This book was a little bizarre for me. The idea of a town being so obsessed with the death of a girl that they commemorate it 10 years later is extremely odd. I never connected to any of the characters and often found them so interchangeable that I couldn't keep their chapters straight.

Long-standing friends with a mystery to solve, and the death of one of their own… I enjoyed this book, it’s premise was good, and the story was good. It just took a long time to get there

When the ghost of your past come to haunt you they tell all! I really enjoyed this book and did not see the ending coming. It was really written to leave you surprised at the end. The only character I didnt care for was Becca but she just felt so childish and young to me as an adult but that could be because she was meant to be a little crazy and off. Overall it’s a good read.

This story takes place when Grant his sister phoebe and Wyatt and his sister June are all teenagers. Including crazy Becca who is obsessed with Grant. Its takes place at a party on a rainy night when nagging sister Phoebe is set on making sure her brother grant does not mess up their plans to runaway. Some drinks and drugs involved turn a ride home to a nightmare on a bridge. Ten years later whose ghost will come back and tell all. Can you really ever run from the past? This a truth tells all.

I almost don't want to review this book because I really did not have a great time, but I will submit feedback and just refrain from posting on Goodreads. This book felt like it was forcing itself to be something it isn't. The suspense felt forced and the plot felt dramatic rather than thrilling. I was not a big fan.

In a small town, 16-year-old Phoebe passes away in a tragic car accident on a bridge. 10 years later her mother is holding a memorial, and there is a petition to tear down the bridge. We follow the lives of several residents leading up to the memorial. Secrets start coming to light, it turns out there is more to the story.
The book is slow-paced, but the build-up is steady. There is good character development, and while we see the vile side of the residents, we can also empathize with them. This is well written, and I appreciate that there wasn't a tonne of twists and turns, it would have taken away from the story.

Thank NetGalley for the advanced reader copy of Twenty Seven Minutes by Ashley Tate. I really enjoyed the prologue but it went all down hill from there. Story was repetitive and kind of boring. I don’t usually figure out the twist but figured it out pretty quickly in this one. Then I felt like it just ended without much closure.

I was granted an advanced copy of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.
I found this book to be a little slow moving at first and was confused about how it all pieced together. Boy, am I glad I stuck it out. The author pulls you in so you absolutely have to find out what really happened in those 27 minutes. Towards the ending of the book there are a lot of twists that one would never see coming. I will certainly read more from this author!

The back cover synopsis of Twenty-Seven Minutes describes a gripping story with a shocking twist. Sadly, I found it neither gripping nor the twist shocking. Rather, I found the plot very tedious and every single character annoying. I kept reading in the hopes that things would pick up, but it never did. I just found the book very disappointing and can't really recommend it. Thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the ARC.

When I say nothing happened into the 90% mark.. I genuinely mean NOTHING happened. Four different perspectives with each chapter on each perspective ending with “no one can find out.” I understand the “big reveal” isn’t until the end but there was nothing else to keep your attention until that point. Two of the perspectives were made out to be crazy so those chapters were extra hard to get through. The plot and story were there.. but it just fell flat. I can usually finish my ARC’s in 2-3 days and I had to force myself to finish this in 4. Very unfortunate because I know this is Tate’s debut novel.. but it just wasn’t for me. There are a bunch of 5 stars so maybe it’ll better suit you

The premise of Twenty-Seven Minutes seems clear from the start: a young woman is dying on the side of the road as she waits for the young man she was with to call for help. Phoebe waits for, you guessed it, twenty-seven minutes and then dies.

The rest of the book should seemingly be about what he was doing for those twenty-seven minutes, but it doesn't feel like it. Instead, the book jumps ten years and follows the people most affected by the accident that took Phoebe's life. You've got Grant, Phoebe's brother and an asshole of epic proportions who treats Becca so horribly it's shocking that she lets it happen for ten years. But Becca is weak and miserable and thinks that Grant's treatment of her will somehow absolve him of any guilt. Then you've got June, who's another miserable character just biding her time in existence wondering where her brother Wyatt's been all these years (because he also disappeared the night of Phoebe's death).

Maybe if one of the characters was relatable I wouldn't have disliked the book. But Ashley Tate doesn't weave the story in an effective way to make the reader feel engaged. The characters are introduced without any context in their relation to the accident, and while I understand the need for mystery, a lack of information is just frustrating. We don't find out why it took the young man 27 minutes to call until the last chapter. Very unsatisfactory.

This book has an intriguing plot but the multiple view points as well as changes in time frames made it a challenge to get into. There are too many conflicting plot lines that make it hard/confusing to follow. In addition, the book has some odd familial dynamics (multiple very close and c0-dependent brother/sister dynamics).

Regardless of the disorganization of the book, I did feel compelled to finish it to find out what happened and the twist made it worth it.

The book follows two brother/sister duos, Grant and Phoebe as well as Wyatt and June, as the 10 year anniversary of a terrible car accident that took Phoebe's life approaches. No one knows exactly what happened the night of the car accident and the reader is left trying to fill in the gaps as the view points and time frames switch back and forth.

A thank you to Netgally for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

While I liked the idea of this story, I wasn't a huge fan of the book itself. I found myself skimming some areas and skipping ahead just to get to the action - I understand background is needed, but the beginning of this one simply dragged. I think putting more on character development would have been better here. I didn't care for any of the characters or find them relatable, particularly Grant's. All of that being said, Ashley Tate has a lovely writing style and I enjoyed the different POVs throughout, but I wish it was a bit more concise and snappy, especially for a suspense read.

I liked the idea f this book, much more than the book itself. Mainly because it took far too long for any of the threads to unravel. There was a lot of repetitiveness with no reveals, and a cast of unlikeable characters. It was a meh for me.

All is not what it seems with this story. The secrets go deep. Twenty-Seven Minutes was told in multiple POVs about a fatal accident 10 years ago. The death of a sister/classmate. The story was told in past and present timelines. I didn’t like a single character. They were miserable, damaged, and annoying. They were liars and there wasn’t one redeeming character with any of them. Some may enjoy this. For me, it was just ok.

*ARC provided by NetGalley for an honest review.

Phoebe, a high school senior, has died and her death has mysterious circumstances. It was a car accident and her brother, who was driving, waited twenty-seven minutes to call 911 to get the help that could have saved her life. Why did he wait twenty-seven minutes and is the boy who went missing that night connected to the accident? On the ten year anniversary of her death, friends get together to memorialize Phoebe. Secrets are revealed. Will the questions that everyone in town has had since that night be answered?

This is told in multiple POV and dual timeline. I thought it was slow moving at first, but got better. I gave it 3.5 stars.


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

Thanks so much to Poisoned Press for an ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

I really liked the overall premise of the book and I found the characters and story super interesting.

There was a lot of detail and insight given into the characters which really helped me get an idea of who they are and what drives them.

This, however, could at times make certain sections really drag on - with specific characters traits and feelings becoming a little bit repetitive.

The overall outcome of the mystery was a little lacklustre but overall I had a good time!

I had a chance to read an ARC of the book and I'm glad I got the chance.

The writer did a great job. I'm fact the writing style is the thing I enjoyed most from this book.

Overall it was not a bad book but one I don't see myself picking up again. I think it could have cut down on perspectives and focused a little more on building everyone's past and present dynamics.

I really am glad I got to read it and I know this will have a big audience that really enjoys it.

This book is good but not fabulous. The story of a friend, a brother and sister who are in a terrible cash where the sister dies. Nobody in ton is really sure what happened that night because there is a lag between when the crash occurred and when 911 was called. The book alternates between when the rash happened and now, ten years later. I have started and re-started this book several times before I was able to actually get into the story and finish it. The main characters, Grant, Becca, and friends June and Wyatt are just not super interesting people. The story was not interesting enough and seemed almost like a soap-opera, although I did manage to finish it in spite of the book dragging on and on and then the climax happens in the very last pages of the book....I felt like I needed more action during the story of the book.

This is my first novel by Ashley Tate, and I have to say I was blown away by the intro. That first chapter, page, and sentence hooks you. I felt like I was right there with Phoebe as she died. It was a short snippet, but I already had an idea of who she was and what she determined to be important in her life. This is probably the best hook for a book I’ve read in years.

However, everything from then on wasn’t as good. From too many characters to vague and boring scenes, I just couldn’t get into this one.

I’m this book we have four main POVs:
Grant
June
Becca
Wyatt
There are a few flashbacks that feature other characters such as Kelsey, AJ, Reggie, or Harley, which just felt like character overload to me.

One main aspect I was not a fan of was the multiple main POV we had throughout the book. I get that this helps tell the story from everyone’s perspective and fills in some gaps, but sometimes I found myself getting confused by all the different characters.

Tate kept the mystery alive by being very vague throughout the entire book. You would get a snippet of something in one chapter but would have to wait a few more chapters to put the pieces together. This kept me wanting to know what happens; however, there were times when this was frustrating. I would think I had the whole picture but then would find out there was more…it kept me from seeing the bigger picture until the end.

By the halfway point of this book, I just wanted to know what had caused the accident and the whole truth rather than these half lies and tiny pieces to the puzzle we got along the way.

I will say that ending was one I did not see coming. It all made sense, but I was still shocked when the truth came out.

**An ARC was provided by NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. Grant is trying to forget the memories if what happened to his sister. He has kept the secret from everyone he knows. This book garnered my attention from the first page.