Ashley Poston's Seven Year Slip
After reading a bunch of kind of sad mysteries, I wanted something on the lighter side—this is just about the only time I read romance novels lately. I’ve never read anything by Poston, but several friends recommended her previous book to me, and this one has time travel shenanigans—very up my alley. Anyway, our heroine is a late-twenties book publicist, grieving the recent death of her aunt, third-wheeling it with her best friends (a lesbian couple), and moving into her aunt's apartment that she inherited. And her aunt always told her stories of the apartment being magical, but she’s still shocked to suddenly find herself seven years in the past, with a hot dude aspiring chef come to stay for the summer. The romance is cute, I liked the characters well enough, I did enjoy the narrative voice, but there were just so many things to nitpick! And I don’t want to nitpick! It just made me want to rewatch The Lake House, the ne plus ultra time slip story. I might still read this with my book club, I think it will be a hit with that group. B+.
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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released on June 27th.
Would probably be a hit with our bookclub, but I felt like it kind of lost steam after the reveal with the chef. Agree with your rating!
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