2019<\/em><\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>\u2018Yes,\u2019 he replied, looking up into my eyes, searching them. He\u2019d gotten a lemon flower tattoo over his heart.<\/em><\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>\u2018What do you tell people, when they ask about it?\u2019<\/em><\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>His shyness melted into a smile, warm and gooey like chocolate. \u2018I tell them about a girl I fell in love with at the right place, but the wrong time.\u2019<\/em><\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>A knot lodged in my throat. \u2018And what are you going to tell them now?\u2019<\/em><\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>\u2018That we finally got the timing right.\u2019<\/em><\/p> <\/blockquote> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Clementine West<\/strong> is grief-stricken after her aunt passes away and moves into her magical apartment that can transport the tenant back into the past seven years. The apartment transports her to seven years in the past, where she meets aspiring chef <strong>Iwan<\/strong>, and they begin a friendship that turns to love. Her aunt always warned her there are two rules to the apartment, and the biggest one is to never fall in love because no one stays the same. When a serendipitous chance meeting in her time pushes these two back together again, sparks fly.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">This book is hard for me to rate because while it is extremely well written, it deals with some very heavy topics like grief and suicide. I wasn\u2019t expecting that. I did find that Clementine\u2019s friends provided some much-needed comedic relief. I just wish there had been more of it to balance out that darkness that we see in Clementine.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Her aunt always said that the apartment would take you back to when you were at a crossroads, and I believe that Clementine absolutely needed that version of Iwan. He was kind and funny and brought her back to life a little bit. <strong>Ashley Poston<\/strong> didn\u2019t shy away from discussing hard topics, and for that, I commend her. 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