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Five Year Plan by Carla Burgess

5/5/2020

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Orla is fresh out of college and eager to prove herself as a reporter. She wouldn’t mind finding a boyfriend, but is determined to put her career first. So, of course she literally falls head over heels for Aiden.

Aiden is a wildlife photographer and won’t be in England for long. He lives in a tent and goes where the animals are. No serious girlfriends. He is not sticking around.

Orla is exceedingly young and strikes me as someone who is inexperienced, sheltered and naïve. None of those things are bad. We all start there and it’s who she is when the story begins. It just made me worry. I felt like she was going to be taken advantage of. I think that younger readers, recent college grads in particular will be a lot more comfortable with her character. I had a hard time turning off my mom brain.

Aiden is very much like Bear Grylls. He starts off as a wildlife photographer and ends up with his own nature TV show. He is forcefully sarcastic, but very sweet and caring. His sarcasm usually comes off as banter, but sometimes comes across as him just bossing Orla around. Or joking, but hoping she would go for it (spoiler, she does). Again, I’m probably not the perfect demographic for this book. Aiden is a good guy, he’s honest and fun, but I couldn’t help being slightly suspicious of him.

The author spends a lot of the book talking about Aiden’s work with animals (otters in particular) and the environment, which is interesting. I also learned what a Cob house is, so that was cool, seriously look it up!

I have been reading more romance lately. Wanting to avoid books on heavier topics, trying to keep my entertainment light. This book wasn’t perfect and I’m not enough of a romantic to fully enjoy it, but I did like it. It afforded me a few hours of escape at a time when I really needed it. Too bad, I couldn’t let my guard down enough to truly love it!

This book will appeal to romance readers and anyone looking for a light contemporary read. If you have an interest in wildlife photography or environmentalism, you will appreciate those aspects of this book. Probably best for a younger audience, women in college or in the first few years of their career.   
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Thank you to Rachel at 
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Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers of this book for allowing me advance access in exchange for this honest review.
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Goodreads Summary

Orla is a trainee reporter with a five-year plan: work her way up the career ladder, move to London and secure a job on a big national newspaper. She doesn’t want a boyfriend, he’s only going to hold her back anyway. Aiden spends his life travelling the world and living in a tent. He knows his goal: to photograph animals and raise awareness of global warming and wildlife conservation. He’s definitely not looking for a relationship past the odd casual hook-up! So when Orla and Aiden’s lives collide, they do everything to not fall for each other – with the opposite effect. But they stick to their plans, and go their separate ways...Five years later, they meet again. 

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10 Comments
Carolyn link
5/6/2020 06:56:21 am

This looks like a really fun read! I understand the worry about a naive protagonist, I have the same issue (I tend to scold characters on tv and in books out loud when I feel they're being taken advantage of...cause I'm nuts). But it sounds like a fun and easy romantic read. Will definitely check it out!

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Alison Kelly
5/7/2020 02:27:18 pm

Yeah, I totally do that. Like I wasn't young and naive once too!

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A Capone Connection link
5/6/2020 04:14:24 pm

I can relate to Orla. Boyfriends just complicate things in your life. 🤣 This sounds like a really interesting book. I like that they didn't do the typical "meet and fall in love gig". I like the 5 year pause for anticipation. Thanks for sharing!

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Alison Kelly
5/7/2020 02:28:05 pm

It was a little different. Definitely a nice cute read!

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Lisa Marie Alioto link
5/7/2020 05:36:23 am

This sounds like the book for me, esp. the male character!

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Alison Kelly
5/7/2020 02:28:43 pm

I did like him, I would be interested to know if anyone else thought he was bossy.

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Jaya Avendel link
5/7/2020 01:32:46 pm

I love being able to say I have read this book!
I found it quite amusing, but definitely light, though I did enjoy the photography aspects in it.

This book also reminded me of a book I have read (wish I could remember the name) about a boy and girl who want to take a train trip across the United States but, due to circumstances, call off the trip only to both go single without knowing the other is going. :)

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Alison Kelly
5/7/2020 02:29:36 pm

It was a fun read! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

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Lu link
5/7/2020 08:58:24 pm

Like you, I've been picking more RomComs and light reads lately. I guess this whole confinement situation calls for escapism. This book sounds like a fun fluffy read. I will check it out. Thanks for sharing.

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Alison Kelly
5/17/2020 10:18:38 am

I hope you enjoy it!

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