In Five Years-Rebecca Serle

My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

"This form of fun does not come naturally to me, and therefore feels impossible to engage in. I am constantly trying to learn the rules, only to realize that the people who win don’t seem to follow any."

This book made me ugly cry when I spent moments reflecting on what I read, although the authors writing was never my favourite but I pushed through and continued the novel. This story is about love, loss, friendship and finding yourself in the darkest of times.

If you had a glimpse into the future of your life, would you change anything about how you acted or how you are today? Dannie is living the life they have always dreamed of, being a successful lawyer and about to be engaged to her boyfriend of two years. When she falls asleep on the night of her engagement she is transported five years into the future only to find herself with a different man and her emotions send her into turmoil.

Everyone wants to know the future, to change it or to see what would be different, knowing that your choices dictate everything. Wondering if there's ways to avoid things you don't like, these are all questions Dannie asks themselves after being offered a glimpse into the future and shown the planted seeds of doubt.

“The future is the one thing you can count on not abandoning you, kid, he’d said. The future always finds you. Stand still, and it will find you. The way the land just has to run to sea.”

In the end, I enjoyed this novel but do not think it should have been nominated for best romance on Goodreads, it wasn't that great and it wasn't a romance novel in my opinion. The novel did present a strong female protagonist, good plotline, and well written three dimensional characters. This is a good novel to settle down with a nice cup of coffee and finish within the day.

“If there’s a clock ticking toward anything, it should be your happiness.”

I hope this maybe strikes a better rating with you all, but I definitely think the ratings throw people off because this is marketed completely wrong by saying its romance.