Seven Days in June follows the romance of two novelists who shared a week-long romance in June as teenagers but meet again fifteen years later for seven days.

Dual Timeline, Multiple POVs, Romance, Enemies to Lovers.

I really liked this. I liked that Eva has an invisible disability and that doesn't impact her ability to be a great parent. I loved her relationship with Audre. I loved Audre, she's brilliantly strong-willed and quick-witted and smart. 

Granted, the relationship was quite toxic throughout, including the past and present relationship there didn't really seem to be any growth in how either character dealt with their issues. Shane the male lead goes incommunicado a lot as a response to trauma and other stress and so doesn't really talk to Eva during this time, which annoyed me as they're supposed to be rebuilding a relationship/friendship. However, when they do talk about their emotions both are respectful and present.

Also, you kind of knew what the conflict was going to be so it felt a little bit obvious and a little bit there just to make things interesting - but it wasn't, it was just annoying. I think it took away from the plot and the progress the characters were making.

There were many popular culture references throughout this book which I think affects the longevity of the work, I don't think it's something I could come back to in say 5 to 10 years and still relate to. But I think it's a good reflection of popular culture right now.

There are a lot of trigger warnings before reading this.

I loved that they wrote books about each other I thought it was very cute.

One issue I did have is that the self-harm/harm-enabling part of the plot is overlooked and I think could've been dealt with a little bit better. So what happens to the money she needs from Cursed? Does she write the books and gets the money? Or does she not get the money that she really needs...

 

Book #156 of 2022.