What is your natural reaction after a car accident? Who do you call? What do you do? This story begins with a death, and jumps back and forth between time among four different POV's. There are some heavy topics here: grief, death: and a tragic accident. This was a gripping tale that I absolutely devoured!

So I loved this book I think a mystery surrounding missing time is amazing because it keeps you on your toes. I will say the characters didn’t do it for me there wasn’t one I was truly rooting for but at the same time I didn’t hate anyone so that works as well. Overall fun storyline and a pretty straight forward style book

This is Ashley Tate’s first novel and my first ARC! I’m really excited and thankful to be given the chance to read it.

For a first novel, it was okay. I’m not mad that I read it, but I’m not completely impressed with it. I would say it’s a slow burn and it didn’t really grasp me until around 50-60% in. One of the main characters simply was not needed in the story at all. Since they were a main character, though, I wish I could’ve seen more of their ending. The ending was good but I needed a little more suspense throughout the book. It felt like it was dragging a little. But once you got to around 60%, it picked up and had a good follow through to the end of the story.

Parts of the book were confusing to me, mainly how they talked to one another.

Again, for her first novel, I think she did a decent job! I look forward to more from this author.

I liked this one. It definitely kept me guessing right up to the very end. I was sure I had it all figured out, and then it would change again. It wasn’t an author I had heard of before, but I will definitely be checking out any of her other titles!
I love a good mystery. The writing was good, and I liked the characters and descriptions.
Thank you to the author, Netgalley, and Poisoned Pen Press for the opportunity to read this title.

Wow-what a debut! Why did Grant wait twenty-seven long minutes to report the car accident on the bridge that injured or killed everyone in his world. His perfect sister, Phoebe, who dreamed of leaving the small town behind, is now dead and her loss has devastated the town. His secret girlfriend, Becca, who is faithful to a fault and still pines for him a decade after the accident cannot move past her trauma, and Grant forever altered his own future-his injuries ending his athletic career, forcing him into the small town life he hoped to avoid and leaving the entire town guessing what really happened that fateful night. Only one person outside the car knows what happened, the town delinquent, Wyatt. now he's back and willing to expose the secrets after all this time.

I really wanted to like this one! I really did....but ultimately almost DNF....It was super dark, attempted to be more than it was and ultimately was a bit predictable. That said, I stuck it out and finished but felt unsatisfied by the ending. When I read the author's note at the end, it made a bit more sense to me. This book is THICK with grief and that's what Ashley Tate was experiencing. So if you are looking for a book that gets the darkness of human experience, what people will do to survive (but not thrive) - give this a try! The writing is strong (despite the predictability) and I really liked the different POVs which allowed me to easily piece things together.

Twenty-Seven Minutes started a bit slow (for me). Multiple POV's and timelines can bother some readers, but I tend to like them.

I also like books with an unlikable character or two. After all, real life isn't full of wonderful and amazing people. This is where Twenty-Seven Minutes fella bit flat for me. ALL the characters were unlikeable, IMHO.

Didn't see the end coming, which is always a plus.

Not a bad book, at all. Not an OMG, AMAZING book either. But it was interesting, albeit a tad slow to develop, and was well-written. I'll be on the lookout for the next book by Ashley Tate.

Thanks to Poisoned Pen Press and NetGalley for this ARC. Appreciate it!

I am very split about how to rate this book because it kept my interest but wasn’t really that good. I thought that the book dragged a little bit too much, it wasn’t until the last 80% that it picked up the pace and the plot developed. I was still curious about how the story was going to end so I wanted to finish the whole book even through I thought it was going a bit slow and at points didn’t have my full interest. I also found it difficult at times to tell the characters a part because there were a lot of them.
There were a lot of twists and turns that I liked and it had me guessing till the end. I still didn’t guess the end because wow what a great twist!! I love a who dunnit book with a small gossipy town where the secrets spread fast and it was done so good in this book.
I’m so sad that I didn’t like this more…

*4 Stars*

ARC kindly received via NetGalley for an honest review.

An interesting read and interesting characters. Lots of small town rumours and secrets. Enjoyed this book and felt for the characters, would recommend.

I felt like every chapter in this book was trying so very hard to be SHOCKING and 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 the publisher for the gifted ARC.

This one is a tough cookie. It really got me thinking of the author was going to be so bald for the approaching plotwist, and she did!

The book it's a bit confusing because some characters are delusional and the prose it is quite weird at moments, but you have three (four) characters dealing with too much trauma of the past.

Many things can happen in twenty seven minutes and definitely it does for these people.

June was by far my favorite character. It had some reminiscing of Joyce Carol Oates some trope and themes but from the half I was really tired of this coming and going.

But the last pages and the today of Phoebe's memorial was awesome.

I will recommend it for the spooky season.

I really enjoyed this dark twisty novel. I’d call it suspense more than thriller, but it’s definitely a page-turner. Ashley Tate does a great job with multiple points of view. The character development is so well done; chapters from each of the four main characters read like they were indeed written by four different people.

We have Grant, who had been driving the car that went over the bridge ten years earlier, killing his sister, burdened by guilt and grief and the weight of his secret: why it took him twenty-seven minutes to call for help.

We have Becca, who is obsessed with Grant and was in the car that night.

There’s June, whose brother disappeared the night of the accident, and whose mother has now died, leaving her alone and depressed and lost.

And we have Wyatt, June’s missing brother.

As the ten year anniversary approaches, guilt and grief builds to a twisty reveal you won’t see coming.
A great debut novel, and I look forward to Ashley Tate's next book!

Thanks so much Poisoned Pen Press and NetGalley.

For the last ten years, a tiny town has been wondered why it took 27 minutes for Grant to get help for his sister who ultimately died in the car crash. The 10th anniversary is approaching. Becca was also in the car but she is keeping Grant's secret for now.

What an interesting premise for a book! I was hooked in the beginning, but then I struggled with connecting to any of the characters. There are multiple POVs which made it a little hard, especially when there wasn't one character to really like. I thought it was a little bit too long. There are lots of hints to the ending, but it can also sneak up on you if you're not paying attention. Wish I liked this more than I actually did, but I'm looking forward to more from the author!

Every single one of the characters in this book needs therapy horribly badly.

I don’t think we were supposed to really like or relate to any of them, so if that was the author’s intention…she did that perfectly.

I didn’t even feel bad for Phoebe. Every family had horrible parents…except maybe Becca?

Each character was supposed to be in their late 20s but they all still felt like they were in high school. Again, I’m not sure if that was because they were stunted by the trauma of what happened to them 10 years ago when they were actually IN high school. I’ll just assume that’s what it was and give the author the benefit of the doubt.

However, I didn’t expect the twist that came at the end. It definitely surprised me and I usually figure things out at least 50% of the way in, so the author did do a good job at keeping that under wraps. Looking back, I think there were plenty of clues alluding to the ending, but I just didn’t catch them.

The characters all have different levels of anxiety, trauma, grief, paranoia, ect. There’s death, secrets that ruined lives, drugs, drinking, manipulation, mental illness, and lots of different themes that can tear families and people apart when they aren’t dealt with in a healthy manner, and especially when you don’t have a good support system, which not many of the characters seemed to have.

I did enjoy the book. It kept me intrigued.

Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for allowing me to read this eARC.

Ashley Tate’s novel grabs you from the first sentence and doesn’t let go- I for one found it impossible to put down. Tate weaves an intense and excellently paced psychological thriller with a creative and well developed plot that I think readers should go into knowing as little about as possible. Reading this book is a true experience and one you won’t regret- a must read of this year for sure!

Thank you NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the ARC!!

This book includes so many twists from lies that happened years before. I loved it, but the chapters of Wyatt were confusing once I got to the end. Overall great!

I was lucky enough to read an advanced copy of this through the author and what a ride it was! Lots of intrigue, multiple mysteries, and a great twist that will keep you guessing right until the end. This is a fabulous thriller debut and I look forward to seeing future works from Ashley Tate.

Thanks also to Poisoned Pen Press and Netgalley for the advanced copy.

Really enjoyed this. Twenty Seven Minutes had a great group dynamic of characters, plenty of small town secrets and an edgy feel to the writing that makes it very addictive.

I liked the way the social underneath of the town worked, a young girl as martyr and Saint in death when the reality, of course, is she was many layers of good and bad. As details and realities start to emerge it is utterly riveting.

The ending has plenty of surprises and this is a very human story. Recommended.

Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for this arc copy i liked this book alot i gave it 4 stars because at some points in the book i think it was dragged out longer then it needed to be but over all i was interested the whole time i was waiting for what was to come of the ending of the book which was also ok it didnt blow my mind . but i had a really good time with this book and i would recommended this book to a friend

Twenty-Seven Minutes is a story about finding the truth. 10 year after the death of Phoebe Dean, a town still grieving her loss- but what really happened that night? This book had a twist I really didn't see coming! It's a great read, definitely puts you through all the emotions. If you like a good mystery, you should check this one out!