In Five Years

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In Five Years by @rebecca_serle
Reviewed by Tanya
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Dannie is a hard-working lawyer who smashes her interview for her dream job and gets engaged to her boyfriend, David. Falling asleep that night, she wakes up five years later in an unfamiliar setting with unexpected company. When she returns to reality she has a hard time shaking this feeling that her dream was a premonition of things to come. ⁣
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Four years later, Dannie is shocked to find that the guy in her dream is now her best friend Bella’s boyfriend. Unsettled, she does everything she can to keep things going but of course, the universe has other things planned.⁣
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While there is a romantic storyline with Dannie and David, Bella and Gregory, for me it was more about friendship. Dannie and Bella: their love and care for one another was obvious and heartwarming. I love this book for the characters, the plot twists and the beautiful authentic relationship between friends.⁣
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In Five Years was an amazing, emotional story full of twists and turns. It was a story about love in its many forms. No surprises when I say I may have shed a tear or two whilst reading. Truly such an amazing book, which I finished within a day! Serle is such a great writer and I can’t wait to pick up The Dinner List as I’ve read such great reviews on it! ⁣
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A perfect book to read to keep yourself distracted while self-isolating. I hope you’re all well and taking care of yourselves. So tell me what books are on your to-read list during these uncertain times? ⁣

Tanya Ahmed

Soy Tanya. I’m the youngest of the group...and I don’t really know what to say except that I find these things really awkward. When Linda first came to me with this idea of an online bookclub/review page I was 100% down, although I was a little worried and felt like backing out on many occasions as I felt like my reviews were awful - I’m not good with words at all. If anyone was to ask me a year ago how I found a book, I’d reply: β€œgood” - that’s my review done. But being part of this club with such amazing girls has really made me a lot more confident and comfortable. So I’ll forever be grateful. It’s always a laugh when we’re together, we are guaranteed to get side-tracked but our meetings are always productive and a lot of fun. This is just the beginning for us. I like reading all kinds of books from different genres but prefer romance/YA. With work being full on I like feel-good books that are light and easy. I’m currently in the middle of reading a few books lol but sticking to The Zanzibar Wife by Rebecca Rodriquez. Reading for me is a form of escapism, just getting away from the stress of real life and getting lost in book and falling in love with characters. I can’t list my top 5 or even top 10 so here are a few of my all-time favourites: The Sicilian by Mario Puzo To all the boys I’ve loved before by Jenny Han, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hoseeini, The Forty Rules of Love by Shafa Kelif Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith and Moonlight Over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan.

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