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.

This book has a vey simple premise..but a lot going on. I was worried that so many main characters would bog it down but it did not. What there is, though, is a lot of unreliable narrators that take a while to sift through to get the story.
I enjoyed this book and enjoyed the style of writing as well. The book dragged a bit in the middle but picked up again quickly. Look forward to Ms. Tate's next book!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

This was a good book. I’m glad I was given the opportunity to read it before its release date. It was a little slow at times, but that ending was so good!

I wish I could give half stars, because this would be a 3.5 for me. I felt like there was so much potential for this book, but it was difficult to keep up with all of the alternating story lines and characters. The ending twist just didn’t feel plausible. Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and publisher for this ARC!

Ten years ago, Phoebe died in a car accident where her brother Grant was driving. She may have survived if help was summoned sooner, but Grant waited Twenty Seven Minutes to call for help. Why? Unfortunately, this book was an ordeal to get through. Repetitive, tedious chapters that go absolutely nowhere and have little impact on the story and a lackluster finish that was underwhelming made this a tough read. It felt like I was going in circles the entire book. Just couldn’t get invested. I received an ARC of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I love the idea of this book but it was a little bit hard to follow. The plot takes place over then/now with multiple perspectives so you really need to pay attention.

Not my favorite thriller.

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book. Unfortunately for me it was a DNF. The story was plodding and dull. I could not recommend.

What happened in the twenty seven minutes between when Grant Dean crashed his car and called for help? His sister Phoebe died. Why? Was it preventable?

This book twists and turns from start till finish. Some readers describe it as soap opera-esque and I would agree, but it didn’t bother me. By the end, I was eager to find out how this book would conclude—sometimes a dramatic, over-the-top thriller is what I need. None of the characters are likable. That’s okay too. Even the long-dead, idolized Phoebe is flawed. And yet, when I truly don’t know how things will end, I get hooked.

Recommended. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.