I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinions. I was SO excited to be given the opportunity to read and review the book as I had been wanting to read this as soon as I heard about it. I loved this book but it was NOT what I was expecting. This book left me with tears streaming down my face and my husband asking why I was crying. I highly recommend this book! Can't wait to read the next books Rebecca Serle publishes.

Just sat down and read this entire book cover to cover! Wish I'd read it sooner!

I knew this would probably be a bit of a tear jerker, because I read and loved THE DINNER LIST earlier this year (last year? what is time?). I definitely wasn't wrong! I have to say, I spent the entire book trying to figure out how this could possibly work on in a way that made sense. I'm so happy with the way Serle chose to handle the ending, because I was deeply concerned I was going to be expected to maintain a level of disbelief I truly didn't think was possible. This made sense. It was emotionally resonant. It didn't take away from the female friendship at the core of the novel. Really, really enjoyed it. Serle is a true talent!

WOW... what did I just read? In five years is amazing. The characters are so amazing. The friendship and the relationships in the novel are so good. Perfect book to curl up on the couch and read all weekend long. Much have a tissue box close by

Y’all this book wrecked me.. in a good way of course. The main character and her friendship with Bella is what sold me on this book. Their friendship is so beautiful. I cried and also got all the warm and fuzzy vibes from this book. The romance at the end does feel really random, so I didn’t really care for that aspect. I finished this book in one night. I loved all the descriptions of New York.

I read this book in under five hours. It went both as I thought it would and not which is always interesting. Stayed up late to finish, well told quick read.

Thanks to Netgalley for the free copy in exchange for an honest review.

I have so many mixed feelings about this book. It all starts with a flash forward vision that Dannie has one night. She thinks she's dreaming but everything felt so real. She was in an apartment that wasn't her own, with a man who was not hers and realizes its 5 years into the future.
When she's back in her time, her best friend is excited because she thinks she found the one. Dannie is shocked when "the one" is the very same man she saw in her vision.

I was completely expecting this book to go one way and it didn't. I started off liking Dannie but then grew not to like her as she really wasn't a good person. She winds up sleeping with her best friends man. Her best friend who just happens to have cancer. I get it, I do. Both of them so heartbroken over the fact that she is more than likely going to die and its a way to get their emotions out. but in the book it just didn't feel right.

There is so much to love about this book. Rebecca Serle is rapidly becoming one of my autoread authors. Everything about this book was just lovely, even the heartbreaking parts. It's a good reminder about how life is never as planned and a lot can happen in five years.

Have you ever woken up with a dream that is so vivid it seems completely plausible that it's actually true? Enough so that it sticks with you for maybe a day or two and then eventually fades away. This happened for Dannie, but her dream felt more like telling the future because she lived a scene that was due to happen in exactly 5 years. Because of that, she remembered it for 5 years. It didn't fade. She lived her life the way that you had wanted and expected to for that time. The ambition at her job, the expectations of her love life. The only thing that she could not really control was her best friend getting sick. That threw her 5 year life plan into full on tailspin.

Learning how to navigate life without knowing if her plan would actually come true. Knowing that things cannot be planned for no matter how prepared you are. Knowing that life will throw curveballs even if you think you have a glimpse of your future in 5 years.

This was an interesting take on the questions "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"

I loved this book. It stuck with me for days after finishing and it was all that I had hoped for. I had been searching for a book comparable to "One Day in December" and this lived up to the hype. Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for this digital copy.

This novel is a romance, but I think it is much more the story of a lifelong friendship between Dannie and Bella. Friends since they were seven, the two of them approach life very differently, but have a strong bond of friendship. Dannie has her life completely mapped out, career, love life, etc. while Bella is much more spontaneous.

Early in the book, Dannie has a key job interview and important relationship milestone all locked down on her timing. That night, though, she dreams that she is five years in the future in a different place with a different man. Was it just a dream or a magical premonition? Dannie doesn’t think much of it until years later, when she meets the man in the dream. I must say this reminded me a bit of “You Were There Too” but I still enjoyed this book.

This one ended differently than I expected but overall, I liked it.

I truly loved this book and couldn't put it down. It was beautifully written. I recommend it to everyone.

I enjoyed this book a lot more than I thought I was going to. I was worried it would be sappy once I started it and saw where it was going, but it wasn't melodramatic and had a lot of sweet real moments. It wasn't perfect and some moments felt sappy. I thought it was going to be more like Sliding Doors than it was but still glad I read it.

I spent a lot of this book thinking I wasn't going to enjoy it. Ultimately, in the end, I really did! My initial feelings were because I compared it to other books, constantly! That was until the bombshell and the comparisons stopped. If I'm being honest I also really didn't like the main character for a lot of it! I'm not sure if that will be a common feeling among readers because Serle wanted it that way, or if it was just me! Again, by the end, I liked her, so common theme with the book!

It's a little bit One Day in December with a side of Something Borrowed, until it's neither of them. It's a book filled with love but not exactly that of the romantic variety. I mean that's in there too but this is a book about friendship, you see even the couples have this underlying friendship that sort of exists above the surface, rather than below it! There was one major plotline I didn't see coming... well maybe 2 and the final little reveal was something I had been hoping for!

It's really well written and incredibly atmospheric! For someone like me that hasn't been to New York, it was like being in the city. I could see, hear and practically taste the city, well taste the food mentioned throughout and not the actual city!

Thank you to Simon & Shuster Canada and NetGalley for a copy of this lovely novel in exchange for an honest review.

I can always count on Rebecca Serle to leave my heart aching. I can also always count on Serle to pull me in to her stories with her thoughtful, lyrical writing style. On another good note: Serle often leavens her invariably sad endings with a smidgeon of "hopeful".
I can't say that I ever look forward to reading one of Serle's books. Life is hard and contrary in all of her books. By the last chapter, the main character has gone to hell and back and things are downright morose.
Nothing different here: loss, grief, sorrow. This is hardly a spoiler if you've ever read any of her other books. My heart was all twisted and down in my socks by the end of this one. Some people love a good cry at the end of a sad novel. I'm too optimistic to gravitate towards this type of writing style.
Hey, Serle is right: life can often be stark and grim, but I refuse to wallow and stay stuck in one sad version of reality, one bleak version of life's truths. After turning the last page of this decidedly sad, sad novel, I decided to take a nice long walk along the Humber River on this abnormally warm and sunny November day before I wrote this review - because I was tired of feeling sad.
My walk in the woods was real. My feelings of joy in the beauty of nature and the birds and small animals that I saw running for cover were real. My relief at having reached an age where I can acknowledge that I actually DON'T need to be in a relationship to be happy was oh so welcome and real. All of these things made me look at Serle's determinedly bleak take on life and decide that she is not for me. She is a great writer, but she is not a happy one. But there: because she prefers to write heart wrenching literary fiction-type stories"", she might win a prize or award: comedies rarely win prizes and awards, right? Heaven forbid that any of the characters exhibit any form of CONTENTMENT with life - how appalling, right? Certainly not worthy of any accolades or awards.
Me: I'd rather laugh than cry. I'll read a sad, gritty story, but I want to see the human spirit bravely shine through, hopeful for a better tomorrow.
But if YOU need a good cry, then read this very well written but glum book, full of lyrical passages and well drawn characters. I'm giving this one a 3.8 out of 5 because of the excellent writing. My thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for a free ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was such a beautifully written story. Definitely a page turner that will stay with you long after you read it. It's How would you like to see your life in 5 years?

Really loved The Dinner List and was hoping this one would be as good. It was good, but in my opinion, didn't hold a candle to The Dinner List.

But you may want to have a box of tissues beside you at all times.

Surprise!! Author # Rebecca Serle's novel has such a fun twist.# 'In Five Years is the perfect novel for this weekend. It has everything in it to relax and just read!!This has joy, heartbreak and a love story that will pull your heart.
Thank you,
#Netgalley, #Rebecca Serle, and #Atria

I was so excited to get a copy of In Five Years because I loved The Dinner List! This book had me right in the feels. I cried .... A LOT. I loved the concept of this book. Its difficult to write this review because I really don't want to give away any spoilers but I highly suggest reading it. There are so many great relationships in this book and it just really pulled on my heart strings. I just want to go to New York, sit in a park and reread this book. The main character Dannie made me pause and take a minute to think about my own life. This was just a really great book.

Thank you to Simon and Schuster, Atria Books, and Rebecca Serle for the gifted copies of In Five Years. I was lucky enough to meet Serle at an author event last summer. She is as stunning as her novel.


It is hard to put into words how much this book touched me. I went into In Five Years thinking it would be some cheesy love story, but wow, was I wrong. This is not your typical love story and is more about soul connecting love, giving up control and living in the moment. Let me preface this by saying, I rarely cry over a book, but the last few chapters of this one had me in complete ugly tears. I full on sobbed and had to do so quietly because it was late at night and my husband was sleeping next to me. All I needed was for him to wake up and comment on the fact that I was crying over a book. I was a hot mess! All I can say is make sure you have tissues nearby because you will need them.


Dannie is exactly where she predicted she would be in life, because that is how she planned it. She is meticulous and Type A to the extreme. She has her entire life mapped out and her fiancé, David, fits right into that plan. On the evening Dannie and David get engaged, something strange happens. Dannie falls asleep on the couch and wakes up exactly five years in the future. She is in a completely different apartment, wearing completely different clothes, and a completely different man is with her. Who is he and what is going on? She lives one hour, five years in the future, before waking up to the present. The mysterious man fills her thoughts for days, months, and years to come, until that premonition date nears closer. She relies heavily on her free spirited best friend, Bella, who she shares a kindred spirit with. Without giving too much of the plot away, I will say, In Five Years is not your typical love story.


Dannie and Bella's friendship hit me the hardest. They share a friendship that is deep and rare. I thought of my best friend, Sarah, as I read this book. We rely on each other more than we do our significant others. We have been attached at the hip for the past 14 years and I can't imagine a world without her. When I look back on my life, I was able to get through the hard times because I had her by my side, cheering me along the way. Sarah and I are both similar to Dannie, in the aspect of craving control of our lives. Dannie learns to give up some of the control in order to truly be present in her life, feel all the deep emotions, and connect with those around her.


In Five Years has some very heavy topics, including terminal illness and death of a loved one, but the overarching theme is simply beautiful. You can plan and plan six ways to Sunday, but are you truly living? Life is not about planning what the next day, week, month, or year will look like. It is about living each day for what it is, a blessing, and being present with all of your being. I did not realize how much I needed to hear this message. This book touched my soul and I cannot recommend it enough. For those who are fans of contemporary fiction and are not afraid of a tear jerker, you will adore these characters and connect with each of them in a different way.

I love Rebecca Serle's writing and I loved this book. It made me chuckle and cry - I couldn't put it down. I can't wait to read more from her.