The Seven Year Slip

Happy publication day!

Dead Romantics was my favorite romance last year and I feel truly honored for having the possibility to read this book prior to its release.
What can I say about ”The seven year slip”? I liked it even more than the authors debut.

This book follows the story of Clementine, who inherits her aunts apartment after her death. They were very close and used to travel the world together every year.
Clementine is devastated by the loss and consumed with grief. Luckily, the apartment is magical and takes you seven years in the past or future when you find yourself at a crosswords, which is Clementine's case.

I loved a ton of things about this book:
- The premise of the book is quite interesting and perfectly accomplished with Ashley's beautiful and captivating writing
- It's a story about grief, acceptance, self discovery and growth, enveloped with a cute romance and filled with hope.
- Clementine's aunt was great and I loved to read about their relationship and her pieces of advice
”My aunt used to say, if you don't fit, fool everyone until you do. She also said to keep your passport renewed, to pair red wines with meat and whites with everything else, to find work that is fulfilling to your heart as well as your head, to never forget to fall in love whenever you find it because love is nothing if not a matter of timing, and to chase the moon.”
- Iwan has my heart. He is the kind of hero that it's impossible not to fall in love with.
- I liked how the nicknames would be related/ represent who the characters were at each moment. This was nicely done.

What I think it could have been done better:
- Despite her aunt's brilliant life advices, it appeared that Clementine completely forgot the bit regarding the timing of love and focused only on the house rules, to the point I also forgot she mentioned something about love before. This felt weird and I think it would have been beautiful to connect their relationship with her aunt true recommendations/ beliefs.
- Although I'm quite convinced about the romance with Iwan of the past, the romance on the present felt to insta for me. Clementine is always remarking about how different he is from the Iwan she knows and is falling for. I feel the book needed more present scenes of Iwan and Clementine to convince me they would work out and this is the main reason why I dropped one star.

I would like to thank HQ and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.