Reviews - The Five Year Lie

1.06k reviews for:

The Five Year Lie

Sarina Bowen

3.85 AVERAGE

ashleyhart12's review against another edition

3.5

funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

nitrojen's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hnntephe's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious medium-paced

rachlizabeth's review against another edition

3.75

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

hayhoov's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

thisteacherlovestoread's review against another edition

4.0

The Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen is an entertaining psychological suspense novel with dual time lines and multiple POVs. This is my first book by Sarina Bowen and I enjoyed the mix of romance and suspense. This book has dual time lines and is told in the past (5 years ago) and the present.

Ariel and Drew meet as coworkers and engage in a secret relationship since she is the daughter of one of the CEO's. One day Drew ghosts Ariel and then she reads his obituary shortly after. He is never far from her mind and when she gets a text from him 5 years later her mind spins and she goes down a rabbit hole trying to find out why he ghosted her. Along the way, secrets are revealed and you are left wondering who is responsible for the illegal and corrupt activity.

I felt the beginning was a little slow but the second half was more fast paced and kept me intrigued and engaged in the story. Overall I recommend this book if you like corporate corruption, romance mixed with suspense, technology, and illegal activity, I give this book 3.5 stars rounded up to 4. Thank you NetGalley and Harper Perennial and Paperbacks for an advanced digital copy of this book. I read it and gave an honest review.