In Five Years.

 

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Where do you see yourself in five years? 

 
When Type-A Manhattan lawyer Dannie Kohan is asked this question at the most important interview of her career, she has a meticulously crafted answer at the ready. Later, after nailing her interview and accepting her boyfriend's marriage proposal, Dannie goes to sleep knowing she is right on track to achieve her five-year plan. 

But when she wakes up, she’s suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and beside a very different man. The television news is on in the background, and she can just make out the scrolling date. It’s the same night—December 15—but 2025, five years in the future.
After a very intense, shocking hour, Dannie wakes again, at the brink of midnight, back in 2020. She can’t shake what has happened. It certainly felt much more than merely a dream, but she isn’t the kind of person who believes in visions. That nonsense is only charming coming from free-spirited types, like her lifelong best friend, Bella. Determined to ignore the odd experience, she files it away in the back of her mind. 

That is, until four-and-a-half years later, when by chance Dannie meets the very same man from her long-ago vision. 

 

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Heartbreaking. Haunting. 

This was... I do not know how to begin without the book breaking my heart all over again. I was not prepared for how emotional In Five Years was going to get. I was not aware of this book until a close friend of mine from PTA (Physical Therapist Assistant) school told me about it. She had just read the book and loved it, so she recommended it to me. I can see why she loved In Five Years ; what is there not to love? It has everything that I love about books. However, I still cannot get a hold of my emotions after finishing the book. I have been sick with a cold the past few days and was able to finish it within a few days of starting it. I am glad I picked it up when I had more time to read it. This is so much more than a romance book; there is romance, but much more happening. It is a story about love, friendship, and courage. In Five Years will have you smiling, crying, along with all the characters. 

Bella and Dannie . Now, that is friendship. Their special bond reminds me and one of my best friends, Mariah, who I have known for 19 years. Like Bella and Dannie, there isn’t anything that we would not do for each other. I loved their friendship; Bella was part of Dannie’s family, making me miss my best friend, who lives 1000 miles away. When Bella got sick, my heart broke for her, for Dannie. I loved how Dannie did everything she could to ensure that Bella got the best care. She did not give up on her, she kept on fighting along with her. What Bella did for Dannie was as incredible. From the friendship books that I read in the past, In Five Years is one of my favorites. Their friendship is the type of friendship that everyone is looking for. Bella even saw before Dannie did that David was not she wanted to marry; she made her see it. 

When I started reading In Five Years , I knew that David and Dannie belong with each other. In the proposal scene at the beginning of the book, you can see their love. However, when four and half years passed and they were still engaged, I was starting to wonder what the holdup was. I wonder if it was both decisions or if one of them had doubts about marriage. I felt that after that vision that Dannie had those years ago, it was the reason that she was having doubts about her and David, or was there something else? In Five Years was one of those stories where you found yourself in the story, experiencing everything that the characters were. I was unsure about the ending of the book; I felt as if some things were left unresolved, but the rest was remarkable.