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A review by thepaige_turner
Seven Days of You by Cecilia Vinesse
4.0
Traveling, living, and leaving, are three very different and distinct states of being. But they overlap. There's a sense of urgency in each, but also a wish that time will slow down.
I'm always beyond thankful when a publisher sends me a surprise ARC in the mail, but this one is particularly special to me. Seven Days of You arrived on my doorstep about a month before I was leaving my last quarter of college, and I started reading it two weeks before that before finally finishing it now, on the eve of my departure.
And there's something so real about it. That ache of leaving behind a city that you know and love is woven all throughout Sophia's narrative in this and resonated so clearly with me (though her story is tied up with a bit more romance than mine). There were quite a few times I wasn't sure if I wanted to walk into the page to see Tokyo through her eyes, or to drag her and all her friends into my real world where we could bond over the shared experience of leaving.
Seven Days of You reminded me a lot of a Jennifer E. Smith book. Short and sweet, right to the point, and something I never really wanted to let go of. It left me nostalgic for things I had experienced (and those I hadn't) and is a book that I want to share with people over and over. Because when you share a book you're somewhat subtly saying, "hey, this is important to me and you are also important to me. Read this. Let's share what we can't put into words." It's magical.
I'm always beyond thankful when a publisher sends me a surprise ARC in the mail, but this one is particularly special to me. Seven Days of You arrived on my doorstep about a month before I was leaving my last quarter of college, and I started reading it two weeks before that before finally finishing it now, on the eve of my departure.
And there's something so real about it. That ache of leaving behind a city that you know and love is woven all throughout Sophia's narrative in this and resonated so clearly with me (though her story is tied up with a bit more romance than mine). There were quite a few times I wasn't sure if I wanted to walk into the page to see Tokyo through her eyes, or to drag her and all her friends into my real world where we could bond over the shared experience of leaving.
Seven Days of You reminded me a lot of a Jennifer E. Smith book. Short and sweet, right to the point, and something I never really wanted to let go of. It left me nostalgic for things I had experienced (and those I hadn't) and is a book that I want to share with people over and over. Because when you share a book you're somewhat subtly saying, "hey, this is important to me and you are also important to me. Read this. Let's share what we can't put into words." It's magical.