This book killed me! It was about friendship and the love woven between. It has realistic and relating characters...Dannie was me! This novel was a beautiful and fast paced tale. The future and transitioning time of self discovery is very poignant. This book will live in my heart way longer than five years!!!! A must read and def re read!!!!! 5 STARS!!!!

Oh my heart...this book almost did me in. I see it labeled as a romance on Goodreads, but that's not accurate, at least not in the traditional sense. It's definitely a love story, and it's between two female friends.

I don't want to give away much of the plot because it's most effective to experience it as it happens. Dannie and Bella have been best friends since childhood. Now as adults, their friendship is tested in different ways, and the way they preserve is beyond moving. All of the characters in the story are flawed yet loving, which makes them wonderfully realistic and relatable. Even when they make "poor choices," it's easy to see why.

This book had me laughing, cheering, gasping, and almost in tears. It's a complex story, because life is complicated, and human hearts are complicated. I highly recommend it for just about any fiction reader, but especially those who appreciate a good love story, even when it gets sad.

Sometimes there are books that you read and like and pass along to friends. And then there are books like this... the kinds that you read and re-read before you tell your friends to buy their own copy because you aren't sharing yours! I read it in one sitting and then wished that I could read it all over for the first time again. To say I enjoyed this book would be an understatement.

4.5 stars rounded up

Wow! I wasn't expecting to love this one as much as I did, but I absolutely loved this book. It lived up to all the hype and I know this is one I'll reread one day.

Three things I loved about this book:

1. This book is about friendship, self-discovery, and love. Even though this one is a love story it's wasn't the one I'm use to reading. It follows Dannie and Bella's friendship and explores the importance of the different kinds of love in a person's life. Their friendship was so relatable and their bond had me ugly crying by the end of this one. Most of my friends I've know since kindergarten (I'll definitely be giving them an extra long hug next time I see them) and I think that contributed to my love of this book.

2. The little sprinkle of magical realism it this one is thought provoking and will leave you wondering how your life would be affected if you had the same premonition.

3. Dannie was an intelligent, motivated independent woman who thought she knew what she wanted. She was one of those characters you'll immediately love and hope for her happy ending, I know I did.

What kept me from giving this one five stars? While I understand everyone handles grief differently, I had a hard time with one aspect of how the grief was portrayed. I don't think it was very realistic or that it fit with the characters, but please don't let that deter you from reading this book.

Overall this was a fast-paced emotional read that I wasn't be able to put down and it had depth I wasn't expecting. It was beautifully written and heartbreaking so make sure you have tissues ready when you pick this one up.

Thank you Netgalley and Atria books for my gifted copy.

This book is a classic love story about friendship, transition and never knowing what the future holds. The story follows lawyer Dannie who lives a comfortable, settled life with her boyfriend in New York city. Everything is going exactly as planned until one night, she has a dream, so realistic it could be labelled as a premonition, which changes everything. In the dream, which is occurring five years in the future, Dannie is in a different apartment, next to a different man, with a different engagement ring than her boyfriend just proposed to her with in her real life. Upon waking up from the dream, Dannie finds herself back where she started, but the dream is never far from her mind and guides her life through the next five years, through unexpected and difficult life-changing situations with her best friend Bella, and her own self-realizations, Dannie tries to avoid the premonition, while along the way realizing that she needs to make changes or forsake her happiness.

I loved this book! The story was unique, very moving and heartwarming. It touched upon the most important relationships in our lives-friendships, familial and intimate relationships. The book shed light on love-how complex it can be and the different types of it one experiences throughout their life. I was on the edge of my seat the entire book, always wondering what was going to happen. The book was well written, the writing style different from what I am used to. I find it somewhat choppy, jumping ahead when it made sense, sometimes staying in the moment and delving into the emotions, sometimes not. The characters were well-developed and written and I loved the book. I thought each of the settings were well-suited to what was occurring in the story.

My goodness Rebecca Serle you threw me for a loop on this piece of gem!

In Five Years was not what I was expecting at all but I am probably putting this in one in my top reads of 2020. What a beautiful masterpiece of a story.

Rebecca Serle weaves an emotional story of love and friendship. The storytelling is actually quite genius because you think that the story is focused mainly on type A corporate lawyer Dannie but it definitely spins multiple times and keeps you on your heals.

I loved this story because it has a piece of what is meant to be is meant to be aspect. I truly believe in signs and putting what you want out into the universe and this story takes a spin on this thinking to an extent. But, wow was I completely moved by this story and couldn't put it down. It definitely broke my heart and I cried in a few spots but it hits you in the right spots!!

This will definitely not be my last book by Rebecca and am so eager to see what she comes out with next. Please put this on your list to read. It's one that is definitely not to be missed.

5 stars!

Thank you so much to Atria and Netgalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review.
Pub date: 3/10/20
Published to GR: 2/18/20

I don't know what I expected going into this book but it definitely delivered something totally different.

Danni has every aspect of her life planned out including her five year plan. She knows the details of her upcoming engagement, is securing her dream job, everything going exactly to her plan. Until she has a dream of a night five year in the future with a different guy, in a different apartment and a different ring on her finger.

The rest of the book leads the reader through the five years in between the right now and the dream. Danni is doing all she can to avoid the fate in the dream and stick to her plan but the authors just continues to show Danni and the reader that as much control as we think we have over our own lives, life happens and you just have to roll with it.

I loved how the author turned the expected trope of a love story on its head and really looked at a love story between best friends. Bella really was my favorite character because of how she perfectly juxtaposed Danni and was so lovable. Serle wrote in a way that moved the plot along towards the final fateful day with just enough tension building that I couldn't stop reading just to find out if Danni's dream really would come to fruition.

At times I felt like the writing was a little all over the place but looking back now, I think it was just my confusion at where the author was taking the story. Thinking back now, it makes perfect sense and I really loved this book.

What a beautiful book! I am so grateful that I got to read this one, and I highly recommend it. It is well written, with excellent character development and I did not want the story to end.

“In Five Years” by Rebecca Serle was the perfect novel I needed to break up the thrillers I’ve been reading.

Dannie is the typical Type-A Manhattan lawyer on the verge of being hired at the most prestigious law firm. After nailing her interview and accepting her boyfriend’s marriage proposal, Dannie goes to sleep knowing is she right on track to achieve her five-year plan. When she wakes up she’s suddenly beside a different man and the same date, but five years in the future. Dannie wakes again back in 2020, and can’t shake this dream. Now 4 1/2 years later, Dannie meets the same man from her long-ago vision.

First off - this book is so much more than a typical romance … in fact I wouldn’t even place this book in the romance category. I think this book is more about the friendship between two women and how they’ve been through everything together.

This story is told from Dannie’s perspective who is such a Type-A personality and finds herself with the perfect life, but she has yet to marry the man who proposed to her five years earlier. Her best friend, Bella is the typical hippie style character who loves to everything on a whim. Bella suddenly finds herself falling for a man that five years earlier Dannie had a dream about.

This story is about the remarkable ways we’re always there for a best friend through the good, bad and the ugly. The relationship between Bella and Dannie is completely breathtaking. I love how Bella is such an honest character and wants Dannie to do more in her life than what she is expected.

I highly recommend this book. It is a super fast read - basically finished within 2 sittings. However, you will need to pour yourself a glass of wine and have the ice cream ready, because you will cry!
Pub. 3.10

In Five Years by Rebecca Serle is a beautiful tribute to love and the various forms it can take. This emotional tale is centered around friendship, passion, ambition, and destiny. You can count on this one to pull at your heartstrings and leave you with tears in your eyes.

Dannie Cohan is an ambitious corporate lawyer in New York with her life on a one way track to achieving all of her goals. During an interview for her dream job, she is asked the question, where do you see yourself in five years? Of course, she has her answer meticulously crafted and snags the job. Her life continues down the perfect path as her boyfriend proposes to her at dinner that same night. When they get back home, Dannie drifts off to sleep and wakes up five years in the future—in a strange apartment, with a strange new man, wearing a different engagement ring. She is completely rattled by the experience and the next time she wakes up, she is back to her old life. The life she is comfortable with. So, when she meets the guy from her dreams five years later, she will do everything she can to keep her perfect life on track, but of course destiny has other plans.

This story completely shredded my emotions. I cried, and laughed, and cried some more. Serle did an incredible job of creating characters that were real, raw, and flawed. I truly connected to every single character and experienced all of their emotions. This is a beautiful, haunting story that will linger long after you’ve finished it.

A huge thank you to Netgalley and Atria for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review

I loved this book so much!! It ended up being not AT ALL what I expected to dive into, but it had my attention completely. I couldn’t put it down, and ended up reading almost the whole thing in one sitting. It also definitely made me tear up quite a bit, which I did not see coming!

While it was a fantastic love story, it wasn’t at all your typical romance. I just loved getting to know the characters, their relationships, and how everything played out. I’ve seen so many reviews of other books saying “it’s best to go into this one blind”, and I’ve never FULLY understood that until THIS book. I would completely recommend going into this one knowing as little as possible!

Overall, this was just not at all the book I thought I was getting myself into, but I loved every minute of it and am SO glad to have had the opportunity to read this advanced e-galley! Thanks @netgalley and @atriabooks!

The author of The Dinner List is back with another un-put-down-able book. Here's the premise: Dannie, a hard-charging corporate attorney, engaged to a the man she loves, falls asleep one night, and when she wakes, it is five years later, a new man in a different apartment. Stuff happens that freaks her out. When she wakes, from this dream-like reality, Dannie cannot get this image out of her head and the changes it wreaks in her life are monumental because...wait for it...that new man? Yeah, come to find out, itt's her best friend's new love. I think I make this premise sound silly, light, fluffy, but this book is absolutely not. It tells of a deep and abiding friendship, of how we arrange our lives to meet certain expectations, of how we love and what we will do for that love, and of the influences that push us to our destinies. I read this one in just 24 hours, staying up well past midnight because I kept saying, "just one more chapter." It is that good. The next time you want an addictive read, pick this one up - you won't be disappointed.

I absolutely adored this book!
Dannie is a successful lawyer in Manhattan. She has it all, landed her dream job, has a perfect boyfriend that she knows will be proposing soon, and a great group of friends. But on the night of her engagement, she has a dream that feels real. It's five years in the future, she's in a different apartment, with a different boyfriend. She tries to forget the dream, but years pass and her and her fiance still haven't gotten married. 4.5 years later, she meets the man from the dream.
This was such a good book! Incredible writing; a story I wasn't expecting, and it absolutely gutted me. Will definitely go on my top 10 books of 2020 so far!

Beginning this book I felt I had read it before. I thought the plot was very similar to "one day in december." Oh, it is not. I cannot say too much without ruining the book for you.

I cried, happy tears and sad tears. I'm ready to file this in "one of my favorite books."

Thanks Netgalley for the prepub ebook! I loved it, clearl

There was so much hype about this book that I had to read it for myself. A rom com; yes but not what you think. Plus I really dislike the main character and her wishy washyness ans self-deprecation. Great plot and premise and love the idea as a whole but not what I expected.

This book quickly became my favorite book of all time. I won’t give a synopsis, because, frankly, that would be very hard to do. It is a book about love and the lengths we will go to for the ones we love. It is about life and how we live our lives; what matters and who matters. This book is filled with love, sadness, anger, desperation, happiness and every single other emotion you can think of. This is not a light and fluffy romance. It is beautiful and heart shattering.

I love Rebecca Serle's books. Her YA is amazing, and I absolutely adored her adult debut, The Dinner List. This one is my favorite, though. By A LOT.

The blurb will have you think that this is a love story, and it is. But it's not a romance, per se. The central relationship here is between Dannie and her best friend, Bella. Their friendship is the longest one either of them have had (they've been friends since they were seven) and so they know each other better than anyone else has or could.

I love stories about friendships and this one is likely my new favorite, full stop. It's absolute magic (also, sweet, funny and, at least in parts, heartbreaking).

Highly recommended.

In Five Years is easily one of the most beautiful books I’ve read in a long time. The book revolves around Dannie, a driven Manhattan lawyer and meticulous planner. She has a plan for everything: her education, career, relationship, house, etc. But then she has an almost-too-real dream that shakes her up and makes her question more and more her plans when things go astray. The story is deeply emotional in its exploration of ambition, friendship, and love in its rawest form. I can’t even tell you how many times I started crying while reading this book.

I am also amazed by and love how the book opens and closes with the same dialogue and scene, however, it takes on a completely different meaning after reading the whole story. From that first time I read the situation I thought something completely different would play out in the end than did. It was absolutely beautiful in its design. It’s a definite must-read of the year.

This has the feel of One Day in December meets 13 Going on 30, but this goes so much deeper. You think you know what will happen. You think your feelings toward the characters and the situation is concrete, valid. Then the story will rock your soul and give you all the feels. I heartbreakingly loved this story!

Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for a copy of this book to read and review. Let me start off by saying this book was totally not what I expected at all! It was a great story but took me off guard. I as expecting a light hallmark like movie where the main character sees a glimpse of the future. This book was not that! This will give you all the feels! On the night of her engagement and a brand new job of her dreams, Dannie falls asleep! During her sleep, she has a “dream” of what the future will be in 5 years and it is not what she expects. She is with a different man other than her fiancé to name one. The story continues and 4 and a half years later she meets the mane from her dream. He is her best friends new boyfriend. I can’t even explain where it goes from there but tragedy happens! It was a heartfelt journey of self discovery!