![]() ![]() Tia is currently an Editorial Director at Estee Lauder Companies, and lives with her daughter and husband in Brooklyn. This was definitely a slow burn of a narrative, and I would have appreciated a little more action, but the nature of the story (with flashbacks to each day of Eva and Shane’s teenage romance) didn’t lend itself to that kind of storyline. Her 2016 bestseller, The Perfect Find, is being adapted for a Netflix film starring Gabrielle Union and her latest novel, Seven Days in June, debuts in June 2021. It helped to understand her and her motivations. The chronic pain Eva deals was s uch an important portrayal that I haven’t read about often. I would highly suggest reading own voices reviews to better understand the intricacies of this portrayal. having white main characters in the movie adaptation of her book). Eva eloquently expresses the inequities she faces and struggles with trying to figure out if she should keep fighting for her art, or give in to what others in the industry push for (i.e. Seven Days in June paints a vivid experience of the “Black literati” and the difficulties and racism the members face. As the two of them cautiously reconnect, flashbacks recount their seven days together and the strife and demons that brought them together and eventually tore them apart. In Seven Days in June, an erotica writer, Eva Mercy, finds herself unexpectedly face to face with Shane Hall at a literary event, years after they shared an intense and passionate seven days together as teenagers. I’ve been on a roll with reading books about authors. ![]()
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