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A review by lolocole
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
SWOONY. GRITTY. DELICIOUS. SEXY. GIDDY.
*check trigger warnings before diving into this one, for sure!
And now for my collection of hoarded quotes:
"'One thing," she whispered, her lips by his jaw. She didn't want anyone to overhear. "Before I forget."
"What's that?"
"Stop writing about me."
Only Eva could've noticed the change in his expression. She saw the flinch. The slow, satisfied curl of his lip. His bronzy-amber eyes flashing. It was like he'd been waiting years to hear those words. Like the girl whose pigtails he'd been yanking during recess all year had finally shoved him back. He looked gratified.
In a voice both raspy and low, and so, so familiar, Shane said, "You first"" (70-1).
""... You were overwhelming. Just wild and weird and brilliant, and I never had a choice. I liked everything about you. Even the scary parts. I wanted to drown in your fucking bathwater" (95).
""I stayed alive for you. But you killed me, anyway"" (218).
""I love you," said Shane. "Dramatically, violently, and forever"" (240).
""I wanna be everything," he said, his mouth against her ear. "Wanna be the reason you light up. I wanna make you laugh, make you moan, make you safe... I want to be the thought that lulls you to sleep. The memory that gets you off. I wanna be where all your paths end... I wanna do everything you do to me"" (241).
*check trigger warnings before diving into this one, for sure!
And now for my collection of hoarded quotes:
"'One thing," she whispered, her lips by his jaw. She didn't want anyone to overhear. "Before I forget."
"What's that?"
"Stop writing about me."
Only Eva could've noticed the change in his expression. She saw the flinch. The slow, satisfied curl of his lip. His bronzy-amber eyes flashing. It was like he'd been waiting years to hear those words. Like the girl whose pigtails he'd been yanking during recess all year had finally shoved him back. He looked gratified.
In a voice both raspy and low, and so, so familiar, Shane said, "You first"" (70-1).
""... You were overwhelming. Just wild and weird and brilliant, and I never had a choice. I liked everything about you. Even the scary parts. I wanted to drown in your fucking bathwater" (95).
""I stayed alive for you. But you killed me, anyway"" (218).
""I love you," said Shane. "Dramatically, violently, and forever"" (240).
""I wanna be everything," he said, his mouth against her ear. "Wanna be the reason you light up. I wanna make you laugh, make you moan, make you safe... I want to be the thought that lulls you to sleep. The memory that gets you off. I wanna be where all your paths end... I wanna do everything you do to me"" (241).