Seven Days in June
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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER (JUNE 2021)
'A sexy, modern love story' Reese Witherspoon
'I absolutely loved it' Jodi Picoult
Seven days to fall in love, fifteen years to forget, and seven days to get it all back again...
When Eva Mercy, a single mother and bestselling erotica writer, and the enigmatic, award-winning novelist Shane Hall meet at a literary event in New York, sparks fly. But what no one knows is that fifteen years earlier, teenage Eva and Shane spent one week together, madly in love. While they may pretend to be strangers, they can't deny their chemistry.
Over the next seven days, amidst a steamy Brooklyn summer, Eva and Shane reconnect. But Eva is wary of the man who broke her heart and wants Shane out of the city so her life can return to normal. Before he disappears, though, she needs a few questions answered . . .
With its keen observations of creative life in America today, as well as the joys and complications of being a mother and a daughter, Seven Days in June is a hilarious, romantic, and sexy-as-hell story of two writers discovering their second chance at love.
'Deliciously witty' Zoella Book Club
'Hilarious, romantic and incredibly sexy' Hello!
'An absolute page turner . . . exuding love, hope and desire' Evening Standard
'Electric and alive' Kirkus
'A captivating love story' Melan Mag
'A vision of life as it truly is: complications and difficulties punctuated by profound joy' Rumaan Alam
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"He'd always appreciated families from a distance, looked at them like they were a fascinating experiment: all that intimacy and domesticity couldn't have been more foreign." A second chance love story, Black spirit, joy, humor, and a ton of redemption. I am not a fan of the romance genre. So when I do read one, I love some diverse representation. This book doesn't shy away from the fact that both main characters are flawed. Shane is a recovering addict who has spent time in jail. He's clean now and is mentoring underprivileged kids. Eva is a single mom and suffers from an invisible disability. This is also such an important topic as you never know what someone is going through. Eva has lived all her life with severe, debilitating migraines and her pain affects every part of her life. There's sparks and sizzles whenever these two share a page, and it makes for an amazing read. While this is technically a rom-com with legit LOL moments, it has so much depth. These characters are broken and incredibly damaged. What brought Eva and Shane together 15 years ago is dark, and neither of them have healed from that. To see these two finally come together and experience love and acceptance, something they both desperately craved, but never found in all their lives, feels heartwarming. One poignant part of the book is when a panel of authors are discussing how Black literature is often relegated to only talking about suffering and trauma, and denied the range of everyday human experiences that white authors are taking for granted. All of the characters are so well-written and fully dimensional. I loved all of them, especially Audre, Eva’s daughter. She’s precocious, extremely smart, hilarious, and well rounded. This was a compelling modern-day romance and the author's homage to Black lives lived to their fullest was beautiful to witness.
Abgebrochen bei 50%. Ich hatte so hohe Erwartungen an das Buch, und bin einfach nur verwirrt geblieben. Ich habe die Geschichte nicht verstanden, die voller mental health Probleme, Sex, Popkulturreferenzen und Blackness ist. Das einzige, was ich richtig gut und klar fand, war die Darstellung von Migräne/chronischen Schmerzen bei der Protagonistin. Das habe ich selten so realistisch beschrieben gesehen.
Heartbreaking and healing at the same time
This book is everything I didn't know I needed. Eva and Shane are both very complex characters with so much emotional baggage, but the longing they feel for each other is so big and it breaks my heart. Living 15 years without eachother and still feeling such an emotional connection must be heartbreaking. I love how the book is written. It's so personal and detailed in every way. Still I kinda wish Tia Williams would've given the past a bit more room, in that way we could've get to know those two on an even deeper level. All in all a fantastic book!
This is one of my favorite books now like I think it cured my reading slump I've been in for a while. This book really does talk you on a rollercoaster of emotions. I've at places in this book that wasn't even necessary to cry but I did. The characters were just so complex and truly fighting to get better and I think it was just done so well. Like it was like they were actual people going through this trauma in the real world. The characters go through so much from a young age until their adulthood and just try to get better for not only themselves but the people around them. The side characters also had me very invested there were times where I was like do we really need to know what there thinking but then you realize that it really does play an important role. The fact the characters were just black people in America also was amazing. Like they talk about so many things and how wrong and bad black people are treated in this world but it doesn't overwhelm you with that theme. That we as black people acknowledge that but at the end of the day we still are people and we still have our lives to get through. The author did an amazing job putting the real-life struggles and successes black people face. My favorite character would have to be our main character Genevieve out the main female lead. I think she stood out to me the most because she was just a girl who is trying to overcome her past while also creating a new life for her daughter. The emotions throughout this whole book were just raw and amazing. I highly recommend this book to anyone I can because it's just an amazing read. Also, there is a lot of mention of things like suicide + mental health trauma and a lot of other things that can be trigging to people I'm just blanking out on the other things that happened that could be triggering I'm sorry.
4,5 ⭐️. Where do I begin with this one? It was hella INTENSE and I loved it. It dealt with heavy themes but did it so well. It was laugh-out-loud funny at times, which felt necessary for me personally. I truly felt their connection and was fond of pretty much all the characters. They were all loveable in their own ways. Instant fave.
Zunächst mal: Audre for president! Ich wusste vorher, worauf ich mich einlasse, aber ich wusste nicht, worauf ich mir wirklich einlasse. Mir war klar, dass der Roman mit schwierigen Themen umgeht. Mir war nicht klar, wie schwer es manchmal wird. Bei Romanen die den Fokus so stark auf eine Liebesgeschichte legen bin ich nie Fan von schwierigen Verhältnissen, aber Seven Days in June konnte ich einfach nicht weglegen. Ich war wie im Sog! Ich bin immer noch erstaunt darüber, wie etwas so wehtun kann und im nächsten Moment einfach wunderschön ist. Mein Highlight war eindeutig die Beziehung zwischen Eva und ihrer Tochter Audre, ich kann nicht genug von ihnen bekommen! Ich mochte die Sprache sehr gerne, den Witz und die Intensität zwischen Shane und Eva war meisterhaft dargestellt. Die Aussage im letzten Kapitel fand ich richtig stark, deshalb war ich vom Epilog dann ein bisschen enttäuscht und hätte mir gewünscht, dass die Zeitsprünge größer sind. Große Empfehlung, alle müssen es lesen!
I was semi-convinced by this. This was quite predictable and a lot of surprises and excitement was dampened by the narrative perspective which seemed a little bit random sometimes. I also felt like the dialogues were a little over-the-top and the humor didn’t really suited me. I also would have liked a little more depth and in the characters and plot. There were essentially two main characters who were quite flat. But I would definitely give the author another try I think just this book wasn’t for me.
This book had so much potential and I totally get why people love it. I wish I would've loved it more and I'm disappointed (almost in myself for not enjoying it enough?). I liked the whole premise of Eva and Shane having this week together as teens and meeting again knowing that they are soulmates (or whatever). Even though the time they spent together when they first met was highly problematic and not what you'd call a fun magical time out of a YA romance, it felt very real to me and I appreciated reading about those very serious topics. In the end I even wished we had spent more time with the flashbacks because the way it was handled felt more like the author was telling us about it but not showing it enough. That's probably why many people didn't "get" the deep connection that formed between those two characters during that time period. I really wished I had gotten it - but if I'm honest, I wasn't convinced either. Another thing I realized while reading this book is that I need more built-up and slow burn to really enjoy a romance. I felt like they had two deep and emotional conversations and after that we got one sex scene after another and not a lot of talking anymore? Maybe that's a me thing though. Overall I liked the characters and the premise (even though I wish it would've been executed differently) and also felt like the conflict before the ending was fine - not as forced, unnecessary and ridiculous as in other romance books.
This book had so much potential and I totally get why people love it. I wish I would've loved it more and I'm disappointed (almost in myself for not enjoying it enough?). I liked the whole premise of Eva and Shane having this week together as teens and meeting again knowing that they are soulmates (or whatever). Even though the time they spent together when they first met was highly problematic and not what you'd call a fun magical time out of a YA romance, it felt very real to me and I appreciated reading about those very serious topics. In the end I even wished we had spent more time with the flashbacks because the way it was handled felt more like the author was telling us about it but not showing it enough. That's probably why many people didn't "get" the deep connection that formed between those two characters during that time period. I really wished I had gotten it - but if I'm honest, I wasn't convinced either. Another thing I realized while reading this book is that I need more built-up and slow burn to really enjoy a romance. I felt like they had two deep and emotional conversations and after that we got one sex scene after another and not a lot of talking anymore? Maybe that's a me thing though. Overall I liked the characters and the premise (even though I wish it would've been executed differently) and also felt like the conflict before the ending was fine - not as forced, unnecessary and ridiculous as in other romance books.
This book had so much potential and I totally get why people love it. I wish I would've loved it more and I'm disappointed (almost in myself for not enjoying it enough?). I liked the whole premise of Eva and Shane having this week together as teens and meeting again knowing that they are soulmates (or whatever). Even though the time they spent together when they first met was highly problematic and not what you'd call a fun magical time out of a YA romance, it felt very real to me and I appreciated reading about those very serious topics. In the end I even wished we had spent more time with the flashbacks because the way it was handled felt more like the author was telling us about it but not showing it enough. That's probably why many people didn't "get" the deep connection that formed between those two characters during that time period. I really wished I had gotten it - but if I'm honest, I wasn't convinced either. Another thing I realized while reading this book is that I need more built-up and slow burn to really enjoy a romance. I felt like they had two deep and emotional conversations and after that we got one sex scene after another and not a lot of talking anymore? Maybe that's a me thing though. Overall I liked the characters and the premise (even though I wish it would've been executed differently) and also felt like the conflict before the ending was fine - not as forced, unnecessary and ridiculous as in other romance books.
3.85⭐️ So I started reading this book in September ´22 but dnf´ed it bc it got boring. I just couldn’t get into the book and the chapter I was supposed to read at that time was very long. Then I picked it back up around Christmas but stopped reading bc I rather want3d to read the book I got for Christmas. Everyone said they loved this book so Inga e it another chance and was determined to finish it. That was 2 days ago. And honestly I’m so glad I picked it back up. It still wasn’t great but I really enjoyed the story and I got lost in it for hours. I was devastated at the end when It looked like they wouldn’t get back together even though they’re meant for each other. I think it was a great book but I wish I had a better start with it. Maybe it could have been a 4.75⭐️ book.
A story about a lot of trauma and two people falling in love for the second time. I really loved the aspect of the two main characters meeting again in June after not seeing each other for 15 years. I liked how they are connected through trauma and that both of them grew individually in their own ways to then get connected again now working on getting ready for each other. I also loved the mother daughter relationship between Eva and Audre. Audre as a character was so sweet and funny and smart I absolutely adored her. All in all a beautiful second chance romance that talks about important topics such as race, trauma, addiction ect.
The writing was spectacular! The story beautifully heartbreaking. My heart ached for these flawed teenagers and got stitched back together when they reconnected in NY. I loved the characters and representation in this, it felt really real and raw. I’m also not joking when I say Audre is my dream child because :”You act like I'm the worst daughter, though," she said. "Do you know why Parsley was in detention? Tequila!" "She brought tequila to school?" "No. She snuck a tequila-soaked tampon to school in her actual vagina, let it absorb into her bloodstream, and was blackout drunk by fourth period." She was hilarious, smart, driven and sooooo cool! I wanna be like her fr!
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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER (JUNE 2021)
'A sexy, modern love story' Reese Witherspoon
'I absolutely loved it' Jodi Picoult
Seven days to fall in love, fifteen years to forget, and seven days to get it all back again...
When Eva Mercy, a single mother and bestselling erotica writer, and the enigmatic, award-winning novelist Shane Hall meet at a literary event in New York, sparks fly. But what no one knows is that fifteen years earlier, teenage Eva and Shane spent one week together, madly in love. While they may pretend to be strangers, they can't deny their chemistry.
Over the next seven days, amidst a steamy Brooklyn summer, Eva and Shane reconnect. But Eva is wary of the man who broke her heart and wants Shane out of the city so her life can return to normal. Before he disappears, though, she needs a few questions answered . . .
With its keen observations of creative life in America today, as well as the joys and complications of being a mother and a daughter, Seven Days in June is a hilarious, romantic, and sexy-as-hell story of two writers discovering their second chance at love.
'Deliciously witty' Zoella Book Club
'Hilarious, romantic and incredibly sexy' Hello!
'An absolute page turner . . . exuding love, hope and desire' Evening Standard
'Electric and alive' Kirkus
'A captivating love story' Melan Mag
'A vision of life as it truly is: complications and difficulties punctuated by profound joy' Rumaan Alam
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Posts
"He'd always appreciated families from a distance, looked at them like they were a fascinating experiment: all that intimacy and domesticity couldn't have been more foreign." A second chance love story, Black spirit, joy, humor, and a ton of redemption. I am not a fan of the romance genre. So when I do read one, I love some diverse representation. This book doesn't shy away from the fact that both main characters are flawed. Shane is a recovering addict who has spent time in jail. He's clean now and is mentoring underprivileged kids. Eva is a single mom and suffers from an invisible disability. This is also such an important topic as you never know what someone is going through. Eva has lived all her life with severe, debilitating migraines and her pain affects every part of her life. There's sparks and sizzles whenever these two share a page, and it makes for an amazing read. While this is technically a rom-com with legit LOL moments, it has so much depth. These characters are broken and incredibly damaged. What brought Eva and Shane together 15 years ago is dark, and neither of them have healed from that. To see these two finally come together and experience love and acceptance, something they both desperately craved, but never found in all their lives, feels heartwarming. One poignant part of the book is when a panel of authors are discussing how Black literature is often relegated to only talking about suffering and trauma, and denied the range of everyday human experiences that white authors are taking for granted. All of the characters are so well-written and fully dimensional. I loved all of them, especially Audre, Eva’s daughter. She’s precocious, extremely smart, hilarious, and well rounded. This was a compelling modern-day romance and the author's homage to Black lives lived to their fullest was beautiful to witness.
Abgebrochen bei 50%. Ich hatte so hohe Erwartungen an das Buch, und bin einfach nur verwirrt geblieben. Ich habe die Geschichte nicht verstanden, die voller mental health Probleme, Sex, Popkulturreferenzen und Blackness ist. Das einzige, was ich richtig gut und klar fand, war die Darstellung von Migräne/chronischen Schmerzen bei der Protagonistin. Das habe ich selten so realistisch beschrieben gesehen.
Heartbreaking and healing at the same time
This book is everything I didn't know I needed. Eva and Shane are both very complex characters with so much emotional baggage, but the longing they feel for each other is so big and it breaks my heart. Living 15 years without eachother and still feeling such an emotional connection must be heartbreaking. I love how the book is written. It's so personal and detailed in every way. Still I kinda wish Tia Williams would've given the past a bit more room, in that way we could've get to know those two on an even deeper level. All in all a fantastic book!
This is one of my favorite books now like I think it cured my reading slump I've been in for a while. This book really does talk you on a rollercoaster of emotions. I've at places in this book that wasn't even necessary to cry but I did. The characters were just so complex and truly fighting to get better and I think it was just done so well. Like it was like they were actual people going through this trauma in the real world. The characters go through so much from a young age until their adulthood and just try to get better for not only themselves but the people around them. The side characters also had me very invested there were times where I was like do we really need to know what there thinking but then you realize that it really does play an important role. The fact the characters were just black people in America also was amazing. Like they talk about so many things and how wrong and bad black people are treated in this world but it doesn't overwhelm you with that theme. That we as black people acknowledge that but at the end of the day we still are people and we still have our lives to get through. The author did an amazing job putting the real-life struggles and successes black people face. My favorite character would have to be our main character Genevieve out the main female lead. I think she stood out to me the most because she was just a girl who is trying to overcome her past while also creating a new life for her daughter. The emotions throughout this whole book were just raw and amazing. I highly recommend this book to anyone I can because it's just an amazing read. Also, there is a lot of mention of things like suicide + mental health trauma and a lot of other things that can be trigging to people I'm just blanking out on the other things that happened that could be triggering I'm sorry.
4,5 ⭐️. Where do I begin with this one? It was hella INTENSE and I loved it. It dealt with heavy themes but did it so well. It was laugh-out-loud funny at times, which felt necessary for me personally. I truly felt their connection and was fond of pretty much all the characters. They were all loveable in their own ways. Instant fave.
Zunächst mal: Audre for president! Ich wusste vorher, worauf ich mich einlasse, aber ich wusste nicht, worauf ich mir wirklich einlasse. Mir war klar, dass der Roman mit schwierigen Themen umgeht. Mir war nicht klar, wie schwer es manchmal wird. Bei Romanen die den Fokus so stark auf eine Liebesgeschichte legen bin ich nie Fan von schwierigen Verhältnissen, aber Seven Days in June konnte ich einfach nicht weglegen. Ich war wie im Sog! Ich bin immer noch erstaunt darüber, wie etwas so wehtun kann und im nächsten Moment einfach wunderschön ist. Mein Highlight war eindeutig die Beziehung zwischen Eva und ihrer Tochter Audre, ich kann nicht genug von ihnen bekommen! Ich mochte die Sprache sehr gerne, den Witz und die Intensität zwischen Shane und Eva war meisterhaft dargestellt. Die Aussage im letzten Kapitel fand ich richtig stark, deshalb war ich vom Epilog dann ein bisschen enttäuscht und hätte mir gewünscht, dass die Zeitsprünge größer sind. Große Empfehlung, alle müssen es lesen!
I was semi-convinced by this. This was quite predictable and a lot of surprises and excitement was dampened by the narrative perspective which seemed a little bit random sometimes. I also felt like the dialogues were a little over-the-top and the humor didn’t really suited me. I also would have liked a little more depth and in the characters and plot. There were essentially two main characters who were quite flat. But I would definitely give the author another try I think just this book wasn’t for me.
This book had so much potential and I totally get why people love it. I wish I would've loved it more and I'm disappointed (almost in myself for not enjoying it enough?). I liked the whole premise of Eva and Shane having this week together as teens and meeting again knowing that they are soulmates (or whatever). Even though the time they spent together when they first met was highly problematic and not what you'd call a fun magical time out of a YA romance, it felt very real to me and I appreciated reading about those very serious topics. In the end I even wished we had spent more time with the flashbacks because the way it was handled felt more like the author was telling us about it but not showing it enough. That's probably why many people didn't "get" the deep connection that formed between those two characters during that time period. I really wished I had gotten it - but if I'm honest, I wasn't convinced either. Another thing I realized while reading this book is that I need more built-up and slow burn to really enjoy a romance. I felt like they had two deep and emotional conversations and after that we got one sex scene after another and not a lot of talking anymore? Maybe that's a me thing though. Overall I liked the characters and the premise (even though I wish it would've been executed differently) and also felt like the conflict before the ending was fine - not as forced, unnecessary and ridiculous as in other romance books.
This book had so much potential and I totally get why people love it. I wish I would've loved it more and I'm disappointed (almost in myself for not enjoying it enough?). I liked the whole premise of Eva and Shane having this week together as teens and meeting again knowing that they are soulmates (or whatever). Even though the time they spent together when they first met was highly problematic and not what you'd call a fun magical time out of a YA romance, it felt very real to me and I appreciated reading about those very serious topics. In the end I even wished we had spent more time with the flashbacks because the way it was handled felt more like the author was telling us about it but not showing it enough. That's probably why many people didn't "get" the deep connection that formed between those two characters during that time period. I really wished I had gotten it - but if I'm honest, I wasn't convinced either. Another thing I realized while reading this book is that I need more built-up and slow burn to really enjoy a romance. I felt like they had two deep and emotional conversations and after that we got one sex scene after another and not a lot of talking anymore? Maybe that's a me thing though. Overall I liked the characters and the premise (even though I wish it would've been executed differently) and also felt like the conflict before the ending was fine - not as forced, unnecessary and ridiculous as in other romance books.
This book had so much potential and I totally get why people love it. I wish I would've loved it more and I'm disappointed (almost in myself for not enjoying it enough?). I liked the whole premise of Eva and Shane having this week together as teens and meeting again knowing that they are soulmates (or whatever). Even though the time they spent together when they first met was highly problematic and not what you'd call a fun magical time out of a YA romance, it felt very real to me and I appreciated reading about those very serious topics. In the end I even wished we had spent more time with the flashbacks because the way it was handled felt more like the author was telling us about it but not showing it enough. That's probably why many people didn't "get" the deep connection that formed between those two characters during that time period. I really wished I had gotten it - but if I'm honest, I wasn't convinced either. Another thing I realized while reading this book is that I need more built-up and slow burn to really enjoy a romance. I felt like they had two deep and emotional conversations and after that we got one sex scene after another and not a lot of talking anymore? Maybe that's a me thing though. Overall I liked the characters and the premise (even though I wish it would've been executed differently) and also felt like the conflict before the ending was fine - not as forced, unnecessary and ridiculous as in other romance books.
3.85⭐️ So I started reading this book in September ´22 but dnf´ed it bc it got boring. I just couldn’t get into the book and the chapter I was supposed to read at that time was very long. Then I picked it back up around Christmas but stopped reading bc I rather want3d to read the book I got for Christmas. Everyone said they loved this book so Inga e it another chance and was determined to finish it. That was 2 days ago. And honestly I’m so glad I picked it back up. It still wasn’t great but I really enjoyed the story and I got lost in it for hours. I was devastated at the end when It looked like they wouldn’t get back together even though they’re meant for each other. I think it was a great book but I wish I had a better start with it. Maybe it could have been a 4.75⭐️ book.
A story about a lot of trauma and two people falling in love for the second time. I really loved the aspect of the two main characters meeting again in June after not seeing each other for 15 years. I liked how they are connected through trauma and that both of them grew individually in their own ways to then get connected again now working on getting ready for each other. I also loved the mother daughter relationship between Eva and Audre. Audre as a character was so sweet and funny and smart I absolutely adored her. All in all a beautiful second chance romance that talks about important topics such as race, trauma, addiction ect.
The writing was spectacular! The story beautifully heartbreaking. My heart ached for these flawed teenagers and got stitched back together when they reconnected in NY. I loved the characters and representation in this, it felt really real and raw. I’m also not joking when I say Audre is my dream child because :”You act like I'm the worst daughter, though," she said. "Do you know why Parsley was in detention? Tequila!" "She brought tequila to school?" "No. She snuck a tequila-soaked tampon to school in her actual vagina, let it absorb into her bloodstream, and was blackout drunk by fourth period." She was hilarious, smart, driven and sooooo cool! I wanna be like her fr!