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A review by shauntelle_reads
The Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen
3.5
I loved the premise of this book. The beginning pulled me in right away, and I was excited about where the story would take me.
The character development was great, with us really getting to know the main characters. The story is told in two POVs and a dual timeline, which I liked. Dual timelines and dual POVs are the best of both worlds for me.
I enjoy a good romantic suspense, so the romance components didn’t bother me. What did bother me was the slow pacing of the story. I would call this a slow burn. It didn’t really pick up until the 60% mark, and there was a lot of unnecessary fluff in my opinion. I feel this book could have been shorter, and it would’ve been more interesting if a lot of the fluff was left out.
Overall, the book held my attention, and I was entertained enough to want to know what would happen at the end.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.
The character development was great, with us really getting to know the main characters. The story is told in two POVs and a dual timeline, which I liked. Dual timelines and dual POVs are the best of both worlds for me.
I enjoy a good romantic suspense, so the romance components didn’t bother me. What did bother me was the slow pacing of the story. I would call this a slow burn. It didn’t really pick up until the 60% mark, and there was a lot of unnecessary fluff in my opinion. I feel this book could have been shorter, and it would’ve been more interesting if a lot of the fluff was left out.
Overall, the book held my attention, and I was entertained enough to want to know what would happen at the end.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.