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A review by thekhw
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
3.0
Let me preference this by saying that I am not a big fan of romance books, which could explain my rating. However, I decided to try this one because I heard good things. With that said, here comes my somewhat unpopular opinion.
Seven Days in June was quite an interesting read. It centers around two characters, Eva and Shane, who spent a week in June together 15 years ago and, for 15 years, never got over that one singular week. They both move on and grow up to become famous authors who reconnect at a literature event.
Here’s my issue, I know this is a romance book, but there’s nothing romantic about what we learned about that one week in June 15 years ago. It just was not “love,” and both characters were pretty disturbed in different ways and became codependent quickly. Again, absolutely nothing about it was romantic.
It wasn’t super horrible. There were a lot of references to pop culture that was cringe at times. You can also tell when an author is writing with a film or tv show in mind, and that book was this one.
Overall, the writing was excellent, but the story was just not. I didn’t feel the same appreciation others may have about this particular read.
Seven Days in June was quite an interesting read. It centers around two characters, Eva and Shane, who spent a week in June together 15 years ago and, for 15 years, never got over that one singular week. They both move on and grow up to become famous authors who reconnect at a literature event.
Here’s my issue, I know this is a romance book, but there’s nothing romantic about what we learned about that one week in June 15 years ago. It just was not “love,” and both characters were pretty disturbed in different ways and became codependent quickly. Again, absolutely nothing about it was romantic.
It wasn’t super horrible. There were a lot of references to pop culture that was cringe at times. You can also tell when an author is writing with a film or tv show in mind, and that book was this one.
Overall, the writing was excellent, but the story was just not. I didn’t feel the same appreciation others may have about this particular read.