When I read that this book involved a time slip, I couldn’t resist!
Clementine is an overworked book publicist whose beloved Aunt Analea has recently passed away. Analea was spontaneous, exuberant and always ready for the next adventure, all the things that Clementine is most definitely not. Her aunt always had wise words of advice for Clementine, including, “๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ง ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด, ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ.”
As fate would have it, Clementine inherits her aunt’s fabulous Upper East Side apartment which also happens to contain a very big secret. There are seven-year time jumps that occur within its walls! Clemetine had heard hints about this from her aunt but never truly believed it until one day when she finds adorable aspiring chef named Iwan in the apartment, who claims to have received permission to stay there for the summer while job-hunting in New York. Except that it is seven years in the past.
Iwan endearingly nicknames Clementine “Lemon” and there is fantastic chemistry between the two. They begin a wonderful romance, but Clementine soon learns that sometimes when she leaves the apartment, time reverts to the present and Iwan won’t always be there when she returns. There is a lot to process but Clementine goes with the flow and falls in love. Until one day, Iwan disappears for good.
This is a delicious plot with a slow-build romance and a sparkling cast of supporting characters. I love books set in the New York City and you can feel the magic of the city through the pages. Clementine is reunited with Iwan but in the most unexpected of ways. Will this current version of Iwan remember the sweet love affair from seven years ago?
The Seven Year Slip is a lovely summer read and I couldn’t help but envision this is as a movie. The seven-year time jumps are explained perfectly, and I loved the contrast between the Iwan of the past and the man he is in the present day. This is a sweet book filled with love, romance, nostalgia, food, friends and family, and I can’t think of a better way to spend a summer afternoon.
(๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ.)
About the Book:
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: stay busy, 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 doesnโt want to get too close to anyoneโshe isnโt sure her heart can take it.
And then she finds a strange man standing in the kitchen of her late auntโs 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 wouldโve 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, sheโll be doomed.
After all, love is never a matter of timeโbut a matter of timing.
An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love with her temporary roommateโฆonly to discover he lives seven years in the past, in this witty and wise new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics.