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Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Blood, Death of parent
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Abandonment
Minor: Child death, Rape, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Self harm, Blood
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment
Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death, Car accident, Death of parent
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment
Minor: Car accident
Seven Days in June is a story about Black love. It was poignant, humorous, and hot all at the same time. In this book, we follow Eva, an erotica writer, who is summoned to speak as a panelist at a book event where she unexpectedly runs into her high school fling? boyfriend? situationship? Shane, from fifteen years ago. As she rediscovers what actually happened between them all those years ago, recognizes that they've actually been writing about and to one another for all these years through their books, learns about the man he has become, and about her family's historical curse, she learns about who she is and how everything fits together.
This book did exactly what it needed to do. Each character was fully fleshed out and individualized. In Eva and Shane's partnership, they became the best versions of themselves for and through each other, without sacrificing their core values. Seven Days in June was indeed a romance, but it was so much bigger than just-another-fluffy-romcom (and I love me a fluffy romcom). In this book we explored the effects of chronic pain, substance abuse, domestic abuse and negligence, trauma, and racism on relationships.
Rumaan Alam got it right when he said, "The result isn't escapism (though the book is a delight) but a vision of life as it truly is: complications and difficulties punctuated by profound joy."
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail