There are times when you read a book and wonder, damn where has this book been all my life, for me, Seven Days in June by Tia Williams was one of those books.
Personally, I LOVE reading about #BlackLove. And not the type of Black Love that seems fake or curated for the gram, but real Black love, that is sometimes messy, that is sometimes complicated, that sometimes needs room to grow, and room to breathe, and that is why I loved this book so much.
If you haven’t heard of Seven Days of June, it is all OVER the Instagram streets, so naturally, it jumped onto my radar, and somehow I thought it was going to be one of those over-hyped books that just don’t speak to me. But I will be the first to admit that I miss judged this one, and instead, it was a story that struck me to my core.
Synopsis:
Seven days to fall in love, fifteen years to forget, and seven days to get it all back again… Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling erotica writer who is feeling pressed from all sides. Shane Hall is a reclusive, enigmatic, award-winning novelist, who, to everyone’s surprise, shows up in New York.
When Shane and Eva meet unexpectedly at a literary event, sparks fly, raising not only their buried traumas, but the eyebrows of the Black literati. What no one knows is that fifteen years earlier, teenage Eva and Shane spent one crazy, torrid week madly in love. While they may be pretending not to know each other, they can’t deny their chemistry—or the fact that they’ve been secretly writing to each other in their books through the years. 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.
This is the This Black Girl Reads Book Club Pick of the Month for December and I cannot wait to discuss it with everyone.
Our Online Discussion will take place on December 16th at 7pm Eastern. Register here for the discussion. Want to chat more about this and all things books with a group of dope queens then join our group on Facebook.
Happy Reading!
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