A review by lostcupofstars
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Look, the first 50 pages, I was convinced I wasn’t gonna like this book. It was slow, and I saw the MC’s daughter’s full name and was concerned that it was another one of those books with far too many woke and pop culture references. 

Then Shane was introduced and I forgot all about that stuff.

The heart of this book is where it truly shines. The pacing is spot on and the plot develops well between past and present. There are so many issues covered here (check the tw if you need to before reading!) and their relationship was far from perfect (I deffo think there’s a lot to be said re codependency and their relationship as teens) but they did have good chemistry and I really wanted them to work it out.

The last 50 pages were quietly chaotic; this section really could have done with more. Pages of text convo always leaves me feeling cheated. There was too much happening in such a short space of time and I still don’t really understand why
Ty needed to die? Shane has been through enough already, this seemed unnecessary to me


You lot know by now I’m an honest reviewer! I didn’t expect to enjoy this book at all based on all the hype, but the characters felt real and that’s something I truly appreciate. I think if the beginning had been more concise and the end had been more fleshed out, this would have been an easy 4 or 5 star read for me. That being said, I enjoyed it and I’m glad I read it.
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