Title: Seven Year Itch
Author: Amy Daws
Publication: June 17, 2025
Publisher: Canary Street Press
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Pages: 378
Audiobook Length: 10 hours, 47 minutes
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SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads)
I might look like a tall, tattooed, bearded neanderthal…but like an onion, I have layers. Swipe right if you like a proud cat daddy who catches feelings after direct eye contact.
All I wanted was a casual plus-one to my brother’s destination wedding, but those idiots on my family tree hacked my dating profile and sabotaged my quest for the perfect weekend fling. Now I’m stuck on a tropical vacation with only my hand to keep me company.
Until I’m forced to share a room with the bane of my existence: my sister-in-law’s best friend.
Dakota has hated me for the past seven years. I wasn’t losing much sleep over her screaming rants because she was some other guy’s problem. Or she was, until she got divorced.
Being stuck in paradise with a woman who loathes your very existence doesn’t sound hot, but after an unexpected moment in our shared palapa, she starts screaming at me in a different way.
What happens in paradise stays in paradise. That is, until Dakota shows up on my mountain with a proposition: be her wingman to help her regain her pre-divorce confidence.
Suddenly, Dakota’s not just person I love to fight with. She’s the woman I want everything with.
REVIEW:
**A copy of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.**
Seven Year Itch is narrated by Teddy Hamilton and Erin Mallon. I have a little bit of bias because Teddy Hamilton is one of my favorite male narrators and he did a fantastic job with this book. Calder is sarcastic and goofy at times which was portrayed perfectly, in my opinion. The female narrator, Erin, also did a good job at bringing Dakota to life but I disliked the inflections she put on some words. Her cadence was off for me and often took me out of the story.
This book is hilarious though! Book two in a series, Seven Year Itch is a perfect combination of funny and serious. Calder is a tattooed cat daddy and Dakota is a fiery, outspoken, and recently divorced best friend of Calder’s sister in law. These two have been enemies for years which leads to plenty of arguments and some spicy moments between the two. There were some moments that felt annoying because of the constant back and forth but it did not deter me.
If you love banter, this is the book for you! Reading it was great but listening to it was even better! Seven Year Itch is available in print and audio now.
