In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
Published by Quercus
Publication Date:10th March 2020 (ebook/hardback), 1st October 2020 (paperback)
Genre: Contemporary Romance
I purchased this book in kindle format from Amazon. All thoughts and opinions are my own and unbiased.
Book Description:
Perfect for fans of Me Before You and One Day, this heart-breaking story of love, loss and life will have you questioning everything you thought you knew about destiny...
Where do you see yourself in five years?
Type-A Manhattan lawyer Dannie Kohan has been in possession of her meticulously crafted answer since she understood the question. On the day that she nails the most important job interview of her career and gets engaged to the perfect man, she's well on her way to fulfilling her life goals.
That night Dannie falls asleep only to wake up in a different apartment with a different ring on her finger, and in the company of a very different man. The TV is on in the background, and she can just make out the date. It's the same night - December 15th - but 2025, five years in the future.
It was just a dream, she tells herself when she wakes, but it felt so real... Determined to ignore the odd experience, she files it away in the back of her mind.
That is, until four and a half years later, when Dannie turns down a street and there, standing on the corner, is the man from her dream...
My Thoughts:
From the description of this book I thought I knew what to expect - and to a point I was right. But then by the time I put it down I kind of wasn't right. Basically the jury is still out as to whether I actually enjoyed this or not. I think that's more about how this book has been marketed rather than the book itself. I was kind of expecting a Miranda Dickinson style book both from its cover and its description, but that definitely isn't where this book is at.
I have to admit to having got rather emotional at some points - and that has nothing to do with hearts and flowers. This is a much more down to earth and in some parts emotionally hard-hitting storyline than the one I thought I was going to get. Basically hot-shot corporate lawyer Dannie has a life plan - she literally has her entire life planned out from when she's at school to when she retires. All goes according to plan when she meets David at law school and they move in together, get jobs all as per the plan. But then she has a dream which completely rocks the foundation of who she believes herself to be. It's so realistic that she cannot shake it off - especially when the guy in the dream literally comes to life in the form of her best friend Bella's new boyfriend. This is the point the plan gets shredded, piece by piece and put unceremoniously in the bin.
Fate and 'life being a bitch' go hand in hand together, leaving Dannie very much alone in the world and floundering for a lifeline. I was left wondering "Is Dannie a selfish control freak or is she just like the rest of us underneath, just winging her way through life riding the waves, only to come crashing on to the shore of reality in a huge puddle of tears?"
The writing style is very flowing in this book and I did find myself wanting to pick it up to find out what happened next. If I could have sat and read this from cover to cover in one sitting I would have liked to, purely to wrap myself in the characters lives more than I was able to and I think I would have felt more connected to the characters that way.
My advice - give it a go, but make sure you have a box of tissues handy to wipe your tears. You're going to need it!
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