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The Seven Year Slip

by Ashley Poston
336 pages 2023 Contemporary Romance, Magical Realism 🌶️🌶️ Mild Standalone
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The Vibe

Clover's apartment has a secret: sometimes it slips seven years into the past. After her aunt dies, she meets Iwan in the apartment — a man from seven years ago who doesn't exist in her present. Except then a new chef at her work looks exactly like him. A gorgeous, bittersweet romance about grief, time, and the love we weren't ready for.

Mood Meter

Romance
8/10
Fantasy / Magic
4/10
Pacing
6/10
Darkness
3/10
Humor
5/10
Angst
7/10

Mood Tags

MagicalEmotionalBittersweetCozy

Trope Tags

Time Travel AdjacentMagical RealismGriefFound Love

Spice Check

🌶️🌶️ Mild

Mild and tender. The magic and emotion are the focus, not explicit content.

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Is This Book for You?

Skip if you dislike:

Ending: HEA
Pacing: Medium

What This Book Feels Like

Moods: Magical Emotional Bittersweet Cozy

Tropes: Time Travel Adjacent Magical Realism Grief Found Love

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is The Seven Year Slip a standalone?

Yes, complete standalone.

How much magical realism is there?

The time-slip element is central to the plot but not explained scientifically — it's a magical given.

Is it sad?

It deals with grief heavily and has bittersweet moments, but ends with hope and love.

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Every Sort By Cravings guide is written after a full read-through — not scraped from publisher blurbs or Amazon summaries. We map tropes directly from the text, cross-reference BookTok and Goodreads reader reactions across 500+ community posts, and calibrate heat ratings against reader consensus before publishing. Mood tags, spice numbers, and “skip if” notes reflect actual reading experience. Read our editorial standards.

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