The Seven Year Slip

rating- 3.5/5I really really wanted to like this. But somehow, it fell slightly short, even while doing everything right.

Some scenes really had me in a chokehold (cough the tattoo scene coughcough), while some parts had me wanting to dnf? I don't really know how THAT much difference can exist parallelly in the same book, but trust me, it really did.

I loved the concept of a time travelling apartment and falling in love in a bubble, in between time; which is precisely why I picked it up, as I'm sure most readers would've. However to me, the erratic nature of the time travel, was what slightly put me off, you know? Like I didn't know when the apartment was gonna go back in time? So I wasn't really looking forward..to anything? if that makes sense? If the author had found a way to do the time travel in some other way, I probably would've been more invested?

Apart from that though, everything was done really well. I loved the characters, the way grief was portrayed and just the writing struck a chord with me.

Definitely give this book a chance! The magical realism is something that sets Ashley Poston's books apart and what I really like to pick up when most romances start to feel a tad bit monotonous.