'Twenty Seven Minutes' pleasantly surprised me! It was a gripping thriller told from multiple perspectives. Usually, I am not a huge fan of multiple povs, but not only were they written well, but they were also well inter-twined. Every character has a backstory and is three-dimensional without taking away from the overall story.

The entire plot revolves around the 3 days leading up to a memorial for a death 10 years previous. The pacing is done really well for essentially being 3 days and kept my attention the entire time.

Incredibly suspenseful and worth the read! Easy 4 stars.

27 Minutes by Ashley Tate
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27 minutes is a suspenseful captivating mystery/thriller about a small town that is grieving the loss of a young girl in a tragic accident. With the 10 year memorial coming up, the whole town is on edge. What happened the night that Pheobe Dean died? Why did it take 27 minutes for Pheobes' brother to call for help? Will secrets stay buried?

This gripping page turner had me invested from the very first sentence. Ashley tate did an amazing job developing each one of the characters. Their different emotions towards greif were detailed to perfection. She made me fall in love with them, hate them, and everything in between. Ashley Tates attention to detail and flawless transition between chapters and characters were done beautifully!

I would highly recommend this book to be added to your TBR! Grab yourself a copy on January 30th, 2024! Thank you to @netgalley and poisoned pen press for this ARC

This book started out so great, but it just seemed to go downhill. Every character had so much development, but also somehow none? It felt like it was trying so hard to be shocking and misleading and mysterious that it was somehow just annoying that nothing happened chapter after chapter. And then at the end we got just a few pages to rush and explain everything. Overall I liked the plot, but I hated all of the characters and I’m not sorry about it haha

THANK YOU to the publisher and netgalley for this ARC. Releasing July 2024

Twenty-Seven Minutes was a good read.
A car accident 10 years ago is veiled in mystery. Why were the passengers together? What caused it? And most importantly, what made Grant Dean wait 27 minutes to call for help to save them?
There are a couple plot-twists that were genuinely unexpected and unpredictable. The characters are well-developed, but I did have slight difficulty keeping the characters straight until about halfway through because of all the different perspectives the chapters are written from.
This is a great first novel by Ashley Tate, and I look forward to reading more from her in the future!

#Twentysevenminutes! This book was written with intensity and suspense! One turn after another. One lie after another. One page after another!! I really enjoyed how Asley Tate went in and explained each character. Like you are living in this book an walking in the moment with them. I will most definitely be reading more by Ashley Tate!!

Received the ARC from NetGalley. This one just wasn’t for me personally. I didn’t like any of the characters (maybe that was the point?) and some of the dialogue/interactions were odd and not always easy to follow. Overall the idea of the book was interesting but not a whole lot happened until really the last 50 pages.

Twenty Seven Minutes is a mystery that starts out slow. The story examines four main characters and how they are dealing with their grief as you find out what happened the night of the accident. This book is well-written, but a slow burn. The pace picks up about half way through and the twist at the end is surprising even if slightly predictable in retrospect. Overall, a good read even if it takes some time to get into.

The story begins ten years in the past with the death of Phoebe Dean, killed in a car accident that her brother Grant was driving. From here the story is told in 4 points of view. One is by Grant the brother. One is by Becca who lusts after Grant. One by June who was friends with Phoebe and Becca. And one by Wyatt, June’s brother and Grant’s close friend. Everyone of them was affected by the accident in different ways and has lived with the effects for 10 years. Why did it take Grant over 27 minutes to call for help when Phoebe was dying and who knows the truth and is ready to tell the truth? This book is a slow burn and you’ll have to read it to the end to find out the tragic ending.

"a town grieves the loss of a young girl—but some fight to keep the truth about her death a secret."

The book takes place in two timelines: an accident that happened 10 years ago and the aftermath that occurs 10 years later as the town prepares for the memorial of Phoebe Dean’s death. This is a debut story from the author and has a nice twist but for me, it took a bit too long to get the story really rolling. I would however, still recommend it to others as the story overall kept my attention and left me wanting to know the conclusion to the plot.

Thank you to NetGalley, Poisoned Pen Press and the author for this ARC copy of Twenty-Seven Minutes.

Thanks to NetGalley, Poisoned Pen Press and the author for this ARC copy of Twenty-Seven Minutes.

The book takes place in two timelines: an accident that happened 10 years ago and the aftermath that occurs 10 years later as the town prepares for the memorial of Phoebe Dean’s death.

Why did it take her brother, Grant, 27 minutes to call for an ambulance on that fateful stormy night? Why does he oppose the bridge it happened on being torn down and what is going on with him and Becca?

Overall I enjoyed this but the characters can be very unlikeable and there are some elements like Grant being haunted by Phoebe’s appearance that I wasn’t too keen on. However I did want to find out what happened on that night and it was great to see some characters grow and thrive throughout this dark tale.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this uncorrected proof in exchange for my honest review. I went into this book with such high hopes. The cover description sounded great, The other reviews were stellar and I dove right in. I guess I have to count myself in the minority who didn’t love this read. I liked it enough to finish it but felt like I could have put it down at any time and never wondered what happened next or how it ended. The end was a little bit redeeming where you got some closure to what really happened. So, I appreciate the opportunity to to read it but it just wasn’t my cup of tea.

A slow-burn thriller with unexpected twists, telling the story of a long ago car accident that claimed the life of a teenager. Some aspects of the plot did not fully make sense, but the author did a good job keeping my attention.

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC all opinions are my own.

This book was everything I look for in a thriller. Suspense, a unique plot, and a crazy twist at the end!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this arc in exchange for an honest review!

Entre bonds dans le temps et hallucinations, l’auteure nous tient en haleine du début à la fin. L’histoire est principalement racontée par trois personnages.

Grant doit vivre chaque jour avec le chagrin de sa mère, qui le négligeait déjà quand il était enfant mais rien ne s’est arrangé depuis dix ans. Dix ans, c’est le nombre d’années qui se sont écoulées depuis la mort de Phoebe. Il vivote en flirtant allègrement avec l’alcool et en collectionnant les conquêtes et on comprend rapidement qu’il tient Becca à bout de bras pour protéger un secret. Autant dire qu’on se demande immédiatement si …

Becca est folle amoureuse de Grant depuis l’enfance. Le hic, c’est qu’elle peut vite être trop passionnée et sa réputation est faite depuis qu’elle a harcelé AJ. Dans la ville tout le monde l’appelle Crazy Becca. Ainsi, quand on la lit, on remet tout en doute car on sait d’emblée qu’elle n’est pas un narrateur fiable.

June a vécu également un drame il y a dix ans. Son grand frère a quitté le domicile sans les prévenir mais comme c’était une mauvaise graine, cela a été éclipsé par le deuil des Dean.

Au milieu de ces trois personnages, il y en a un, qui, même mort, fait office de liant. Phoebe. Son obsession pour son frère frisait le malsain et ceux qui les ont côtoyés de près se souviennent avec vivacité de la possessivité dont elle pouvait faire preuve.

D’emblée, une théorie se dessine. Évidemment. Tous concorde pour nous faire aller dans cette direction. Pourtant, parce qu’on est régulièrement dans la tête de Grant, on reste assailli d’un doute (raisonnable ?). La seule chose qui m’interpelait était le rapport de June avec Grant. En effet, ils ne se côtoient pas ni dans le passé ni aujourd’hui alors qu’est ce qui les relie?

C’est la tête pleine de ces questions et d’autres que j’ ai dévoré les pages de Twenty-seven minutes. Sans jamais m’ennuyer. Je le souligne car quelquefois , c’est le défaut que je peux trouver à un premier roman mais en fait, Twenty-seven minutes est si abouti, si travaillé que j’aurais pu croire que je lisais le roman d’une personne rompue à cet exercice. Je suis très agréablement surprise, d’autant plus que le twist final ainsi que les grosses révélations m’ont énormément bluffée. Je ne m’y attendais absolument pas et j’adore rester ébahie ainsi.

En conclusion, la plume de Ashley Tate est une très bonne découverte pour moi. J’ai adoré l’ambiance et l’atmosphère qu’elle met en place, ses personnages sont tout en nuances et elle a su me mener là où elle voulait avec habilité. Chapeau!

I found this to be a good debut story with a nice twist, however the build up and introduction to the story was a bit too long for my liking, however i would still recommend this book as a nice quick read for thriller lovers

I received this advanced reading copy from NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press in exchange for an honest review. Twenty-Seven Minutes is a thriller and mystery surrounding the death of Phoebe Dean and why it took her brother Grant Dean twenty-seven minutes to call for help. The book starts detailing Phoebe’s last moments and thoughts as she lay injured on the side of the road due to the tragic accident that ended her life. We are forwarded to the present, where another accident has taken the life of another. During this time, the town and the individuals involved reflect on the death of Phoebe Dean ten years earlier, and they are still questioning why it took Grant Dean twenty-seven minutes to call for help. A call that could have eventually saved his sister’s life. From there, each chapter explains the main character’s point of view in the present, which spans over three days leading up to Phoebe’s Memorial. Between these chapters is a 10-year glimpse into the time leading up to the accident.
With the interweaving between the chapters of the present four main characters involved and the truth surrounding that tragic day, the reader gets a broad overview of what transpired and how little time has changed. The accident has kept everyone from moving forward and progressing in life. Each character lost a piece of themselves that night, some without knowing.
My honest opinion of this book would be that I struggled. I have been into mystery/thriller/suspense novels lately, but this one differed. After reading the author’s comments in “A Conversation with the Author” at the very end, it made sense what was going on and the thought process behind the story, but it took too long to get into what was happening until the end when everything was revealed. Throughout the book, I wondered why many of the main characters were even mentioned or their purpose. Overall, the book is very well-written. It gives you different versions of grief from different perspectives/individuals from various aspects of one’s life.

Thank you Poisoned Pen Press for my Netgalley copy of TWENTY-SEVEN MINUTES by Ashley Tate, out today - 1/30/24!

This thrilling debut involves a small town grieving the loss of a teenage girl named Phoebe, ten years after she died in a car accident with her brother Grant as the driver, who waited twenty-seven minutes to call 911. If he would have called sooner, she would be alive. So what happened that fateful night?

This was a very unique premise with a wild case of characters - the problem was you really couldn’t root for anyone. Many of the POV’s were downright insane and awful. Becca, who was also in the car accident that night, was UNBEARABLE. I hated her chapters. And Grant was incredibly mean and disgusting to everyone around him. June, a townsperson whose brother Wyatt went missing that same night, is really the only redeemable character and I think the story could have been amazing if it was solely from her perspective.

Everyone in this town has secrets that slowly get revealed as the story goes on. The problem is the story went on and on and on… it could definitely have been edited down quite a bit. Some of the side characters like Grant and Phoebe’s mother and one of the town’s jocks (Ashley I think?) could have been fleshed out more, because sometimes it felt like they weren’t important enough to be included.

All in all, this thriller is a fast read and the twist is pretty fun. I figured it out about halfway through which is probably why I wanted the author to speed it up a little, but it was still fun once it was unveiled. A fun read that also has some gut punches about the tragedy of grief and the holes secrets burn in you if you let them linger too long.

I really struggled with the character's in this, they were all so unlikeable, and it felt like it was all over the place.

I loved this book. I thought it was well written and creative. The spiritual ending was very enjoyable, although it surprised me! I thought I had the ending figured out! I found this book to be captivating, heartfelt, mysterious and had just the right amount of suspense at times. The realism of the emotions and reactions to grief are dead on. I believe it will make a great book club read. Well done!

I enjoyed this book! There were a lot of people/timeframes to keep track of but once you got the hang of that it was fine. My only thing I wish was different about the book was maybe a bigger plot twist. It felt like the big twist at the end was kind of hand fed to you.