Seven Days in June by Tia Williams (4.5 STARS!)
Let’s be clear: this isn’t your feel-good, fluffy romance. Seven Days in June is the kind of book that grabs you by the collar, pulls you into its world & dares you to unpack your own emotional damage while you’re at it.
Tia Williams gave us a story about two people—Eva & Shane—who are magnetic, messy, deeply traumatized & still so damn worthy of love. And the best part? She doesn’t shy away from the hard stuff. Chronic pain. Abandonment. Addiction. Mommy wounds. Generational trauma. It’s all there. But it’s handled with such care and wit that you’re not drowning—you’re floating through it, willingly, page by page.
The banter is sharp. The sex is kinky without being try-hard. The references are so deeply Black & deeply now that I audibly gasped when Ntozake Shange & Zane were mentioned in the same book. A moment.
By the final chapter, I had goosebumps. Literal goosebumps. Not because the ending was predictable—it wasn’t—but because it felt earned. And if I’m being really honest? I absolutely considered texting my last on-again-off-again fling. Like, “you up?” level tempted. This book blurred the line between fiction and my real life so much I almost fumbled again… almost.
But that’s the power of Seven Days in June. It doesn’t just tell a story. It reopens yours.
Final Rating: ★★★★½
Would I recommend it? Absolutely.
Will I be reading more Black romance now? Immediately, yes.
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