She’s such a beautiful, funny, incredible character. Her dealing with her invisible disability and the pain while working and being perfect single mum really showed how strong her character was. Her life when she was 17 was heartbreaking. What she was dealing with and how she was dealing with it. made my heart hurts for her. She deserves the best 🫶🏻 her character development and how she overcome her past trauma to be the perfect mother for her daughter and the best version of herself made me really proud 🫂 I cared about the characters, but I also wanted to shake them, and that never went away, not even in the overly-significant epilogue (where a lot of events were relegated!) or by the ending itself. I don’t know what Tia Williams smoked, I don’t know what sorcery she conjured up, because her storytelling abilities? Out of this world. I’m not exaggerating. Overall, this is truly a romantic read that will make you want the TV version to come out ASAP. Verdict

Eva Mercy, a single mum and erotic writer, and Shane Hall, an award winning literary author meet at a book event and sparks fly. What no one else knows though, is that they've met before, after having a week long romance when they were teenagers. As they reconnect in this second chance romance, can Eva trust Shane after he broke her heart fifteen years ago? As Shane is battling with his own demons, can they make it work? The only reason I removed half a star is that this romance is somewhat political. I'm not a political person, so I didn't enjoy those aspects, but overall - I think I'd recommend it to any of my fellow late twenties-and-up romance lovers! (I'm not sure I would have been emotionally mature enough to read/appreciate this in my early twenties? However, I do think I would have felt the impact. I'm not saying don't read it as a younger person. I'm saying make sure to read it again when you're older! 🖤) Over the next seven days, amidst a steamy Brooklyn summer, Eva and Shane reconnect—but Eva’s wary of the man who broke her heart, and wants him out of the city so her life can return to normal. Before Shane disappears though, she needs a few questions answered...Sincere thank you to Grand Central Publishing for sending me a finished physical copy to review. Now available wherever books are sold. All of the characters are so well-written and fully dimensional. I loved all of them, including Audre, Eva’s daughter. She’s precocious, extremely smart, hilariously astute, and well rounded. I gotta be cursed. Almost all of my incredibly anticipated 2021 releases are just not hitting for me. May was a bit of a bust for me reading wise other than The Last Thing He Told Me. I can tell many books published this year were written during the pandemic and they just have a bit of a down vibe. But Seven Days in June broke that trend—it’s compelling, romantic and complicated, with some humor but also tough scenes. It’s not simply a love story. But about survival and accepting who you truly are—flaws included. What’s the Book About I've been really getting into romances lately with diverse representation, and this book is a perfect example of that. It doesn't shy away from the fact that both of its main characters are flawed individuals. Shane is a recovering addict who has spent time in jail, but he's clean now and is mentoring underprivileged kids. Eva is a single mother to a precocious daughter, but she suffers from debilitating migraines and her pain affects every part of her life.

Eva and Shane had some great chemistry, and definitely had unfinished business! There were a couple of very steamy scenes🔥🔥🔥 Seven Days in Sunny June (UK CD2 & Australian CD single liner notes). Jamiroquai. Sony BMG. 2005. 676043 2. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) Seven Days in Sunny June (UK CD1 liner notes). Jamiroquai. Sony BMG. 2005. 676064 1. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) When the two meet in high school, it doesn’t take long for sparks to fly. While many have run away or fail to understand Eva’s condition, Shane is sympathetic and concerned. He’s not perfect but he is in my eyes. He was incredibly sweet and understanding. His past trauma and how it made him feel unwanted and undeserving of people love made me so sad 💔 but I LOVED his character development it was one of the best. I loved how he used his past trauma and experience to try and help other young students like him. How he wanted to be there for them because he didn’t want them to experience being alone 🤧 he’s perfect 💘🫂I wrote my books like you were the only one who'd ever read them, my books did what I couldn't." "Talk to you, and when I read yours, I knew you were reading mine." 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. Authors, if you are a member of the Goodreads Author Program, you can edit information about your own books. Find out how in this guide. This wasn't what I was expecting... It was messier, more complicated and darker than I thought it would be from the cover and synopsis. I'm probably going to be an outlier here, but I didn't love it! I also had no idea how to rate it because although I loved aspects of it, I also had major problems with a lot of parts too. So I sat and wrote a pros and cons list, and they had about the same number of items on each one!🤦‍♀️Hopefully by the end of this review I will have a clearer idea!

My favorite character 🫶🏻 P.S. I absolutely adored the mention of what might be my favorite Mariah Carey album ( Charmbracelet), but TW: There is also a snarky comment made about her later on (that I may have or have may not secretly laughed at 😡🤣).I couldn’t get enough of their reconnection as adults. I so enjoyed how they both were writing to each other in their successful novels. Both both are a crossroads when it comes to their writing. While Eva is ready to write a more serious book inspired by her family’s past, Shane is now sober and has never written a book without a drink. Ultimately, I don't think this book knows what it wants to be? It wasn't the hot summer romance that I wanted it to be. I wanted more. Seems once again I’m a bit of a wrongreader here and didn’t fall over myself about this recent Reese’s Book Club selection like all the other horny housewives did. Mainly due to the fact that you can’t write about stupid shit such as clothing like this . . . . It’s very rare for me to like all the side characters when i read something but omg i loved all of the side characters in this book (except her peace of shit excuse of a mother ) all of them was very lovable and hilarious, kind and sweet.💕 Firstly, I wasn't a fan of when Eva and Shane met as teenagers. Depicted as a love affair, I felt that this wasn't love at all, but a lust filled, drug fuelled week. They were both a mess from their life experiences so far, and this week they spent together was a toxic, dangerous time, where they clung together in a co-dependent way. It was apparently inspired by Romeo and Juliet, and well.. I hate that so 🤷‍♀️

Generational trauma is a real and complicated thing to undo. I think it's interesting to look at past generations and current generations and see how they work through the things they've been through. As a millennial and proudly part of the first generation to talk about needing/encouraging people to seek psychological help -- this has been one of my favorite reads in a very long time. It’s funny, I’m not really sure, either. I never really realized I was writing romance, but my novels all have a strong central love story with a happy ending, and that meets the parameters of the genre! The publishing industry defines literary books as being primarily character-driven, as opposed to plot, but so many genre novels have brilliant characterizations. Shane-I can't even properly articulate how I feel about this man. His story is so heartbreaking and I love him so much. The dedication he has to look after and care so much for his students bc he knows what it's like to be in their shoes is inspiring and speaks to his character and his heart. Eva has always been the love of his life and the way he holds her in such high respect for all that she has accomplished and the way he loves her unconditionally and wants to be the one to care for her through her illness had me misty the entire book. All the while he is forging his own battle with alcoholism and staying sober. The way he speaks and thinks about Eva is GORGEOUS and then how he loves Audre!! 😍😭The present chapters were interesting in how they focused on both of their very different writing careers and the problems that accompanied them. I loved Eva's daughter, Audre, which was a nice surprise because I don't normally like kids in romance novels. But she made me laugh and acted exactly how you would expect a precocious teen to act. I also liked that this was a second-chance romance that didn't have a hero that acted like trash. Shane was SUCH A LOVE. I am obsessed with Shane, okay? Easily one of the most compelling male love interests I've read about in a while. #TeamShane Eva-Eva is one of the strongest fmc's I think I have ever read. Dealing with an absolutely devastatingly painful disability that she endures with so much grace she is determined to provide the best life that she never had for her daughter Audre. Putting a tragic and volatile childhood behind her full of drug abuse, self harm, suicidal thoughts and instability, she remakes herself but she never forgets the one person who really SAW her and stole her heart. Eva and Shane find each other at a time when they are both drowning in so much pain. I found their story to be so touching and also loved how they were anchors for each other. The generational trauma and the relationship with her mother was so upsetting but also so real and my heart squeezed for Eva the entire time. This book is totally worth reading. It builds a richly layered world and throws the readers into a deeply emotional story. It reveals views on various aspects of life based on observations of contemporary society. Better yet, Seven Days in June contains many excerptable quotes that you will want to save and use in your own writing or inspire your own life. Just give the book a go.