Books & Bubbly Book Club: March Review - In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

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I’m excited to share this book with y’all and my review on a very popular recommendation amongst book clubs! For March’s book club selection, y’all chose In Five Years by Rebecca Serle. Check out the synopsis below and my overall review!

IN FIVE YEARS BY REBECCA SERLE

Where do you see yourself in five years?

Dannie Kohan lives her life by the numbers.

She is nothing like her lifelong best friend—the wild, whimsical, believes-in-fate Bella. Her meticulous planning seems to have paid off after she nails the most important job interview of her career and accepts her boyfriend’s marriage proposal in one fell swoop, falling asleep completely content.

But when she awakens, she’s suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and beside a very different man. Dannie spends one hour exactly five years in the future before she wakes again in her own home on the brink of midnight—but it is one hour she cannot shake.

I had a feeling that this book would win over the other choice because it has been so popular since its release. I added it to the list initially because I thought the story was unique, not too cliche and whimsical and had great reviews.

IN FIVE YEARS BY REBECCA SERLE
☆☆☆.5/5

I enjoyed this story and found the overall plot and concept really unique from any other books I’d read. I was intrigued from the beginning to find out how it was going to pan out and while I’m glad it didn’t go the sci-fi route with time travel or something lol, I was looking for a bit more, which is why I gave it a 3.5/5 rating. But, let’s get specific.

I had an initial connection and intrigue with the book because of how relatable I found it. My husband is an attorney and I found the dynamic between Dannie and her boyfriend familiar. As the story goes on I also felt like the character development and writing were great. However, as the book continued, I found the plot and overall direction to be predictable. With a few elements of surprise, I kept reading and was taken back into the story, but I came to dislike some of the characters quite a bit. The way they treated each other and were just bad friends… it became hard to want to support their decisions and story.

This book became highly recommended and had amazing reviews and while I agree, that it is a good book, it didn’t wow me like some other instant five-star reads I’ve experienced.

Have you read it? What did you think? Tell me in the comments below!