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Nominee for Readers' Favorite Romance (2023)Кар’єра Клементини ретельно спланована, вона любить свою роботу, наполегливо працює та готується до підвищення, тому зараз їй не до романтичних стосунків. Проте одного дня в успадкованій від померлої тітоньки квартирі вона зустріла хлопця з добрими очима, дивними татуюваннями, південним акцентом та ароматом лимонного пирога. Хлопця, у якого можна закохатися. Але от халепа! Він живе в минулому, рівно сім років тому. Ще з дитинства вона чула, що ця квартира є чарівною і дає можливість подорожувати в часі, а також що ніколи не можна закохуватися в її стінах. Чи ладна буде Клементина порушити цю настанову? І що є важливішим — час чи вчасність?
400 pages, Hardcover
First published June 27, 2023
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Ashley Poston
47 books27.7k followersNew York Times best-seller by day, fanfic author by night.
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February 3, 2024
➸ 4.25 stars
— this story centers around clementine, an overworked book publicist who has hit a crossroads in her life. her life and career are perfectly planned out and she is now up for one of the biggest promotions of her life, but she is still reeling from the devastating and unexpected loss of her aunt, analea. she has recently moved into her aunt’s apartment and while her aunt has already told her about the magical apartment, which she doesn’t believe - so imagine clementine’s surprise when one day she finds a strange, but attractive man standing in her kitchen. here we meet iwan, a tattooed, inspiring chef with big dreams. he’s subletting the apartment from her aunt, but from seven years ago.
wow what a magical, beautifully written and heartwarming story!! this was that book that completely took me off guard. this is a book you easily fall in love with, it swept me off my feet and surprised me in the best possible way. some things were a little predictable, but i found i didn’t care. i loved the new york setting, it always just does it for me!! 😍
➷ this book is so much more than a romance. this story takes you on a journey of clementine’s self discovery, her friendships, mistakes, passions, her growth and how she navigates through life dealing with grief. i loved how this story represents grief because i felt like i was grieving the loss of her aunt too. clementine’s relationship with her aunt was a pivotal point of this story, i was instantly drawn to how strong and deep their relationship was. i loved that analea’s magical apartment keeps clementine connected to her in some way and that her wisdom still lives on with clementine.
— this book doesn’t shy away from the uncomfortable truths of grief, and through the characters’ experiences, readers are invited to reflect on the universal nature of loss and the resilience required to navigate the ever-shifting landscape of emotions. grief is not portrayed as a mere obstacle but as an integral part of the characters’ journeys. the author intricately weaves the threads of sorrow, allowing us to witness the characters’ raw and authentic responses to loss. the healing process also becomes an integral part of the story, adding depth and authenticity to the characters’ experiences.
➳ clementine west:
she’s not perfect. she’s got her own set of flaws and quirks, and that’s what makes her real. you’re not just cheering for her; you’re on this wild ride, feeling every high and low as she kicks ass and tries to make sense of the temporal mayhem. we see her struggle with grief and we see how she grapples with a sense of uncertainty and directionlessness in her life. she finds herself at a crossroads, unsure of which path to take or what her future holds. i really enjoyed seeing her development from being so closed-off and pursing the life she thought she had to live, to embracing that people change. it was beautiful to see her realise she can dictate how her life can be, and that your job doesn’t define who you are. we all feel lost sometimes and struggle to understand with what we should do with ourselves. but life is all about the struggles you go through and it’s okay to embrace it. everyone has their own path, challenges and lessons to learn. i love how she met iwan at the right time, he makes her rekindle the things she used to love in life and i think that was beautiful.
➳ james iwan ashton:
「 in a world of boys, he's a gentleman 」
there are so many dimensions to his character. he’s the kind of guy who makes you believe in love at first sight. whether he’s sweeping lemon off her feet with grand romantic gestures or sharing tender moments of vulnerability, he exudes an undeniable allure that leaves us swooning with every page turn. and oh how his charming charisma got me. he is patient, kind, wonderful, charming, cooks for her, calls her lemon, dances with her and just brings clementine out of her shell. his personality was so refreshing and i just adore how passionate he is about life. he is someone who observes and listens to everything clementine has to say, and no matter how long ago she told him something, he is the person that will always remember every one of their conversations. even though this story is written in clementine’s pov, i love that we still got to see how he is grown and followed his dreams in that 7 years.
꒰ clementine + iwan: ꒱
clementine finds herself seven years in the past, while iwan is seven years into the future. this temporal discrepancy sets the stage for their unconventional romance and adds layers of complexity to their relationship. but aaa they are the epitome of soft love - it is love that feels like a cozy blanket on a rainy winter day. they are nothing short of soul-mates, i was rooting for them throughout this story. the attraction was obvious and the chemistry was palpable but certain aspects seemed to happen too fast. the fmc would make remarks about “present iwan” being so much different from “past iwan” so i wish we had more time with them in the present to convince me they would work out. their love was very much insta-lovey and their connection was from the get-go. i say this a lot but i always expect build-up, i hate when characters just jump right into everything. how do you know if you’re in love after just spending one weekend together?? but amidst the instant connection, the romance is the beating heart of the narrative, reminding us that love isn’t always neat and orderly. it’s messy, intense, and, in this case, comes with a side of time-bending complications that keep you hooked from start to finish. but their love does feels authentic and their mutual support and encouragement allows them to grow individually.
reading this book felt like a warm hug on a crisp autumn night. a comforting embrace that lingers long after the final page is turned. it’s like laughter from the one person who holds your heart, a beautiful and melodic symphony that resonates within you. it’s dancing in the kitchen while cheap wine flows, eating frozen pizza that’s then followed by a blissful homemade dessert, it’s where bathtubs become art studios, painting on a gloomy nyc day, it’s chasing the moon and taking a bold leap into the realm of love. as this book states “a matter of timing” is important and i definitely feel like i read this book at the perfect time.
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ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ pre-review:
i’m in the mood for a cute lil rom-com and i’ve heard nothing but great things about this book so i’m excited for this one! ✨
“i loved how a book, a story, a set of words in a sentence organized in the exact right order, made you miss places you’ve never visited, and people you’ve never met.”
— this story centers around clementine, an overworked book publicist who has hit a crossroads in her life. her life and career are perfectly planned out and she is now up for one of the biggest promotions of her life, but she is still reeling from the devastating and unexpected loss of her aunt, analea. she has recently moved into her aunt’s apartment and while her aunt has already told her about the magical apartment, which she doesn’t believe - so imagine clementine’s surprise when one day she finds a strange, but attractive man standing in her kitchen. here we meet iwan, a tattooed, inspiring chef with big dreams. he’s subletting the apartment from her aunt, but from seven years ago.
wow what a magical, beautifully written and heartwarming story!! this was that book that completely took me off guard. this is a book you easily fall in love with, it swept me off my feet and surprised me in the best possible way. some things were a little predictable, but i found i didn’t care. i loved the new york setting, it always just does it for me!! 😍
➷ this book is so much more than a romance. this story takes you on a journey of clementine’s self discovery, her friendships, mistakes, passions, her growth and how she navigates through life dealing with grief. i loved how this story represents grief because i felt like i was grieving the loss of her aunt too. clementine’s relationship with her aunt was a pivotal point of this story, i was instantly drawn to how strong and deep their relationship was. i loved that analea’s magical apartment keeps clementine connected to her in some way and that her wisdom still lives on with clementine.
— this book doesn’t shy away from the uncomfortable truths of grief, and through the characters’ experiences, readers are invited to reflect on the universal nature of loss and the resilience required to navigate the ever-shifting landscape of emotions. grief is not portrayed as a mere obstacle but as an integral part of the characters’ journeys. the author intricately weaves the threads of sorrow, allowing us to witness the characters’ raw and authentic responses to loss. the healing process also becomes an integral part of the story, adding depth and authenticity to the characters’ experiences.
“nothing lasts forever. not the good things, not the bad. so just find what makes you happy, and do it for as long as you can.”
➳ clementine west:
she’s not perfect. she’s got her own set of flaws and quirks, and that’s what makes her real. you’re not just cheering for her; you’re on this wild ride, feeling every high and low as she kicks ass and tries to make sense of the temporal mayhem. we see her struggle with grief and we see how she grapples with a sense of uncertainty and directionlessness in her life. she finds herself at a crossroads, unsure of which path to take or what her future holds. i really enjoyed seeing her development from being so closed-off and pursing the life she thought she had to live, to embracing that people change. it was beautiful to see her realise she can dictate how her life can be, and that your job doesn’t define who you are. we all feel lost sometimes and struggle to understand with what we should do with ourselves. but life is all about the struggles you go through and it’s okay to embrace it. everyone has their own path, challenges and lessons to learn. i love how she met iwan at the right time, he makes her rekindle the things she used to love in life and i think that was beautiful.
➳ james iwan ashton:
「 in a world of boys, he's a gentleman 」
there are so many dimensions to his character. he’s the kind of guy who makes you believe in love at first sight. whether he’s sweeping lemon off her feet with grand romantic gestures or sharing tender moments of vulnerability, he exudes an undeniable allure that leaves us swooning with every page turn. and oh how his charming charisma got me. he is patient, kind, wonderful, charming, cooks for her, calls her lemon, dances with her and just brings clementine out of her shell. his personality was so refreshing and i just adore how passionate he is about life. he is someone who observes and listens to everything clementine has to say, and no matter how long ago she told him something, he is the person that will always remember every one of their conversations. even though this story is written in clementine’s pov, i love that we still got to see how he is grown and followed his dreams in that 7 years.
꒰ clementine + iwan: ꒱
clementine finds herself seven years in the past, while iwan is seven years into the future. this temporal discrepancy sets the stage for their unconventional romance and adds layers of complexity to their relationship. but aaa they are the epitome of soft love - it is love that feels like a cozy blanket on a rainy winter day. they are nothing short of soul-mates, i was rooting for them throughout this story. the attraction was obvious and the chemistry was palpable but certain aspects seemed to happen too fast. the fmc would make remarks about “present iwan” being so much different from “past iwan” so i wish we had more time with them in the present to convince me they would work out. their love was very much insta-lovey and their connection was from the get-go. i say this a lot but i always expect build-up, i hate when characters just jump right into everything. how do you know if you’re in love after just spending one weekend together?? but amidst the instant connection, the romance is the beating heart of the narrative, reminding us that love isn’t always neat and orderly. it’s messy, intense, and, in this case, comes with a side of time-bending complications that keep you hooked from start to finish. but their love does feels authentic and their mutual support and encouragement allows them to grow individually.
“you only live once. and if you do
it right, once is all you need.”
reading this book felt like a warm hug on a crisp autumn night. a comforting embrace that lingers long after the final page is turned. it’s like laughter from the one person who holds your heart, a beautiful and melodic symphony that resonates within you. it’s dancing in the kitchen while cheap wine flows, eating frozen pizza that’s then followed by a blissful homemade dessert, it’s where bathtubs become art studios, painting on a gloomy nyc day, it’s chasing the moon and taking a bold leap into the realm of love. as this book states “a matter of timing” is important and i definitely feel like i read this book at the perfect time.
───♡─────────────
ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ pre-review:
i’m in the mood for a cute lil rom-com and i’ve heard nothing but great things about this book so i’m excited for this one! ✨
October 8, 2026
this book is so real and raw and emotional 😭
ashley poston writes grief so realistically and deeply like who hurt you girl? and these characters, my gawd… why do i feel so mother right now? i’ll read anything this woman writes fr.
the way this book is literally right person, wrong time personified‼️ and i ate that shit UP‼️
i feel like i day this about every fmc these days but i mean it with this one; clementine is literally mirrorball coded like to the T! she’s so me coded if i’m gonna be real. love how ashley poston so accurately writes how it is to be a woman trying to find her footing in this world.
and Iwan my GAWD!! i need to bag a chef because gah damn, the way i want this man soooo bad. he’s so attentive and soft and deserves forehead kisses (from me specifically) if he was real, i’d put him in a gigantic fish tank and tap the glass a bunch🥹
4.5 ⭐️
ashley poston writes grief so realistically and deeply like who hurt you girl? and these characters, my gawd… why do i feel so mother right now? i’ll read anything this woman writes fr.
the way this book is literally right person, wrong time personified‼️ and i ate that shit UP‼️
i feel like i day this about every fmc these days but i mean it with this one; clementine is literally mirrorball coded like to the T! she’s so me coded if i’m gonna be real. love how ashley poston so accurately writes how it is to be a woman trying to find her footing in this world.
and Iwan my GAWD!! i need to bag a chef because gah damn, the way i want this man soooo bad. he’s so attentive and soft and deserves forehead kisses (from me specifically) if he was real, i’d put him in a gigantic fish tank and tap the glass a bunch🥹
4.5 ⭐️
August 4, 2024
By the time I finished this book, I felt such a deep longing for these characters and their romance, I didn't want it to end. But when it did end, it left me satisfied and full of heart for them.
Ngl this book in no way is perfect. There are flaws and such confusions as to how the magic or the apartment operates. Even after finishing it, I feel like I don't have a good grasp on that but during the second half, I decided to just vibe with it instead of trying to find logic. The first half was faulty for me mostly because of that and also, the romance seemed to have a rocky start. The second half picks it up amazingly and had me realising that I love these characters and story. I was completely immersed in it and finally understood why so many people adore this book.
There are couples for whom you are just so happy that they stay together and wouldn't imagine one without the other. Iwan and Clementine are that couple. Their love and patience spoke volumes. We always speak of the guy falling for the girl hard and fast. But we see Clementine falling so bad for Iwan and trying to battle those feelings and terrible need for him. I ate that up. I loved how Clementine loved Iwan. Iwan and his moments had me swooning, blushing and giggling for him. I just wish we got more of them in the present. Look, I needed another 200 pages 🫣
Iwan is charming, sexy and so swoon worthy. I loved his golden retriever vibes and how easy it was to like and fall for him. Him losing sight of his dreams and aim, what motivated him, how he used to think and dream felt so real. I liked seeing him from Clementine's perspective. She just loved that man so much, I adore her. It took me a lot of time to warm up to her tho. The portrayal of grief felt real, I personally didn't find it too impactful cause I never felt that attached to her aunt. Yes, am aware how insensitive I sound at the moment but I just don't think I cared about her aunt that much 😭
Despite the messy start, am happy I read it. This book will surely stay on my mind for a while 🥹
Thanks to lovely Chertzo for reading it with me and for listening to me fangirl over Iwan 💛
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Everyone seems to love this, time to give it a go✨
Ngl this book in no way is perfect. There are flaws and such confusions as to how the magic or the apartment operates. Even after finishing it, I feel like I don't have a good grasp on that but during the second half, I decided to just vibe with it instead of trying to find logic. The first half was faulty for me mostly because of that and also, the romance seemed to have a rocky start. The second half picks it up amazingly and had me realising that I love these characters and story. I was completely immersed in it and finally understood why so many people adore this book.
There are couples for whom you are just so happy that they stay together and wouldn't imagine one without the other. Iwan and Clementine are that couple. Their love and patience spoke volumes. We always speak of the guy falling for the girl hard and fast. But we see Clementine falling so bad for Iwan and trying to battle those feelings and terrible need for him. I ate that up. I loved how Clementine loved Iwan. Iwan and his moments had me swooning, blushing and giggling for him. I just wish we got more of them in the present. Look, I needed another 200 pages 🫣
Iwan is charming, sexy and so swoon worthy. I loved his golden retriever vibes and how easy it was to like and fall for him. Him losing sight of his dreams and aim, what motivated him, how he used to think and dream felt so real. I liked seeing him from Clementine's perspective. She just loved that man so much, I adore her. It took me a lot of time to warm up to her tho. The portrayal of grief felt real, I personally didn't find it too impactful cause I never felt that attached to her aunt. Yes, am aware how insensitive I sound at the moment but I just don't think I cared about her aunt that much 😭
Despite the messy start, am happy I read it. This book will surely stay on my mind for a while 🥹
Thanks to lovely Chertzo for reading it with me and for listening to me fangirl over Iwan 💛
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Everyone seems to love this, time to give it a go✨
November 29, 2023
4.5 stars! I'm obsessed with the writing style and word choice. This book was BEAUTIFULLY written. I will be running to read Ashley Poston's next book🏃🏼♀️🏃🏼♀️🏃🏼♀️. Not only was the wording beautiful, but the way Ashley Poston writes about grief, happiness, and finding yourself was so authentic and raw. Definitely a fantastic read if you're struggling with happiness in your job and finding your place in life.
AND the magical realism of the apartment that slips through time was so cool. There's no explanation behind the magic which I'm happy about. There's no need to know how it works, which keeps the magic that much more alive. I also loved the message of staying true to who you are and your past self while also allowing yourself to grow and change.
And last, but not least, the romance. I love Iwan & Clementine. He's a chef & she works in publishing which was so fun to read about. The romance is the only place I have the tiniest bit of critique tho. I wanted more of it! I wouldn't say this book is insta love at all but I did feel like they fell for each other in the past in a matter of days. I wish there were 2ish more chapters to fully flesh out the romance.
Overall tho, would highly recommend!!
AND the magical realism of the apartment that slips through time was so cool. There's no explanation behind the magic which I'm happy about. There's no need to know how it works, which keeps the magic that much more alive. I also loved the message of staying true to who you are and your past self while also allowing yourself to grow and change.
And last, but not least, the romance. I love Iwan & Clementine. He's a chef & she works in publishing which was so fun to read about. The romance is the only place I have the tiniest bit of critique tho. I wanted more of it! I wouldn't say this book is insta love at all but I did feel like they fell for each other in the past in a matter of days. I wish there were 2ish more chapters to fully flesh out the romance.
Overall tho, would highly recommend!!
January 26, 2024
selecting the romance novel i will pin my hopes, my dreams, my next comfort read, my choice to be literate, my happiness, and all my chances at liking anything on
https://emmareadstoomuch.substack.com...
and this time...it worked???
this was so cute and fun and unique. i really fell for these characters and more importantly, for this apartment...
this book should be jailed for convincing my city-mouse self i need a spare bedroom for my busts of dead poets and my ivy and my shelves of travel books and my robin's egg blue chair.
the romance in this was sweet, but like all romance books, i liked the character arc and the details even more: the food, the journey, the banter. to be fair, that's not a bad problem to have.
bottom line: this was such an unexpected good time.
https://emmareadstoomuch.substack.com...
and this time...it worked???
this was so cute and fun and unique. i really fell for these characters and more importantly, for this apartment...
this book should be jailed for convincing my city-mouse self i need a spare bedroom for my busts of dead poets and my ivy and my shelves of travel books and my robin's egg blue chair.
the romance in this was sweet, but like all romance books, i liked the character arc and the details even more: the food, the journey, the banter. to be fair, that's not a bad problem to have.
bottom line: this was such an unexpected good time.
August 12, 2023
i just sobbed for 10 mins straight
September 12, 2023
4.75!!!!! I wanna cry (good tears) bc I love this book so much
March 30, 2025
Man, did I love this!!!
July 16, 2023
DNF
Because wtf happened to the stakes ??
Low, verging on non existent is what they were. There was zero tension, no angst and there doesn’t need to be war and peace but a lack of conflict WILL have me falling asleep.
I keep waiting for it to get better, kept waiting for my mind to stop wandering. Well that didn’t happen…
Clemmentines aunt died and she’s left Clementine her enchanted gaff in the will, an apartment which on occasion takes you 7 years back into the past. Clemmentine is depressed since her aunt died, misses her, withdrawn from life etc
You’d think, given she was soooo upset about her aunt dying she’d do anything once she was 7 years in the past to try and speak to her aunt/connect with her. Nope. Instead she meets this guy who was sickly perfect, conventionally attractive and zzzzzzzz…. Literally there was an entire chapter of them talking about food. And I love food. But that’s how much it simultaneously bored me yet wound me up. His overuse of calling her LEMON, a woman he’s just met had me grinding my teeth. Stfu Evan. Was that his name? I can’t remember. He was criminally bland. They both were tbf
I didn’t connect to Clemmentine at all, she was uninteresting and because I didn’t understand how her aunts death had affected her, I couldn’t connect. I understood she was upset, depressed etc but how has her life changed since her aunt died? How has it changed her as a person? What does she now believe as a result of her aunts death? Her pain wasn’t paining.
I think if you like whimsical low stakes books with cheesy dialogue you will be about this
Because wtf happened to the stakes ??
Low, verging on non existent is what they were. There was zero tension, no angst and there doesn’t need to be war and peace but a lack of conflict WILL have me falling asleep.
I keep waiting for it to get better, kept waiting for my mind to stop wandering. Well that didn’t happen…
Clemmentines aunt died and she’s left Clementine her enchanted gaff in the will, an apartment which on occasion takes you 7 years back into the past. Clemmentine is depressed since her aunt died, misses her, withdrawn from life etc
You’d think, given she was soooo upset about her aunt dying she’d do anything once she was 7 years in the past to try and speak to her aunt/connect with her. Nope. Instead she meets this guy who was sickly perfect, conventionally attractive and zzzzzzzz…. Literally there was an entire chapter of them talking about food. And I love food. But that’s how much it simultaneously bored me yet wound me up. His overuse of calling her LEMON, a woman he’s just met had me grinding my teeth. Stfu Evan. Was that his name? I can’t remember. He was criminally bland. They both were tbf
I didn’t connect to Clemmentine at all, she was uninteresting and because I didn’t understand how her aunts death had affected her, I couldn’t connect. I understood she was upset, depressed etc but how has her life changed since her aunt died? How has it changed her as a person? What does she now believe as a result of her aunts death? Her pain wasn’t paining.
I think if you like whimsical low stakes books with cheesy dialogue you will be about this
October 2, 2023
4.75 stars 🍋
hello, new comfort book. 💛 this is the book i will be constantly recommending this fall. so, if this isn’t on your tbr, you better add it right nowor else.
as a somewhat lost 20-something, this book just hit different. you know a book is good when it makes you reevaluate your own life.
somehow, the author managed to make this book a sweet, wholesome romance and a painful life lesson at the same time. it was beautifully done. *chef’s kiss*
grab yourself a hot tea or coffee, settle in with your favorite blanket, then get ready to giggle, kick your feet, and maybe cry a little.
(also… he’s a sweet, wholesome chef with a southern drawl. what more could you want?) 🤭
“change wasn’t always a bad thing… it wasn’t always a good thing, either. It could be neutral — it could be okay.
things changed, people changed.
i changed, too. i was allowed to. i wanted to. i was.”
hello, new comfort book. 💛 this is the book i will be constantly recommending this fall. so, if this isn’t on your tbr, you better add it right now
as a somewhat lost 20-something, this book just hit different. you know a book is good when it makes you reevaluate your own life.
somehow, the author managed to make this book a sweet, wholesome romance and a painful life lesson at the same time. it was beautifully done. *chef’s kiss*
grab yourself a hot tea or coffee, settle in with your favorite blanket, then get ready to giggle, kick your feet, and maybe cry a little.
(also… he’s a sweet, wholesome chef with a southern drawl. what more could you want?) 🤭
“change wasn’t always a bad thing… it wasn’t always a good thing, either. It could be neutral — it could be okay.
things changed, people changed.
i changed, too. i was allowed to. i wanted to. i was.”
February 19, 2023
Can you imagine falling for a man who lives seven years in the past? How does it feel to find the right person at the wrongest time? What if the universe has other plans, adding more obstacles to prevent your happy ending? What if you find the same man in the present, but he's not the same person you fell for and you're not the same woman, even though you only just met?
This is a mind-blowing, complex, and smart book with many puzzle pieces that you need to put in the right places to fully enjoy the experience! Ashley Poston has created another intelligent, heartwarming, and epic paranormal romance with endearing characters.
The quirky, artistic, lost, workaholic heroine is grieving and losing her happiness after the loss of her aunt and best friend. Meet Clementine, a.k.a Lemon, an aspiring publisher, problem solver, and efficient worker who traveled the world with her eccentric, peculiar, and joyful aunt Analea and learned that magic is real.
Clementine spent a lot of time at her aunt's magical apartment since she was a child. The place could move in time, seven years ahead or backwards, to bring back different people at different time zones. As Clementine grew older, she became more skeptical of her aunt's stories, until she lost her forever and inherited the apartment, becoming a front-row witness to its magic.
When she returns to her aunt's place, she meets a charming stranger with a delightful Southern accent. Her first reaction is to scream at him and kick him out, but then she realizes that he's not the one in the wrong place at the wrong time; she is the one who has returned seven years into the past.
That handsome, red-headed stranger's name is Iwan. He's an aspiring chef, determined to make his grandpa proud, who is ready to start over as a dishwasher at a fancy restaurant. He cooks her the best fajitas she's ever eaten, dances with her, gives her the best kiss, and then disappears the next day.
Clementine does everything in her power to find the man she barely knows, but quickly realizes that the present-day version of Iwan is closer than she expected. What if she lost her chance to find her soulmate forever, or if she never finds the right time for them?
I loved this complex, enigmatic, and witty story! But what I loved most was the unique relationship between the aunt and niece. It's a heartwarming story about timing, second chances, self-growth, and adapting to change in pursuit of love. The epilogue made me cry and sigh for a few minutes! If you enjoyed "Dead Romantics," you'll love this poignant fantasy.
Many thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing for providing me with a digital copy of this wonderful book in exchange for my honest thoughts.
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This is a mind-blowing, complex, and smart book with many puzzle pieces that you need to put in the right places to fully enjoy the experience! Ashley Poston has created another intelligent, heartwarming, and epic paranormal romance with endearing characters.
The quirky, artistic, lost, workaholic heroine is grieving and losing her happiness after the loss of her aunt and best friend. Meet Clementine, a.k.a Lemon, an aspiring publisher, problem solver, and efficient worker who traveled the world with her eccentric, peculiar, and joyful aunt Analea and learned that magic is real.
Clementine spent a lot of time at her aunt's magical apartment since she was a child. The place could move in time, seven years ahead or backwards, to bring back different people at different time zones. As Clementine grew older, she became more skeptical of her aunt's stories, until she lost her forever and inherited the apartment, becoming a front-row witness to its magic.
When she returns to her aunt's place, she meets a charming stranger with a delightful Southern accent. Her first reaction is to scream at him and kick him out, but then she realizes that he's not the one in the wrong place at the wrong time; she is the one who has returned seven years into the past.
That handsome, red-headed stranger's name is Iwan. He's an aspiring chef, determined to make his grandpa proud, who is ready to start over as a dishwasher at a fancy restaurant. He cooks her the best fajitas she's ever eaten, dances with her, gives her the best kiss, and then disappears the next day.
Clementine does everything in her power to find the man she barely knows, but quickly realizes that the present-day version of Iwan is closer than she expected. What if she lost her chance to find her soulmate forever, or if she never finds the right time for them?
I loved this complex, enigmatic, and witty story! But what I loved most was the unique relationship between the aunt and niece. It's a heartwarming story about timing, second chances, self-growth, and adapting to change in pursuit of love. The epilogue made me cry and sigh for a few minutes! If you enjoyed "Dead Romantics," you'll love this poignant fantasy.
Many thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing for providing me with a digital copy of this wonderful book in exchange for my honest thoughts.
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October 5, 2023
It’s me, not you dear author. Somehow the sweet moments I anticipated just didn’t feel real to me. Maybe because the characters didn’t crawl into my heart so I wasn’t that invested in how the love story unfolded. A major plus is the plot; time travel is always appealing, and it was done masterfully. Wish I just could relate more to the characters, but it was still a good story.
January 19, 2024
★ 4 stars
The Seven Year Slip revolves around Clementine, a twenty-something book publicist who inherits her late aunt’s apartment in New York City. her aunt always told her that the apartment was magical and had the ability to slip through time, but she never truly believed that it was true. until she finds this strange guy named Iwan standing in the kitchen of the apartment and discovers that he’s living seven years in her past, and she’s living seven years in his future.
since magical realism isn’t a genre that i’m a fan of, i was a little hesitant to read this book. but i decided to give it a go after seeing all the hype surrounding it and, surprisingly, i ended up enjoying it more than i imagined i would! the premise is so unique and interesting. at first i thought it would be just a romance with magical elements, but it’s way more than that. it’s a story about grief, healing, self-discovery, courage, changes, new beginnings and, most importantly, love.
this book is beautiful and heartfelt, with a meaningful story and great main characters.
i found Clementine to be such a nice and well-written character. my favorite thing about her is that she had so much depth, and i liked the fact that she was far from one-dimensional. the way the author portrayed her struggles and flaws made her seem human and easy to relate with, i found myself relating to her in some ways and that’s the best part of reading stories about realistic characters. throughout the book we see her grieving the loss of her beloved aunt and i feel like that was handled perfectly — it was so raw and real. i enjoyed to see her navigating through her grief, finding herself and learning how to embrace change.
i have only positive things to say about Iwan because he was literally the sweetest. i’ve loved him from the very beginning; i mean, how could i not? he was so endearing, fun, kind, easily loveable and had such a charming and joyful personality. it was hard not to love him. Iwan’s a chef and it was just so adorable to see how passionate he was about cooking. i’m not even as passionate as him when it comes to cooking, but i could listen to him talking about it for hours straight and i wouldn’t get bored. i wish we’d gotten his POV by the way, i’m sure it would make me appreciate his character even more.
the romance between Clementine & Iwan was cute and i can’t deny that their chemistry was off the charts, they had many nice moments together that made my heart melt. however, i have to admit that it felt a bit too insta-lovey for me. i honestly don’t think that there was enough build-up, which is something that bothered me a bit. it should have developed more slowly in my opinion. on top of that, i think that in general the romance was missing something — i don’t know exactly what, i just felt that way. don’t get me wrong, it’s still a good and heartwarming love story, but it could’ve been *slightly* better.
besides my small issues with the romance, i also had some other complaints that prevented me from giving this book 5 stars. first, a few things weren’t well executed — especially the time travel aspect. also, the last couple chapters were kind of boring for me, and although the ending was sweet, it wasn’t my favorite because it was very rushed.
but those things aside, i had a great time reading The Seven Year Slip. i’m a sucker for early 2000s romcoms and this book gave me all the vibes. definitely worth the read!
︵‿︵‿︵‿ ꒰💌꒱ ‿︵‿︵‿︵
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➷ pre-review:
the last time i read a romance book was a month ago and i think it’s time to go back to my roots 🤭 heard a lot of great things about this one so i hope it delivers! 💛
“Isn’t it strange how the world works sometimes? It’s never a matter of time, but a matter of timing.”
The Seven Year Slip revolves around Clementine, a twenty-something book publicist who inherits her late aunt’s apartment in New York City. her aunt always told her that the apartment was magical and had the ability to slip through time, but she never truly believed that it was true. until she finds this strange guy named Iwan standing in the kitchen of the apartment and discovers that he’s living seven years in her past, and she’s living seven years in his future.
since magical realism isn’t a genre that i’m a fan of, i was a little hesitant to read this book. but i decided to give it a go after seeing all the hype surrounding it and, surprisingly, i ended up enjoying it more than i imagined i would! the premise is so unique and interesting. at first i thought it would be just a romance with magical elements, but it’s way more than that. it’s a story about grief, healing, self-discovery, courage, changes, new beginnings and, most importantly, love.
this book is beautiful and heartfelt, with a meaningful story and great main characters.
i found Clementine to be such a nice and well-written character. my favorite thing about her is that she had so much depth, and i liked the fact that she was far from one-dimensional. the way the author portrayed her struggles and flaws made her seem human and easy to relate with, i found myself relating to her in some ways and that’s the best part of reading stories about realistic characters. throughout the book we see her grieving the loss of her beloved aunt and i feel like that was handled perfectly — it was so raw and real. i enjoyed to see her navigating through her grief, finding herself and learning how to embrace change.
i have only positive things to say about Iwan because he was literally the sweetest. i’ve loved him from the very beginning; i mean, how could i not? he was so endearing, fun, kind, easily loveable and had such a charming and joyful personality. it was hard not to love him. Iwan’s a chef and it was just so adorable to see how passionate he was about cooking. i’m not even as passionate as him when it comes to cooking, but i could listen to him talking about it for hours straight and i wouldn’t get bored. i wish we’d gotten his POV by the way, i’m sure it would make me appreciate his character even more.
the romance between Clementine & Iwan was cute and i can’t deny that their chemistry was off the charts, they had many nice moments together that made my heart melt. however, i have to admit that it felt a bit too insta-lovey for me. i honestly don’t think that there was enough build-up, which is something that bothered me a bit. it should have developed more slowly in my opinion. on top of that, i think that in general the romance was missing something — i don’t know exactly what, i just felt that way. don’t get me wrong, it’s still a good and heartwarming love story, but it could’ve been *slightly* better.
besides my small issues with the romance, i also had some other complaints that prevented me from giving this book 5 stars. first, a few things weren’t well executed — especially the time travel aspect. also, the last couple chapters were kind of boring for me, and although the ending was sweet, it wasn’t my favorite because it was very rushed.
but those things aside, i had a great time reading The Seven Year Slip. i’m a sucker for early 2000s romcoms and this book gave me all the vibes. definitely worth the read!
︵‿︵‿︵‿ ꒰💌꒱ ‿︵‿︵‿︵
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“I loved how a book, a story, a set of words in a sentence organized in the exact right order, made you miss places you’ve never visited, and people you’ve never met.”
“Nothing lasts forever. Not the good things, not the bad. So just find what makes you happy, and do it for as long as you can.”
“You only live once. And if you do it right, once is all you need.”
“Sometimes the people you loved left you halfway through a story. Sometimes they left without a goodbye. And, sometimes, they stayed around in little ways.”
“If you don’t fit in, fool everyone until you do.”
“There was something just so reassuring about books. They had beginnings and middles and ends, and if you didn’t like a part, you could skip to the next chapter. If someone died, you could stop on the last page before, and they’d live on forever. Happy endings were definite, evils defeated, and the good lasted forever.”
“I didn’t need to be fixed. I just needed... to be reminded that I was human.”
“Because the things that mattered most never really left. The love stays. The love always stays, and so do we.”
“New things are scary.”
“They don’t have to be.”
“How are they not?”
“Because some of my favorite things I haven’t even done yet.”
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➷ pre-review:
the last time i read a romance book was a month ago and i think it’s time to go back to my roots 🤭 heard a lot of great things about this one so i hope it delivers! 💛
July 7, 2024
Simply perfection. A story about love, loss, passion and self discovery. An immediate favorite
May 10, 2023
this book only solidifies my previous statement that “AP needs to only write adult romance novels from now on.”
once again, she has created a really magical relationship between two characters. and while the plot of this story isnt based in reality, the way clementine and iwan develop and connect with each other is very real and heartwarming.
which is why i wanted more of them! in the end, i was left begging for more romance. this is definitely more of a womens fiction kind of story as a lot of page time is dedicated to clementines bond with her aunt, trying to figure out her life goals, her career, and her friends. and so, because of that, there wasnt enough clementine + iwan content to satisfy my romance needs. which is such a massive bummer because their plotline is *chefs kiss.*
but i still really love the concept and there are a lot of adorable moments along the way! so heres me begging for another AP novel as soon as possible!
thank you, berkely, for the ARC!
↠ 4.5 stars
once again, she has created a really magical relationship between two characters. and while the plot of this story isnt based in reality, the way clementine and iwan develop and connect with each other is very real and heartwarming.
which is why i wanted more of them! in the end, i was left begging for more romance. this is definitely more of a womens fiction kind of story as a lot of page time is dedicated to clementines bond with her aunt, trying to figure out her life goals, her career, and her friends. and so, because of that, there wasnt enough clementine + iwan content to satisfy my romance needs. which is such a massive bummer because their plotline is *chefs kiss.*
but i still really love the concept and there are a lot of adorable moments along the way! so heres me begging for another AP novel as soon as possible!
thank you, berkely, for the ARC!
↠ 4.5 stars
October 15, 2023
3.5⭐️ I don't think I've ever read anything so cute fluffy and yet so sad 🥺💛
✔️ contemporary romance
✔️ paranormal fiction
✔️ magical realism
✔️ book publicist fmc
✔️ hot chef mmc
I had a book club discussion for two with my lovely girl 💛 and we had similar issues with this book:
~the insta love
~ how the time slip wasn't well executed
~ the back and forth in the timelines left holes in the plot/story
~ the story suffered without Iwan's pov
still, this book gave me all the feels 😭 Iwan was right, yellow lemon is a perfect description of color and flavor for this book because the bittersweet emotions were real. I couldn't even tell if my moist eyes were from happiness or sadness at some point
Clementine in dealing with the grief and loss of her favorite aunt, moves into the magical home her aunt left behind. There, she slips through time but it isn't before she shares a weekend of special moments with aup and coming wannabe chef
7 years later, Clementine returns to life as she knew it but what will hernew life be if she is stuck with thoughts of this hot chef who she can't track down but has been right under nose this entire time
was 7 years only 7 seconds to him as well with regards to connecting they shared? Is he the same person she met 7 years ago? Or will she have to start all over again? 💛💛
this was betty's spotify playlist for Iwan and Clementine I collaborated on:
https://spotify.link/rKtYKkieWDb
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hi! it's me again, once again putting my fantasy era on pause 🤭🤭 to buddy read with mybaby girl literary masochist 😌❤️❤️ and I can't believe she's already 29% in 😭🏃🏽♀️🏃🏽♀️
also, we'll be co-creating a playlist for this read 🥳💛💛
✔️ contemporary romance
✔️ paranormal fiction
✔️ magical realism
✔️ book publicist fmc
✔️ hot chef mmc
I had a book club discussion for two with my lovely girl 💛 and we had similar issues with this book:
~the insta love
~ how the time slip wasn't well executed
~ the back and forth in the timelines left holes in the plot/story
~ the story suffered without Iwan's pov
still, this book gave me all the feels 😭 Iwan was right, yellow lemon is a perfect description of color and flavor for this book because the bittersweet emotions were real. I couldn't even tell if my moist eyes were from happiness or sadness at some point
Clementine in dealing with the grief and loss of her favorite aunt, moves into the magical home her aunt left behind. There, she slips through time but it isn't before she shares a weekend of special moments with a
7 years later, Clementine returns to life as she knew it but what will her
was 7 years only 7 seconds to him as well with regards to connecting they shared? Is he the same person she met 7 years ago? Or will she have to start all over again? 💛💛
this was betty's spotify playlist for Iwan and Clementine I collaborated on:
https://spotify.link/rKtYKkieWDb
***
hi! it's me again, once again putting my fantasy era on pause 🤭🤭 to buddy read with my
also, we'll be co-creating a playlist for this read 🥳💛💛
March 14, 2024
4,5 estrellas, amé muchísimo.
October 8, 2023
࿐ ࿔*:･ﾟ🍋 "𝐵𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒸𝓁𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝒻𝑒𝓁𝓉 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒶 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝐼 𝒹𝒾𝒹𝓃'𝓉 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓏𝓏𝓎-𝓇𝑜𝒸𝓀 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓃 𝓂𝓎 𝒷𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈 𝐼 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝑔𝑜𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓂𝓎 𝒶𝓊𝓃𝓉 𝓈𝓂𝒾𝓁𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓉 𝓂𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝑒𝑒𝓉𝒽, 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑒𝓎𝑒𝓈 𝒷𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝒹, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓈𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝓂𝑒 𝑜𝓃 𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝒹𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒.
𝐻𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝒹𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒. 𝒪𝓃𝑒 𝐼 𝓈𝓊𝒹𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝓀𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒. " 𓍯𓂃𓏧♡
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Delightfully funny, romantic, with a twist of time-travel and a dash of good food.
4 Magically delicious stars!
╰┈➤‧₊˚✧[𝓠𝓾𝓲𝓬𝓴 𝓢𝓾𝓶𝓶𝓪𝓻𝔂]✧˚₊‧
Clementine, our FMC is a book publicist at a small but reputable publishing house who has recently become the owner of her aunt’s fashionable Upper East Side apartment. Her aunt passed away six months ago, and Clementine is still struggling with her grief. She thinks fondly about her adventures with her aunt and remembers her aunt saying that the apartment was magical — in a literal, not just metaphorical, sense.
But it’s not until Clementine enters her apartment one day to find it transported seven years into the past that she really believes it. And to complicate matters, there’s a man there who says he’s been given permission to stay there for the summer while her aunt is away traveling.
Stuck together for the time being, Clementine starts to fall for him despite being someone who has always kept her heart closely guarded. She knows it’s useless falling for a man who exists seven years in the past, but before she can figure out what to do next, he’s gone again…
╰┈➤‧₊˚✧[𝓜𝔂 𝓣𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼]✧˚₊‧
The Seven Year Slip is a really fun, classic rom-com type story. You basically can guess what’s going to happen, but there’s a lot of joy in the anticipation of when and how it’ll come about. Along with the com-com elements, the book also lightly explores the way people change over time.
I had a lot of fun reading this delightful book, and it sped by very quickly.
╰┈➤ Full disclosure- If you don't already know. I am a huge sucker for anything involving time travel, so I had feeling this would be a win for me. And it was- my only complaint is that I wish the story leaned more into the magical realism and less on the rom-com side.
If you’re looking for a book that’s fun and has a classic rom-com-type feel, the Seven Year Slips serves it up in a bright, time-traveling package. It’s a little predictable in the way that rom-coms can be fairly predictable, but it’s also enjoyable and delivers on its entertaining and slightly magical premise.
I’d easily recommend this book to anyone looking for some rom-com goodness.
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⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ "𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒹𝒾𝒹 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒?" 𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝓈𝓀𝑒𝒹, 𝒶𝓈 𝒾𝒻 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝑒.
"𝐼 𝒶𝓈𝓈𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝐼'𝓋𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒."
"𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓂𝑒." 𓍯𓂃𓏧♡
⋆. 𐙚 ˚🍋 "𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒, 𝓌𝒶𝓈𝓃’𝓉 𝒾𝓉? 𝐼𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈𝓃’𝓉 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒶 𝓆𝓊𝒾𝒸𝓀 𝒹𝓇𝑜𝓅—𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃, 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑜𝓃. 𝐼𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒. 𝐼𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝑜 𝑒𝓍𝒾𝓈𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽. 𝐼𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓊𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓇𝓉𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓃𝒾𝒶𝒷𝓁𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒹, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈𝓃’𝓉 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓃 𝒻𝑜𝓇. 𝐿𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒶𝓃 𝒾𝓃𝓋𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝒹 𝓊𝓃𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝓃, 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓅 𝒶𝓉 𝒶 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇." ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆
𝐻𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝒹𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒. 𝒪𝓃𝑒 𝐼 𝓈𝓊𝒹𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝓀𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒. " 𓍯𓂃𓏧♡
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Delightfully funny, romantic, with a twist of time-travel and a dash of good food.
4 Magically delicious stars!
╰┈➤‧₊˚✧[𝓠𝓾𝓲𝓬𝓴 𝓢𝓾𝓶𝓶𝓪𝓻𝔂]✧˚₊‧
Clementine, our FMC is a book publicist at a small but reputable publishing house who has recently become the owner of her aunt’s fashionable Upper East Side apartment. Her aunt passed away six months ago, and Clementine is still struggling with her grief. She thinks fondly about her adventures with her aunt and remembers her aunt saying that the apartment was magical — in a literal, not just metaphorical, sense.
But it’s not until Clementine enters her apartment one day to find it transported seven years into the past that she really believes it. And to complicate matters, there’s a man there who says he’s been given permission to stay there for the summer while her aunt is away traveling.
Stuck together for the time being, Clementine starts to fall for him despite being someone who has always kept her heart closely guarded. She knows it’s useless falling for a man who exists seven years in the past, but before she can figure out what to do next, he’s gone again…
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The Seven Year Slip is a really fun, classic rom-com type story. You basically can guess what’s going to happen, but there’s a lot of joy in the anticipation of when and how it’ll come about. Along with the com-com elements, the book also lightly explores the way people change over time.
I had a lot of fun reading this delightful book, and it sped by very quickly.
╰┈➤ Full disclosure- If you don't already know. I am a huge sucker for anything involving time travel, so I had feeling this would be a win for me. And it was- my only complaint is that I wish the story leaned more into the magical realism and less on the rom-com side.
If you’re looking for a book that’s fun and has a classic rom-com-type feel, the Seven Year Slips serves it up in a bright, time-traveling package. It’s a little predictable in the way that rom-coms can be fairly predictable, but it’s also enjoyable and delivers on its entertaining and slightly magical premise.
I’d easily recommend this book to anyone looking for some rom-com goodness.
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⋆. 𐙚 ˚🍋 "𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒, 𝓌𝒶𝓈𝓃’𝓉 𝒾𝓉? 𝐼𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈𝓃’𝓉 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒶 𝓆𝓊𝒾𝒸𝓀 𝒹𝓇𝑜𝓅—𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃, 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑜𝓃. 𝐼𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒. 𝐼𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝑜 𝑒𝓍𝒾𝓈𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽. 𝐼𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓊𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓇𝓉𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓃𝒾𝒶𝒷𝓁𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒹, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈𝓃’𝓉 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓃 𝒻𝑜𝓇. 𝐿𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒶𝓃 𝒾𝓃𝓋𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝒹 𝓊𝓃𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝓃, 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓅 𝒶𝓉 𝒶 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇." ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆
September 25, 2023
Time-traveling romance...but this trip didn't go as planned for this reader.
Clementine inherited her aunt's apartment B4. One day Clementine encounters Iwan, an inspiring chef in the apartment who claims to be renting the place while her aunt travels. hmm!?
I love time-traveling stories and this one has a time-bending apartment that sends Clementine back 7 years in the past which sounds really interesting.
But somehow I feel I read a different book. I wasn't invested in these characters and didn't feel the spark whatsoever between the MCs. Frankly, I was quite bored and the flowery prose wasn't for me. I love food and even the food talk here fell a bit flat.
I have many friends who loved this book. Some found it to be moving and beautiful so please check out those reviews and give it a try if it feels like something you may enjoy. 2.5⭐
Thank you Berkley for the DRC.
Published Jun 27, 2023.
Clementine inherited her aunt's apartment B4. One day Clementine encounters Iwan, an inspiring chef in the apartment who claims to be renting the place while her aunt travels. hmm!?
I love time-traveling stories and this one has a time-bending apartment that sends Clementine back 7 years in the past which sounds really interesting.
But somehow I feel I read a different book. I wasn't invested in these characters and didn't feel the spark whatsoever between the MCs. Frankly, I was quite bored and the flowery prose wasn't for me. I love food and even the food talk here fell a bit flat.
I have many friends who loved this book. Some found it to be moving and beautiful so please check out those reviews and give it a try if it feels like something you may enjoy. 2.5⭐
Thank you Berkley for the DRC.
Published Jun 27, 2023.
October 11, 2023
So Stupid. It’s so highly rated that I’m wondering whether I read the same book as everyone else.
May 19, 2024
5 stars ⭐️
⤷ minor spoilers ahead!! ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪
”Isn't it strange how the world works sometimes? It's never a matter of time, but a matter of timing.” 🍋
this book about grief, love and a little bit of magic was absolutely beautiful, and i’m so glad i read this right after getting out of my short reading slump 🥹💛 i absolutely love stories about time slips/travel ~
ᡣ𐭩.ᐟ clementine
clementine had so much depth. she had her own struggles, and her emotions were so raw and genuine which made her so relatable. this book focuses on her struggles with the loss of her aunt, which made her stop doing the things she used to enjoy and become closed-off, but thanks to iwan and all the time slipping, she began to heal and do the things she used to enjoy again. eventually, she figured out what she truly wanted to do and who she wanted to be. i enjoyed watching her go through the process of healing, self-discovery, and growth 🥲
“I think that nothing lasts forever. Not the good things, not the bad. So just find what makes you happy, and do it for as long as you can.”
”You only live once. And if you do it right, once is all you need.”
ᡣ𐭩.ᐟ iwan
can we all talk about how FREAKING charming iwan is??! his passion for cooking is actually so freaking sexy and adorable. i’m not even kidding when i say i could watch him cook and listen to him talk about cooking for hours straight 😭😭😭
He’d gotten a lemon flower tattooed over his heart.
“What do you tell people, when they ask about it?”
“I tell them about a girl I fell in love with at the right place but the wrong time.”
“And what are you going to tell them now?”
“That we finally got the timing right.”
ᡣ𐭩.ᐟ clementine and iwan
the tension was CRAZYYY. I LOVED THE MOMENTS WHERE THEY WERE IN THE APARTMENT TOGETHER AAAAH.
one of my favourite parts of this book was when clementine confronted iwan about how much he had changed. i too, like clementine, felt upset by how much iwan changed, but this part really hit me and made me realize how change is not always a bad thing.
“Because the things that mattered most never really left.”
“The love stays.”
“The love always stays, and so do we.”
⤷ minor spoilers ahead!! ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪
”Isn't it strange how the world works sometimes? It's never a matter of time, but a matter of timing.” 🍋
this book about grief, love and a little bit of magic was absolutely beautiful, and i’m so glad i read this right after getting out of my short reading slump 🥹💛 i absolutely love stories about time slips/travel ~
ᡣ𐭩.ᐟ clementine
clementine had so much depth. she had her own struggles, and her emotions were so raw and genuine which made her so relatable. this book focuses on her struggles with the loss of her aunt, which made her stop doing the things she used to enjoy and become closed-off, but thanks to iwan and all the time slipping, she began to heal and do the things she used to enjoy again. eventually, she figured out what she truly wanted to do and who she wanted to be. i enjoyed watching her go through the process of healing, self-discovery, and growth 🥲
“I think that nothing lasts forever. Not the good things, not the bad. So just find what makes you happy, and do it for as long as you can.”
”You only live once. And if you do it right, once is all you need.”
ᡣ𐭩.ᐟ iwan
can we all talk about how FREAKING charming iwan is??! his passion for cooking is actually so freaking sexy and adorable. i’m not even kidding when i say i could watch him cook and listen to him talk about cooking for hours straight 😭😭😭
He’d gotten a lemon flower tattooed over his heart.
“What do you tell people, when they ask about it?”
“I tell them about a girl I fell in love with at the right place but the wrong time.”
“And what are you going to tell them now?”
“That we finally got the timing right.”
ᡣ𐭩.ᐟ clementine and iwan
the tension was CRAZYYY. I LOVED THE MOMENTS WHERE THEY WERE IN THE APARTMENT TOGETHER AAAAH.
one of my favourite parts of this book was when clementine confronted iwan about how much he had changed. i too, like clementine, felt upset by how much iwan changed, but this part really hit me and made me realize how change is not always a bad thing.
“Because the things that mattered most never really left.”
“The love stays.”
“The love always stays, and so do we.”
March 27, 2024
4.5 Stars ☆
“Isn’t it strange how the world works sometimes? It’s never a matter of time, but a matter of timing.”
When I had decided to read this, I wanted a cute rom-com. What I got was a beautifully written, heartwarming story that is so much more than that. It's a story of many layers and depth of grief, healing, self-discovery, change, and finding love. There were sprinkles of laughter, moments of emotion, and tears amongst the magical premise, making this book easy to love.
Clementine is in her late twenties working as a book publicist and is up for a big promotion. She has her career and life planned out with how she wants it to go. That is until the unexpected death of her Aunt Analea that sends her reeling with what to do next with her life and plans. She inherited her late aunt's apartment, the one that her aunt had always told her was magical, but she had never believed it. One day, she enters the apartment to find a strange man standing in the kitchen whose name is Iwan and is subletting the apartment from her aunt seven years in the past.
Clementine West is intelligent, resilient, and flawd, her life is messy as she is trying to figure her life out after she lost one of her favorite people in the world. We get to follow her on the path of finding herself and the process of grief that was so real and raw feeling. I loved watching her grow and discover that people change through the years, including herself. She realised that you don't have to follow the path that a younger you once loved if it no longer fits into your life. She finds herself and rediscovers the things that she once loved. I found myself being able to relate to her in many ways, the most common being change, as most of us don't always handle it well.
"I didn’t need to be fixed. I just needed . . . to be reminded that I was human."
James Iwan Ashton is kind, charming, and so sweet. He is a chef and is so passionate about it that he wants to make the perfect meal. The one meal that holds memories and a special place in your heart. He had me so giddy and swooning. He can cook for me anytime. He had me falling for him from the moment that he entered. I just wish we would have gotten more of him and his Pov.
“I think, that nothing lasts forever. Not the good things, not the bad. So just find what makes you happy, and do it for as long as you can.”
Clementine and Iwan are the epitome of love at first sight. Was this insta- love, yes, but I still adored them. The chemistry between them was palpable, and you could feel their feelings for one another. Gosh, I loves there back and forth banter so much. It had me giggling. I loved the nickname that Iwan gave to Clementine. Lemon, it was cute and different. The only things that I feel like was missing in their time together was that I would have liked a bit more of them in the past to see more of the feelings that had together grow. The other is that I wanted more of the present to see where it took them.
“I went on so many dates, I kissed so many people, I tried to fall in love again and again, and all I could think about was you.”
“All seven years?” “Two thousand five hundred and fifty- five days. Not that I was counting.”
This book may have just become one of my comfort books as it just feels like a warm hug on a chilly day. I know that this is a standalone, but I would love to see more of Iwan and Clementine. The ending was one of the sweetest though a bit rushed. It was still one of my favorite moments. I recommend this if you're looking for a heartwarming story and hope that you adore it as I did.
Favorite quotes and moments
"I loved how a book, a story, a set of words in a sentence organized in the exact right order, made you miss places you’ve never visited, and people you’ve never met."
You can just dance, Lemon. You can take the lead.”
"And you’ll follow?”
“To the moon and back.”
“Life doesn’t always go as planned. The trick is to make the most of it when it doesn’t.”
"You only live once. And if you do it right, once is all you need.”
"That was love, wasn’t it? It wasn’t just a quick drop— it was falling, over and over again, for your person. It was falling as they became new people. It was learning how to exist with every new breath. It was uncertain, and it was undeniably hard, and it wasn’t something you could plan for. Love was an invitation into the wild unknown, one step at a time together."
"Because the things that mattered most never really left. The love stays. The love always stays, and so do we."
~~~~~~
Pre-review: I've heard that this gives off the vibes of 13 Going on 30, and I love that movie. Plus, I'm in the mood for a cute rom-com 💛
“Isn’t it strange how the world works sometimes? It’s never a matter of time, but a matter of timing.”
When I had decided to read this, I wanted a cute rom-com. What I got was a beautifully written, heartwarming story that is so much more than that. It's a story of many layers and depth of grief, healing, self-discovery, change, and finding love. There were sprinkles of laughter, moments of emotion, and tears amongst the magical premise, making this book easy to love.
Clementine is in her late twenties working as a book publicist and is up for a big promotion. She has her career and life planned out with how she wants it to go. That is until the unexpected death of her Aunt Analea that sends her reeling with what to do next with her life and plans. She inherited her late aunt's apartment, the one that her aunt had always told her was magical, but she had never believed it. One day, she enters the apartment to find a strange man standing in the kitchen whose name is Iwan and is subletting the apartment from her aunt seven years in the past.
Clementine West is intelligent, resilient, and flawd, her life is messy as she is trying to figure her life out after she lost one of her favorite people in the world. We get to follow her on the path of finding herself and the process of grief that was so real and raw feeling. I loved watching her grow and discover that people change through the years, including herself. She realised that you don't have to follow the path that a younger you once loved if it no longer fits into your life. She finds herself and rediscovers the things that she once loved. I found myself being able to relate to her in many ways, the most common being change, as most of us don't always handle it well.
"I didn’t need to be fixed. I just needed . . . to be reminded that I was human."
James Iwan Ashton is kind, charming, and so sweet. He is a chef and is so passionate about it that he wants to make the perfect meal. The one meal that holds memories and a special place in your heart. He had me so giddy and swooning. He can cook for me anytime. He had me falling for him from the moment that he entered. I just wish we would have gotten more of him and his Pov.
“I think, that nothing lasts forever. Not the good things, not the bad. So just find what makes you happy, and do it for as long as you can.”
Clementine and Iwan are the epitome of love at first sight. Was this insta- love, yes, but I still adored them. The chemistry between them was palpable, and you could feel their feelings for one another. Gosh, I loves there back and forth banter so much. It had me giggling. I loved the nickname that Iwan gave to Clementine. Lemon, it was cute and different. The only things that I feel like was missing in their time together was that I would have liked a bit more of them in the past to see more of the feelings that had together grow. The other is that I wanted more of the present to see where it took them.
“I went on so many dates, I kissed so many people, I tried to fall in love again and again, and all I could think about was you.”
“All seven years?” “Two thousand five hundred and fifty- five days. Not that I was counting.”
This book may have just become one of my comfort books as it just feels like a warm hug on a chilly day. I know that this is a standalone, but I would love to see more of Iwan and Clementine. The ending was one of the sweetest though a bit rushed. It was still one of my favorite moments. I recommend this if you're looking for a heartwarming story and hope that you adore it as I did.
Favorite quotes and moments
"I loved how a book, a story, a set of words in a sentence organized in the exact right order, made you miss places you’ve never visited, and people you’ve never met."
You can just dance, Lemon. You can take the lead.”
"And you’ll follow?”
“To the moon and back.”
“Life doesn’t always go as planned. The trick is to make the most of it when it doesn’t.”
"You only live once. And if you do it right, once is all you need.”
"That was love, wasn’t it? It wasn’t just a quick drop— it was falling, over and over again, for your person. It was falling as they became new people. It was learning how to exist with every new breath. It was uncertain, and it was undeniably hard, and it wasn’t something you could plan for. Love was an invitation into the wild unknown, one step at a time together."
"Because the things that mattered most never really left. The love stays. The love always stays, and so do we."
~~~~~~
Pre-review: I've heard that this gives off the vibes of 13 Going on 30, and I love that movie. Plus, I'm in the mood for a cute rom-com 💛
March 2, 2023
Last year, after reading the synopsis, I had no idea how Ashley Poston was going to deliver on the The Dead Romantics. How was it even going to work?
Not only did she nail that, but it ended up being one of my most memorable books of 2022. I loved it so much and have been eagerly anticipating this new release ever since.
The time has finally come for the latest Adult Romantic Contemporary from Ashley Poston.
Unsurprisingly, The Seven Year Slip is stunning. I love this story with my whole heart. Poston has such a unique and magical sense of Contemporary storytelling that really vibes with my tastes.
I cried actual tears, y'all. That's rough, but feels so good.
In this story we follow Clementine, a single-woman in NYC. She works in publishing and lives in a well-loved apartment that she recently inherited from her late-Aunt.
Six-months have passed since the toughest day in Clementine's life and she feels like she is doing a relatively good job holding it all together. She is still working hard, focusing on that and just staying busy.
She may be fooling herself though, as she's sort of standing in place; stuck.
That is until the apartment, which her Aunt always promised her was magical, delivers her the perfect gift she needed to potentially shake her out of her funk.
A man. The apartment delivers her a handsome, kind, sexy man with a Southern drawl and a penchant for cooking. The only problem, for him, it's seven years in the past.
How the heck is this going to work, you may be wondering? How does this even make sense? All I can say to you is, trust the Poston.
The Seven Year Slip is an absolute delight. It's so layered and beautiful. I loved so, so much about this story, but for me, the really special part was the relationship between Clementine and her Aunt.
As someone who is so incredibly close with my now adult niece and nephew, that aspect hit me hard. Right in the feels, like a gut punch. You could tell that Poston was writing this story from the heart. I felt it all the way to the marrow of my bones.
Poston's writing is incredibly smooth and engaging. She quickly pulls you in and before you know it, you're completely immersed in whatever world she has created.
Additionally, she has a smart and snarky wit that just tickles me. Her characters are fantastic and I love the exploration of the different kinds of love and relationships. Particularly the family relationships are so well done.
As you can tell, I adored this story. I walk away with a full heart. 10-out-of-10 recommend.
Thank you so much to the publisher, Berkley, for providing me with a copy to read and review. This will definitely be a standout for me in 2023!
Not only did she nail that, but it ended up being one of my most memorable books of 2022. I loved it so much and have been eagerly anticipating this new release ever since.
The time has finally come for the latest Adult Romantic Contemporary from Ashley Poston.
Unsurprisingly, The Seven Year Slip is stunning. I love this story with my whole heart. Poston has such a unique and magical sense of Contemporary storytelling that really vibes with my tastes.
I cried actual tears, y'all. That's rough, but feels so good.
In this story we follow Clementine, a single-woman in NYC. She works in publishing and lives in a well-loved apartment that she recently inherited from her late-Aunt.
Six-months have passed since the toughest day in Clementine's life and she feels like she is doing a relatively good job holding it all together. She is still working hard, focusing on that and just staying busy.
She may be fooling herself though, as she's sort of standing in place; stuck.
That is until the apartment, which her Aunt always promised her was magical, delivers her the perfect gift she needed to potentially shake her out of her funk.
A man. The apartment delivers her a handsome, kind, sexy man with a Southern drawl and a penchant for cooking. The only problem, for him, it's seven years in the past.
How the heck is this going to work, you may be wondering? How does this even make sense? All I can say to you is, trust the Poston.
The Seven Year Slip is an absolute delight. It's so layered and beautiful. I loved so, so much about this story, but for me, the really special part was the relationship between Clementine and her Aunt.
As someone who is so incredibly close with my now adult niece and nephew, that aspect hit me hard. Right in the feels, like a gut punch. You could tell that Poston was writing this story from the heart. I felt it all the way to the marrow of my bones.
Poston's writing is incredibly smooth and engaging. She quickly pulls you in and before you know it, you're completely immersed in whatever world she has created.
Additionally, she has a smart and snarky wit that just tickles me. Her characters are fantastic and I love the exploration of the different kinds of love and relationships. Particularly the family relationships are so well done.
As you can tell, I adored this story. I walk away with a full heart. 10-out-of-10 recommend.
Thank you so much to the publisher, Berkley, for providing me with a copy to read and review. This will definitely be a standout for me in 2023!
December 3, 2025
✯ 𝟑.𝟕𝟓 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬
I can confidently say — I get the hype. I definitely do. I honestly didn’t think this book would be my thing, much less turn into one of the cutest romances I’ve ever read. Why is that, you ask? Well for starters, this book is totally out of my comfort zone and secondly, to phrase it in simple words; hyped books have never worked out for me. Ever. So I'm glad I chose to move out of my comfort zone and try something new. But however, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿.
𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁, I absolutely adored this woman. Her journey of self-discovery was genuinely inspiring since it emphasised the fact that we all have a deep-seated fear of recognising and accepting change. It's okay to leave a job, a career, or anything else in life that no longer interests you or doesn't fit with who you are or who you wish to be, and instead seek things that truly interest you and speak to you. She was really kind-hearted, empathetic and smart. I connected with her on so many aspects and I absolutely loved being in her head throughout and knowing her thoughts.
𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗜𝘄𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝘁𝗼𝗻, this man oh my god. I'm at a loss for words to describe how charismatic, kind, compassionate and gentle he is. There's something about the way he carries himself with so much confidence and charm that truly appeals to me. His mysterious appearance at the start and his layered personality truly made me want to know more about him. Oh, and did I mention, he's a chef? Bonus bonus bonus points.
Now the 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀 I had with this book was, firstly, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲, because it's quite difficult to believe both the protagonists fell in love in the span of just one weekend. That sounds very unrealistic. Second, I felt the timeline change wasn't executed perfectly, there were several plot holes that I couldn't ignore.
Overall, this book was really cute and fluffy. I loved the message this book gave about how the only constant in life is change, and it doesn't necessarily have to be terrible if you know how to embrace and accept it. And what I loved even more was how the characters found their way back to each other even after 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱.
I can confidently say — I get the hype. I definitely do. I honestly didn’t think this book would be my thing, much less turn into one of the cutest romances I’ve ever read. Why is that, you ask? Well for starters, this book is totally out of my comfort zone and secondly, to phrase it in simple words; hyped books have never worked out for me. Ever. So I'm glad I chose to move out of my comfort zone and try something new. But however, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿.
𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁, I absolutely adored this woman. Her journey of self-discovery was genuinely inspiring since it emphasised the fact that we all have a deep-seated fear of recognising and accepting change. It's okay to leave a job, a career, or anything else in life that no longer interests you or doesn't fit with who you are or who you wish to be, and instead seek things that truly interest you and speak to you. She was really kind-hearted, empathetic and smart. I connected with her on so many aspects and I absolutely loved being in her head throughout and knowing her thoughts.
𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗜𝘄𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝘁𝗼𝗻, this man oh my god. I'm at a loss for words to describe how charismatic, kind, compassionate and gentle he is. There's something about the way he carries himself with so much confidence and charm that truly appeals to me. His mysterious appearance at the start and his layered personality truly made me want to know more about him. Oh, and did I mention, he's a chef? Bonus bonus bonus points.
Now the 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀 I had with this book was, firstly, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲, because it's quite difficult to believe both the protagonists fell in love in the span of just one weekend. That sounds very unrealistic. Second, I felt the timeline change wasn't executed perfectly, there were several plot holes that I couldn't ignore.
Overall, this book was really cute and fluffy. I loved the message this book gave about how the only constant in life is change, and it doesn't necessarily have to be terrible if you know how to embrace and accept it. And what I loved even more was how the characters found their way back to each other even after 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱.
February 23, 2024
★★★★★ - 5 stars
reread 3/30/24
i love it even more!!
“You can just dance, take the lead.”
“And you’ll follow?”
“To the moon and back.”
this is my first 5 star romance, plus a new favorite book!
this was the perfect romance book for spring. the vibes were amazing. such a comfort read.
Ashley’s writing is so good. she describes things so well! especially the food. absolutely magical.
there were also so many times I laughed out loud!
clementine was well-written and very relatable. she has a great sense of humor.
the addition of grief made her much more developed and human. i felt even more connected to clementine because of that.
iwan could’ve used a bit more depth, but his character was so sweet and sunshiney. i loved him! and he’s a chef, a really good chef—what more could you ask for?
the plot was fast paced and fun! such a good time. the time travel bit was a little confusing, but i was able to figure it out. and there was a part of the book where clementine didn’t see iwan which was harder to get through. however, i still enjoyed the book as a whole.
overall, it was a quick, fast paced romance that will touch every part of your heart. this is one of my #1 romance books! always recommend. :))
playlist
▷ feels like - gracie abrams
met you at the right time, this is what it feels like.
▷ darling i’m a mess - sabrina carpenter
darling i’m a mess without your love, all i need is one more goodbye kiss
▷ already over - sabrina carpenter
same time here next weekend, make me fall where i stand, only like you can
▷ jump then fall - ts
you got the keys to me, i love each freckle on your face
▷ timeless - ts
and, somehow, I know that you and I would've found each other
▷ everything has changed - ts
and all I feel in my stomach is butterflies, the beautiful kind, makin' up for lost time
▷ invisible string - ts
time, mystical time, cuttin' me open, then healin' me fine. were there clues I didn't see?
▷ sweet nothing - ts
you’re in the kitchen humming…i found myself running home to your sweet nothings.
▷ late night talking - harry styles
now you’re in my life, i can’t get you off my mind
▷ daylight - harry styles
ain’t gonna sleep ‘til the daylight
▷ this town - niall horan
if the whole world was watching, i’d still dance with you
▷ all my love - noah kahan
at the end of it all, i just hope that your scars healed
▷ just the way are - bruno mars
you know i’d never ask you change. if perfect’s what you’re searching for, then just stay the same.
▷ dandelions - ruth b
i’ve heard of a love that comes once in a lifetime, and i’m pretty sure that you are that love of mine.
quotes
Always, always chase the moon.
I loved how a book, a story, a set of words in a sentence made you miss places you’ve never visited and people you’ve never met.
”I assure you I’ve danced before.”
“But not with me.”
There was something just so reassuring about books. They had beginnings and middles and ends, and if you didn’t like a part, you could skip to the next chapter. If someone died, you could stop on the last page before, and they’d live on forever. Happy endings were definite and the good lasted forever.
Romance in a chocolate. Love in a lemon pie.
He was an adventure. One I suddenly knew I wanted to take. Without a shadow of doubt, I wanted this. I wanted him.
”I love the way you blush. It drives me mad.”
”I’m going to kiss every part of you. I’m going to commit every piece of you to memory.”
”Can you promise me something?”
“Anything, Lemon.”
“Promise me you’ll always be you?”
“Well that’s a weird thing to ask.”
“I know—but I like you. Just the way you are.”
”Enjoy the rain! You never know when it will be your last.”
Life doesn’t always go as planned. The trick is to make the most of it when it doesn’t.
” isn’t it strange how the world works sometimes? It’s never a matter of time, but a matter of timing.”
That was love, wasn’t it? It wasn’t just a quick drop— it was falling, over and over again, for your person. It was falling as they became new people. Love was an invitation into the wild unknown, one step at a time together.
Sometimes the people you loved left you halfway through a story. Sometimes they left you without a goodbye. And, sometimes, they stayed around in little ways. In the memory of a musical. In the smell of their perfume. And the sound of the rain, and the itch for adventure.
”Clementine, I love you. You’re stubborn, and you worry a little too much, and you always get this crease between your eyebrows when you’re thinking, and you see parts of people they don’t see in themselves anymore, and I love the way you laugh, and the way you blush. I loved the woman I met in apartment B4, but I think I love you a little bit more.”
“You do?”
“I do. I love you, Lemon.”
“I love you too, Iwan.”
He’d gotten a lemon flower tattooed over his heart.
“What do you tell people, when they ask about it?”
His shyness melted into a smile, warm and gooey like chocolate. “I tell them about a girl I fell in love with at the right place but the wrong time.”
“And what are you going to tell them now?”
“That we finally got the timing right.”
I had finally caught the moon and more.
Because the things that mattered most never really left.
The love stays.
The love always stays, and so do we.
reread 3/30/24
i love it even more!!
“You can just dance, take the lead.”
“And you’ll follow?”
“To the moon and back.”
this is my first 5 star romance, plus a new favorite book!
this was the perfect romance book for spring. the vibes were amazing. such a comfort read.
Ashley’s writing is so good. she describes things so well! especially the food. absolutely magical.
there were also so many times I laughed out loud!
clementine was well-written and very relatable. she has a great sense of humor.
the addition of grief made her much more developed and human. i felt even more connected to clementine because of that.
iwan could’ve used a bit more depth, but his character was so sweet and sunshiney. i loved him! and he’s a chef, a really good chef—what more could you ask for?
the plot was fast paced and fun! such a good time. the time travel bit was a little confusing, but i was able to figure it out. and there was a part of the book where clementine didn’t see iwan which was harder to get through. however, i still enjoyed the book as a whole.
overall, it was a quick, fast paced romance that will touch every part of your heart. this is one of my #1 romance books! always recommend. :))
playlist
▷ feels like - gracie abrams
met you at the right time, this is what it feels like.
▷ darling i’m a mess - sabrina carpenter
darling i’m a mess without your love, all i need is one more goodbye kiss
▷ already over - sabrina carpenter
same time here next weekend, make me fall where i stand, only like you can
▷ jump then fall - ts
you got the keys to me, i love each freckle on your face
▷ timeless - ts
and, somehow, I know that you and I would've found each other
▷ everything has changed - ts
and all I feel in my stomach is butterflies, the beautiful kind, makin' up for lost time
▷ invisible string - ts
time, mystical time, cuttin' me open, then healin' me fine. were there clues I didn't see?
▷ sweet nothing - ts
you’re in the kitchen humming…i found myself running home to your sweet nothings.
▷ late night talking - harry styles
now you’re in my life, i can’t get you off my mind
▷ daylight - harry styles
ain’t gonna sleep ‘til the daylight
▷ this town - niall horan
if the whole world was watching, i’d still dance with you
▷ all my love - noah kahan
at the end of it all, i just hope that your scars healed
▷ just the way are - bruno mars
you know i’d never ask you change. if perfect’s what you’re searching for, then just stay the same.
▷ dandelions - ruth b
i’ve heard of a love that comes once in a lifetime, and i’m pretty sure that you are that love of mine.
quotes
Always, always chase the moon.
I loved how a book, a story, a set of words in a sentence made you miss places you’ve never visited and people you’ve never met.
”I assure you I’ve danced before.”
“But not with me.”
There was something just so reassuring about books. They had beginnings and middles and ends, and if you didn’t like a part, you could skip to the next chapter. If someone died, you could stop on the last page before, and they’d live on forever. Happy endings were definite and the good lasted forever.
Romance in a chocolate. Love in a lemon pie.
He was an adventure. One I suddenly knew I wanted to take. Without a shadow of doubt, I wanted this. I wanted him.
”I love the way you blush. It drives me mad.”
”I’m going to kiss every part of you. I’m going to commit every piece of you to memory.”
”Can you promise me something?”
“Anything, Lemon.”
“Promise me you’ll always be you?”
“Well that’s a weird thing to ask.”
“I know—but I like you. Just the way you are.”
”Enjoy the rain! You never know when it will be your last.”
Life doesn’t always go as planned. The trick is to make the most of it when it doesn’t.
” isn’t it strange how the world works sometimes? It’s never a matter of time, but a matter of timing.”
That was love, wasn’t it? It wasn’t just a quick drop— it was falling, over and over again, for your person. It was falling as they became new people. Love was an invitation into the wild unknown, one step at a time together.
Sometimes the people you loved left you halfway through a story. Sometimes they left you without a goodbye. And, sometimes, they stayed around in little ways. In the memory of a musical. In the smell of their perfume. And the sound of the rain, and the itch for adventure.
”Clementine, I love you. You’re stubborn, and you worry a little too much, and you always get this crease between your eyebrows when you’re thinking, and you see parts of people they don’t see in themselves anymore, and I love the way you laugh, and the way you blush. I loved the woman I met in apartment B4, but I think I love you a little bit more.”
“You do?”
“I do. I love you, Lemon.”
“I love you too, Iwan.”
He’d gotten a lemon flower tattooed over his heart.
“What do you tell people, when they ask about it?”
His shyness melted into a smile, warm and gooey like chocolate. “I tell them about a girl I fell in love with at the right place but the wrong time.”
“And what are you going to tell them now?”
“That we finally got the timing right.”
I had finally caught the moon and more.
Because the things that mattered most never really left.
The love stays.
The love always stays, and so do we.
March 24, 2026
Thank you, Ashley Poston, for helping me remember what it's like to fall in love 🥹
“I loved how a book, a story, a set of words in a sentence organized in the exact right order, made you miss places you’ve never visited, and people you’ve never met.”
This book was soo "Invisible String Theory" coded
I was prolonging reading this book because it's so well loved and I didn't want it to disappoint me, but THANK GODDDDD it didn’t 😭 I love this book so much. The writing transported me to the world, I read it during the most busy week of my life and my heart quite literally longed for this book when I wasn't home. It was so beautifully written, I actually don't know how to describe this feeling....it's like yk when you sometimes remember what it was like reading books years ago and how beautiful that feeling was, or this sense of nostalgia, but the funny part is that the things that I remember I have never gone through but still there’s this nostalgic feeling attached to it, and to revisit it through this book was so beautiful. However, the one thing that I loved was how well the magical aspects were incorporated into the stories, it made me fall in love over and over with this book. The whole seven year and magical apartments concept called out to me. The grief was also portrayed very beautifully, when Clementine finally got closure, it felt like a warm hug.
“Nothing lasts forever. Not the good things, not the bad. So just find what makes you happy, and do it for as long as you can.”
Clementine 🥹 I loved her so much, she was a character I resonated with. I loved the portrayal of grief because she was doing well financially, she had good friends, but that hollow feeling that she felt was described so well that I felt like someone took out what I used to feel and wrote it. The whole seven years and back sequences were so cute. She made me laugh, she made me cry, she made me swoon. The way she was able to embrace her struggles was so beautifully portrayed. I loved her character so much, mainly because she reminds me of this person and it's like Ashley saw what I saw and decided to write it 😭 Also, not her also being associated with lemons?? I LOVE LEMONSSSS and I loved the significance of it as well. Iwan, 😭😭 I loved him, I love how observant he was. The whole interaction between him and Lemon was so cute. I love meet cutes like that. He COOKS?? He cooked for her!! I loved that. I loveee how whenever she would go back he would be anxiously waiting 😭🥹 myshaylaa, even like seven years later, I loved that he was following his dream.
“Sometimes the people you loved left you halfway through a story. Sometimes they left you without a goodbye. And, sometimes, they stayed around in little ways. In the memory of a musical. In the smell of their perfume. In the sound of the rain, and the itch for adventure, and the yearning for that liminal space between one airport terminal and the next. I hated her for leaving, and I loved her for staying as long as she could. And I would never wish this pain on anyone.”
Romance. One of the most beautiful romance books that I have ever read. It single handedly reminded me what it's like to experience that, and honestly the way it's written, even if you dk what it's like, read this, and you'll know. The invisible string theory played out so well here and in so many different ways. The banter was natural, it didn't feel forced. The tropes came so naturally, the way they talked about each other, described each other or just the way they would describe each other's presence. It was everything to me, it just had something that so many romance books lack. Everything felt natural and not forced.
“Isn't it strange how the world works sometimes? It's never a matter of time, but a matter of timing.”
Overall, one of my favorite romance books of the year!!
___
I love lemons or books with them as their theme, and I heard they are relevant here?🤭
Buddy reading with Roxy (first time she br a reread with me lmao its always the other way around)
“I loved how a book, a story, a set of words in a sentence organized in the exact right order, made you miss places you’ve never visited, and people you’ve never met.”
This book was soo "Invisible String Theory" coded
I was prolonging reading this book because it's so well loved and I didn't want it to disappoint me, but THANK GODDDDD it didn’t 😭 I love this book so much. The writing transported me to the world, I read it during the most busy week of my life and my heart quite literally longed for this book when I wasn't home. It was so beautifully written, I actually don't know how to describe this feeling....it's like yk when you sometimes remember what it was like reading books years ago and how beautiful that feeling was, or this sense of nostalgia, but the funny part is that the things that I remember I have never gone through but still there’s this nostalgic feeling attached to it, and to revisit it through this book was so beautiful. However, the one thing that I loved was how well the magical aspects were incorporated into the stories, it made me fall in love over and over with this book. The whole seven year and magical apartments concept called out to me. The grief was also portrayed very beautifully, when Clementine finally got closure, it felt like a warm hug.
“Nothing lasts forever. Not the good things, not the bad. So just find what makes you happy, and do it for as long as you can.”
Clementine 🥹 I loved her so much, she was a character I resonated with. I loved the portrayal of grief because she was doing well financially, she had good friends, but that hollow feeling that she felt was described so well that I felt like someone took out what I used to feel and wrote it. The whole seven years and back sequences were so cute. She made me laugh, she made me cry, she made me swoon. The way she was able to embrace her struggles was so beautifully portrayed. I loved her character so much, mainly because she reminds me of this person and it's like Ashley saw what I saw and decided to write it 😭 Also, not her also being associated with lemons?? I LOVE LEMONSSSS and I loved the significance of it as well. Iwan, 😭😭 I loved him, I love how observant he was. The whole interaction between him and Lemon was so cute. I love meet cutes like that. He COOKS?? He cooked for her!! I loved that. I loveee how whenever she would go back he would be anxiously waiting 😭🥹 myshaylaa, even like seven years later, I loved that he was following his dream.
“Sometimes the people you loved left you halfway through a story. Sometimes they left you without a goodbye. And, sometimes, they stayed around in little ways. In the memory of a musical. In the smell of their perfume. In the sound of the rain, and the itch for adventure, and the yearning for that liminal space between one airport terminal and the next. I hated her for leaving, and I loved her for staying as long as she could. And I would never wish this pain on anyone.”
Romance. One of the most beautiful romance books that I have ever read. It single handedly reminded me what it's like to experience that, and honestly the way it's written, even if you dk what it's like, read this, and you'll know. The invisible string theory played out so well here and in so many different ways. The banter was natural, it didn't feel forced. The tropes came so naturally, the way they talked about each other, described each other or just the way they would describe each other's presence. It was everything to me, it just had something that so many romance books lack. Everything felt natural and not forced.
“Isn't it strange how the world works sometimes? It's never a matter of time, but a matter of timing.”
Overall, one of my favorite romance books of the year!!
___
I love lemons or books with them as their theme, and I heard they are relevant here?🤭
Buddy reading with Roxy (first time she br a reread with me lmao its always the other way around)
October 12, 2023
3,75☆
“𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙞 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜.𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞 𝙝𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙.𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨”
The way I connected with this book really left me in tears…every single character felt like a part of me and tiny bits of them were part of the people i love the most.
The true beauty about this book is the range of emotions that are delivered to me. i was giggling one moment and the next i was shedding a tear.The writing was truly magical and i was captivated by it.Everything in this book contained was so human,so relatable, so touching and it was all surrounded by the simplicity of what life is while the magic appears
𝘾𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚
She was so beautifully written.She has so much depth in her heart as a young women who has been through so much, it was so touching to watch her growth as i read.Her mentioning her auntie through the book left me in tears every single damn time.
I feel like if her auntie still be alive,she would be my favorite character without no doubt
“𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙪𝙫𝙧𝙚?”
𝙄𝙬𝙖𝙣
i fell in love with this men IN EVERY SINGLE PAGE ALL OVER AGAIN.In present time, you could see how he struggled to understand his path in life & it's truly remarkable that lemon was able to help him find it.He knew EXACTLY how to be a romantic mf plus a scorpio.And ugh..do i have to mention my men can COOK.
“𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚,𝙇𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙨 𝙞 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪”
“𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙝,𝙞𝙩 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙞’𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚.”
Clementine and Iwan's story is out of the ordinary yet i was still smiling and kicking my feet the entire book.They were the definition of “right person wrong time” since both of them changes through time yet still manage to love each other in different ways.
“𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮,𝙨𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮,𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨,𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙞 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙤𝙣,𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚.”
I adored the time travel theme since i recently watched Totally Killer i get the same atmospheric vibes of the magical realism.I don't think it was corny and it was definitely executed well between past & present times through the book.
Another theme that time traveling highlighted was the change people go through over the course of their lives and how we can't hold on to someone for who they were in the past but for who they are now.
I honestly haven’t seen any trigger warnings in the previous reviews i have red so i wanted to mention them since it caught me off guard and effected me deeply through pages.
𝙏𝙒: 𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙛, 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙙e.
Besides the triggers,i really did found myself chasing the moon with this book
This was the first book i red from Ashley and it made me adore her i can't wait to read The Dead Romantics next
.
i really want to find myself chasing the moon while reading this🌙🤏🏼
“𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙞 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜.𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞 𝙝𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙.𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨”
The way I connected with this book really left me in tears…every single character felt like a part of me and tiny bits of them were part of the people i love the most.
The true beauty about this book is the range of emotions that are delivered to me. i was giggling one moment and the next i was shedding a tear.The writing was truly magical and i was captivated by it.Everything in this book contained was so human,so relatable, so touching and it was all surrounded by the simplicity of what life is while the magic appears
𝘾𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚
She was so beautifully written.She has so much depth in her heart as a young women who has been through so much, it was so touching to watch her growth as i read.Her mentioning her auntie through the book left me in tears every single damn time.
I feel like if her auntie still be alive,she would be my favorite character without no doubt
“𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙪𝙫𝙧𝙚?”
𝙄𝙬𝙖𝙣
i fell in love with this men IN EVERY SINGLE PAGE ALL OVER AGAIN.In present time, you could see how he struggled to understand his path in life & it's truly remarkable that lemon was able to help him find it.He knew EXACTLY how to be a romantic mf plus a scorpio.And ugh..do i have to mention my men can COOK.
“𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚,𝙇𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙨 𝙞 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪”
“𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙝,𝙞𝙩 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙞’𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚.”
Clementine and Iwan's story is out of the ordinary yet i was still smiling and kicking my feet the entire book.They were the definition of “right person wrong time” since both of them changes through time yet still manage to love each other in different ways.
“𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮,𝙨𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮,𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨,𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙞 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙤𝙣,𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚.”
I adored the time travel theme since i recently watched Totally Killer i get the same atmospheric vibes of the magical realism.I don't think it was corny and it was definitely executed well between past & present times through the book.
Another theme that time traveling highlighted was the change people go through over the course of their lives and how we can't hold on to someone for who they were in the past but for who they are now.
I honestly haven’t seen any trigger warnings in the previous reviews i have red so i wanted to mention them since it caught me off guard and effected me deeply through pages.
𝙏𝙒: 𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙛, 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙙e.
Besides the triggers,i really did found myself chasing the moon with this book
This was the first book i red from Ashley and it made me adore her i can't wait to read The Dead Romantics next
.
i really want to find myself chasing the moon while reading this🌙🤏🏼
June 1, 2024
➳ 4.5⋆
IN. FUCKING. LOVE. WITH. THIS. BOOK.
IN. FUCKING. LOVE. WITH. THIS. BOOK.
July 6, 2026
4.5 stars! This was so beautiful 😭 I loved every minute of this. I laughed, I cried and felt every emotion inbetween. A magical and heartwarming story love, growth and timing.
September 26, 2023
“Isn't it strange how the world works sometimes? It’s never a matter of time, but a matter of timing."
finished this reread in tears because of how hopeful and magical yet more emotional everything felt this time around 🥹 i read this 3 years ago but it was so different yet the same reading it now—much like myself. I definitely picked it back up at the right time. I noticed things I didn’t before in the very beginning, and i enjoyed the relatable bits that honestly feel way more relatable now, the whimsy aspect of this and even more the bittersweet feels on grief. Iwan and lemon are so special to me 💛 postons writing fills me with such effervescent joy that I can’t wait for her next release soon. **if anyone wants a little more of them there’s a bonus scene on postons Substack account**
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This book was so easy to treasure and so were its characters that leave you with feel good feels by the end. It was distinctively emotional, bittersweet and so enchanting. Somehow 13 going on 30 came to mind as I read despite not this being nothing like it. But maybe it’s because it played out like a 2000s rom com movie in my head. It goes without saying how this wasn’t just a romance story, but about grief and embracing the change in finding yourself.
Clementine- I found her character mostly relatable in more ways than one. Even more when it came to her fear of change, feeling lost in her late twenties, and who is well established in her career yet struggles with letting go and figuring out what she truly wants in life. This is my current struggle. For clementine, she’s a success in what she does in the publishing business in NYC—seemingly content with her job and mourning the loss of her aunt. But one day, she moves into the apartment she inherited from her and it somehow allows her to slip through a specific moment in time—seven years forward and seven years back ✨ the invisible string theory was so apparent here
iwan- I was enamored with him for all the light he was and brought into clementines life when she least expected but needed in the time he did. Other than the chef he was as this man exuded such passion about the food he cooks in the most meaningful way; in believing in the connection between our memories playing a significant role in our love for food. All I thought was SWOON. The banter and cozy chemistry between him and clementine had me grinning and kicking my feet. Also, the nickname he had for her felt special. It was cute and not off putting as some tend to be
It was bittersweet to watch their journey. From being complete strangers that shared intimate parts of themselves with each other—to what became of them. I also enjoyed seeing them chase their own moons (book reference) and embracing change as is (more for clementine) and as that was so hard initially to accept considering the time slip.
I thought the manner grief is touched on here was fleshed out beautifully and realistically in the way clementine grieved and the perspective it gave her. I initially gave this 4 stars because I felt like we weren’t given enough scenes in the past between them; like there wasn’t enough build up and a lack of structure with the time jump. idk about anyone else but i definitely wanted MORE time with them. But whenever i think about how this book made me feel equal parts magic and nostalgic—the more I think it deserves the full 5. I was left tearing up at the last 10% 🥹 so if anyone wants a cozy heartfelt book that’ll give you all the feels then read this and I hope it touches your heart as it did mine. My hopeful heart is wishing this will be adapted as it has so much potential 😩
a few quotes
“I think it was a little longer for me.”
"I've had entire conversations with people I've never spoken a word to. You can say things with food that you can't quite with words sometimes. It all comes full circle, "Universal truths in butter. Secrets folded into the dough. Poetry in the spices. Romance in a chocolate. Love in a lemon pie."
"Oh, I gasped, finally understanding what he meant. "Tis less about the food, then, and more about "
"The memory," we finished together.
"I'm going to kiss every part of you. I'm going to commit every piece of you to memory"
“I didn’t find out who I wanted to be until I was almost forty. You have to try on a lot of shoes until you find some you like walking in. Never apologize for that. Once I found mine, I’ve been content for twenty years.”
That was love, wasn't it? It wasn't just a quick drop-it was falling, over and over again, for your person. It was falling as they became new people. It was learning how to exist with every new breath. It was uncertain and it was undeniably hard, and it wasn't something you could plan for. Love was an invitation into the wild unknown, one step at a time together.”
And I carried that pain, and that love, and that terrible, terrible day, with me. I got comfortable with it. I walked with it. Sometimes the people you loved left you halfway through a story … I hated her for leaving, and I loved her for staying as long as she could. ❤️🩹 this whole page
My heart swelled with grief and joy and love. So much love for this ghost of mine.
"What do you tell people, when they ask about it?" His shyness melted into a smile, warm and gooey like choco-late. "I tell them about a girl I fell in love with at the right place but the wrong time." A knot lodged in my throat. "And what are you going to tell them now?" “That we finally got the timing right."
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