In Five Years
is a love story, brimming with joy and heartbreak. But it is definitely not the love story you’re expecting.Dannie Kohan has held true to her meticulously crafted five-year plan since she understood the concept. On the day that she nails the most important interview of her career and gets engaged to the perfect man, she’s well on her way to fulfilling her life goals.
But that night Dannie falls asleep and dreams of a night five years in the future where she’s engaged to another man. It was just a dream, she tells herself when she wakes, but it felt so real…
Determined to ignore the odd experience, she files it away in the back of her mind. That is, until five years later, when Dannie turns down a street and there, standing on the corner, is the man from her dream…
PRAISE FOR IN FIVE YEARS
‘Smart, emotional, intriguing and compelling – I loved it!’ Jill Mansell
‘Full of twists and turns, this is a heart-breaking yet uplifting story about love and friendship‘ Heat magazine
‘What a clever, beautiful, special book. The writing is stunning, the concept is so original – it just has everything going for it. I loved every page!‘ BETH O’LEARY, author of The Flatshare
‘I adored In Five Years, it’s so poignant and tender. It broke my heart‘ JOSIE SILVER, author of One Day in December
‘I loved In Five Years. A beautiful, intelligent story about friendships and love‘ CLARE MACKINTOSH, author of After the End
‘Beautiful and devastating‘ Amazon reader
‘Such a touching, soulful experience’ Goodreads reader
‘In Five Years is a stunningly beautiful, brilliant and insightful love story’ Goodreads reader
‘Couldn’t put this one down!‘ Goodreads reader
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Reviews
Clever, compelling and always surprising. A wonderfully unique read
I read it in one late night. Very, very clever. And lovely. The end is EXACTLY what it should be
IN FIVE YEARS is as clever as it is moving, the rare read-in-one-sitting novel you won't forget
What a clever, beautiful, special book. The writing is stunning, the concept is so original - it just has everything going for it. I loved every page!
Smart, clever and achingly beautiful. Not many love stories surprise me, but this one did. I really loved it
This surprising, sob-inducing novel is the ultimate makes-you-sit-up-and-think read... We inhaled this pitch-perfect story in one delicious go
An original and gorgeously written tale of love and friendship that will both tug at your heart strings and keep you guessing. If you want a story that thinks 'out of the box' and still delivers a hefty emotional punch, this one's for you
Smart, emotional, intriguing and compelling - I loved it!
Deeply moving and emotional - I absolutely adored it
What a wonderful book. So moving and such an amazing, satisfying ending. Excellently done
I adored In Five Years, it's so poignant and tender. It broke my heart
I loved In Five Years. A beautiful, intelligent story about friendships and love
A rare kind of love story... we read it in one sitting!
Full of twists and turns, this is a heart-breaking yet uplifting story about love and friendship, and is one of this year's must-reads
A rare love story with an unexpected ending
Touching, poignant and I wept buckets through the first half, so I would advise you not to read it in public
This cleverly plotted tale will certainly put you through the emotional wringer
Expect the unexpected and be prepared to shed more than a few tears at this heart-warming read
Not many books give away the ending in the first chapter . . . heart-breaking and poignant
So touching and poignant that it made me sob. I recommend having tissues to hand!