I thought this book was just okay. Everyone involved directly or indirectly the night of the crash 10 years prior are all dealing with it poorly. Lies, guilt, rumors and a small town make it difficult to move on and they are all stuck. I liked the different points of view but found that it got a little repetitive and slow. Wyatt’s appearance was a nice twist, but it was clear early on that Grant had something to hide by his manipulation of Becca and I found it difficult to see how he strung her along for all that time.

Phoebe Dean, the town's golden girl dies in a car accident. She was so sure she was going to get out of this small town and make something of herself. Her bother waited 27 minutes before he called for ambulance. Those involved have terrible guilt about what happened that night.

This book shows the power of grief and how each person deals with it differently. I liked that it was told from many different points of views. Now the truth of what happened will set them free. The story builds as you learn the secrets they were all keeping. It gave off creepy vibes and I loved it.

Twenty Seven Minutes by Ashley Tate takes in a small town with a tragic accident that happened 10 years ago. The story is told through the eyes of Grant, June, Becca with scenes from the high school party on the night of the accident. I needed to remind myself which character is narrating. Plus there are many secondary characters which contribute to the story. It’s a slow burn to get to the climax. But I did keep reading. I’m not sure I liked any of the main characters, but I did feel sorry for June. Thank you to NetGallery and Poisoned Pen Press for letting me read this book in exchange for an honest review.

The story is told in two timelines - the present and ten years ago.

Ten years ago Phoebe, a promising high school student, died in a tragic car accident. The details of this accident have never been fully determined. Her brother Grant was driving and he was likely drunk. The accepted version of the accident is that he hit a deer. A passenger in the car, Becca, upholds Grant's version of the story. On the same day of the accident, a young man disappears. Is his disappearance connected to the accident or is it a completely separate event.

I felt like every chapter in this book was trying so very hard to be SHOCKING , SUSPENSEFUL and INTRIGUING that the overall plot just got lost. The concept wasn’t overly original, and the characters were nothing special. Everything about this book was just fine, but that’s it. Fine. I wasn’t a fan of the reveal at the end, it seemed very anticlimactic to me and was quite a let down. Overall, the book was okay, but it wouldn’t be one I’d say you must read.

Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced copy. This book seems to drag a little but I got through it.

I am a sucker for a small town thriller and this book did not disappoint! There's just something so intriguing about a book where every character has a secret and they all have something to lose. I thought Ashley Tate did an amazing job creating characters who were believable, but still so awful. I felt myself wanting to shake some sense into these people! But it made for an amazing and gripping story. I HAD to know the ending! I think with the alternating POVs in this book, Tate did a great job giving each character a unique voice so that it was easier to follow. It could have very easily been a confusing book, but her ability to make each character stand out really set this book apart!

Everyone in West Wilmer remembers Phoebe, but only June remembers that another person was lost that night. Her brother Wyatt has been missing for ten years and now June is alone—no family, no friends. Until someone appears at her door. Someone who may know where Wyatt went all those years ago. Someone who knows what really happened on the bridge that night. Someone who is ready to tell the truth.

This book was not for me. I thought it was too long and repetitive. The build-up most of the book and it took so long to get to the end that it felt anti-climactic.

Spellbinding thriller with a lot of twist and turns. Definitely glad I got to read this thriller. I love a story where it seems the whole community can be hiding something.

This book did not disappoint. This a must read!

Twenty-Seven Minutes centers around the death of the town's beloved high school senior, Phoebe. Her death over a decade ago was a tragedy that to this day still traumatizes the community. One of the most troubling mysteries surrounding the accident is why it took her brother, Grant, twenty-seven minutes to call for help and if he had, Phoebe may still be alive.

This started out promising, I was instantly hooked by the prologue, it was intense reading the graphic images of death. We get a dual timeline of Grant's POV along with three others who are connected to the tragedy. Each character that is introduced is battling with grief, secrets, and trauma. Unfortunately, even though I should, I didn't feel anything for these characters, I honestly didn't care for them, and that was the start of the problems I had reading this book.

My interest started to fizzle out when the chapters became repetitive, it felt like everything had to be suspenseful and shocking but it was just the characters doing the same dance trying to hold onto their secrets. Very slow burn, I wanted more to happen, and we don't get that until the last 10%, where the big twist is revealed. I didn't predict it but it ended up being anti-climactic when the build-up was lost and I was just trying to finish the book.

It's not a bad read, it just has some minor issues and if the pace is structured better I would have enjoyed this one more.

Thank you Netgalley, Ashley Tate, and Poisoned Pen Press for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

I loved the premise of this book and it starts out strong and then kind of falls into this repetitive mess that makes a reader real frustrated fast.

I found this book a little repetitive at times and difficult to follow. I enjoyed the darkness and twist that the ending provided. I would read this author again.

Teenage angst and annoying personalities are frozen in time following an accident after a drunken party. Secrets eventually come out preceding a memorial a decade later. Read my full GoodReads review at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5930605209

This was a great read. I thought I had it figured out, but bam....twisty turn!! How do things work when a tragedy happens? Gossip, secrets, trauma? All of those things can live with you a long time. On the 10th anniversary of the tragic accident that took the life of Pheobe Dean, it all comes unraveled. This story touches on how the historic event in a small town touches everyone. Sometimes the gossip is not correct. Sometimes the secrets need to come out. By the end of the book, I was so wrapped up in the characters, I wanted to know how it continued to unravel months after the end. I loved how the town's gossip train was it's own character..
Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to read this book in exchange for my honest review.

Ashley Tate knows how to craft a dark and twisty tale. As the 10th anniversary of the horrid wreck that claimed the life of Phoebe arrives, all those close revisit what happened. Grant has never explained why he did not call 011 earlier or what he did in those Twenty-Seven Minutes that give us the title. Becca who was in the car, but doesn't remember what happened starts to question Grant and why they can't be together even if the wreck was her fault. Or was it? As June grieves the new loss of her mother, she relives the night her brother Wyatt and her father left. As she looks for answers, she gains confidence in herself. The night of the anniversary remembrance everything comes to a head as the twisty tale unfolds. It's already on my pre-order list for January--my high school students will love it. Thank you to Poisoned Pen Press and NetGalley for the advanced eGalley.

Twenty-Seven Minutes was a great thriller! The story was highly engaging and easy to follow. I absolutely loved the small town setting because it really added to the overall story about uncovering the secrets behind the death of a young girl. I also enjoyed how fast-paced this book is because I think a mystery/thriller story is best when it takes place within a few days at most. Twenty-Seven Minutes is perfect for spooky season as it is suspenseful, atmospheric, and definitely a page-turner!

Twenty-seven minutes is a taut, raw, powerful suspense that centres around a decade-old tragedy that's traumatized a community.
The book is told in multi pov (four primary narrators) and in dual timelines (the present and ten years ago) about a town tragedy that has consumed it while searching for the truth about a teenager's death. Everything about this book storyline had me intrigued.

Every character carries both darkness and moments of goodness inside them as each grapples with their own memories and secrets of the night that took one of their own. I did not like any of these characters! They were written in a way that showed how dark and unrelatable people can be. I could not root for anyone to be innocent. It’s very different from what I usually read and I find it so funny! The thing I enjoyed the most in this one is the fact that I did not see the twist coming! A rarity that happens when I read mystery books lately. I usually am able to predict the ending halfway through and I didn’t with this one.

I’m not gonna give 5 stars because for me, personally, the plot was a little messy with all the multiple different character perspectives and time frames from 10 years ago to the present, it was a little confusing at times.

Thank you NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Twenty Seven Minutes by Ashley Tate is a psychological novel with a fast pace and convincing characters. It’s told through flashbacks to a night when a young girl died in a car crash and the character’s points of views. Thank you to NetGalley for this great read.

I found this a little hard to get into, but worth it once I did. I highly recommend checking it out !

I really struggled to finish this book and the mystery element is the only thing that kept me going. Unfortunately, it even gets pushed aside at times. Instead, the book becomes so repetitive as the storyline focuses too much on Grant's relationships with the other three main characters. This really caused the book to drag. I also had problems believing that this book was taking place ten years after Phoebe's death. That's a long time and the characters didn't feel like they had changed or matured much. It would have made more sense if it was just a one year anniversary. Grant's relationship with his sister also seemed a bit too strange and could have been another theme the author could have explored more. The supernatural element was the best part and could have saved the book had the author used it to their advantage throughout the book and focused on it more instead.

The small town of West Wilmer has been obsessed over the death ten years prior of a high school senior, Phoebe Dean, in a car accident. So many questions remained unanswered, the foremost of which was why did it take her brother Grant twenty-seven minutes to call for help? If he had called earlier, Phoebe might have been saved.

Since a celebration of Phoebe’s life and a remembrance is planned, those who know the truth about what happened become increasingly agitated that all the secrets of that night will come out.

This fast-paced thriller will keep you turning the pages until the final twists and turns when the truth emerges in the end.

A good read for fans of suspense.