Two people. One epic love story. What if? The perfect fun and heartwarming romance to escape with from the bestselling author of Marry Me Tomorrow ‘OMG! The chemistry between Orla and Aiden is electric!’ Netgalley reviewer ‘Sometimes you just need a good story with heart, and this is one of those books’ Goodreads reviewer Orla is a trainee reporter with a five-year plan: work her way up the … 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…
If you love Mhairi McFarlane, Jo Watson and Paige Toon, you’ll LOVE Carla Burgess. The Five-Year Plan is the perfect fun and feel-good escapist read.
Readers LOVE The Five-Year Plan!
‘This is such a sweet read! I got so invested! It made me smile, chuckle and even shed a tear’ Netgalley reviewer
‘Absolutely loved this book from the moment I started reading it. I was hooked and thoroughly enjoyed reading it!’ Netgalley reviewer
‘A great love story and relaxing read for anyone wanting to escape for an afternoon’ Goodreads reviewer
‘I instantly fell in love with Orla, Aiden and their relationship. This is one of the best books I’ve read this year’ Netgalley reviewer
‘I just love Carla Burgess! I love how she writes every emotion into her stories, how I feel like I know the characters and am invested in their happy ending. Another perfect book by one of my favourite contemporary authors’ Goodreads reviewer
‘I absolutely adored The Five-Year Plan. From the moment we meet Aiden and Orla, I was invested. A gorgeous, romantic read and the ending left me beaming’ Netgalley reviewer
‘I LOVED this! A very lovely, heart-warming book’ Netgalley reviewer
‘If you’re looking for a book to bring some light into your life, this is definitely one for you’ Goodreads reviewer
‘A cute feel-good second-chance romance’ Goodreads reviewer
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What is in your five year plan? Does it involve finding your soul mate and your partner for life?
I enjoy a friends to lovers stories and can get behind a slow burn romance with sometimes very frustrating characters who cannot see their happily ever after who is right in front of their face. I did enjoy this one a lot and love the swoons, the secondary characters and what else – being in the English country side.
What I loved about this book is the charming and sweet story of our protagonists journey in finding love. And yes, I did enjoy the animals too especially the Otters for an additional appeal. Burgess is a wonderful writer I am going to be keeping my eye on for her future releases. I really enjoyed this and had a fun time reading this fun book.
A lovely, uplifting book, with believable, likeable characters that the reader will want to invest in. A real page-turner. Highly recommended.
The Five-year plan 3.5 stars it was a book that I really wanted to read, the Blurb caught my eye, the description sounded promising but as soon as I started reading the first pages, I started to feel like something was missing. Everything was there to make this book an amazing read but I felt like it was liking of depth.. The dialogs were too quick and the situations and scenarios change also very quickly, I had a little difficult time identifying when the dialogs change from character to character but other than that as I said it was a great story that got lost in the pages.
Oral and Aiden’s story started five years ago, they meet by mistake and since that very moment both of them have never been the same, she was only there for her job and in the end, she felt like their encounter was more than just a simple interview but life and circumstances have a funny way of changing things and Aiden and Orla soon will find that nothing is set in stone.
Orlas’ character was perfect for Aiden but at times her internal dialogs were very insecure, and sometimes a little immature for her age. she fought so much the attraction and the love they felt for each other but no matter how much she tried everything was meant to be
Aiden was determined and always knew what he wanted until he met Orla, a girl who will change his life and every rule he ever wanted to follow.
I recommend that you give this book a chance and make your own conclusions, what it wasn’t for me maybe it ill be perfect for you.
The Five-Year Plan by Carla Burgess a four-star plan. This had the start of a five-star read the first few pages drew me in, but then went into a three-star read at parts. I just felt that it preached to me in parts and lost itself, I gave it four-stars as was overall the story was well written it just felt like it was something that had been put down and picked up and a place was missed, but if you gloss over the drops you do get good honest writing and when you consider some of the subjects that we don’t often see written about it did well, you may not feel its preaching to you so you may enjoy it.
Orla and Aiden meet during the summer when she’s sent to interview him for the local newspaper. Orla has a five-year plan, to move up the ladder in her career, become a true reporter, and live in London. When what started out as a good friendship slowly turns in to more, she has to decide what’s more important, love or her career. Aiden spends all his time outdoors photographing wildlife, traveling the world. He never wants to get married and never ever wants to have kids, until he meets Orla. When the summer draws to a close, Orla’s fears keep her in London while Aiden travels the world. It’s been five years and he’s back, now all he wants in his life is Orla, all he has to do is convince her he’s staying close.
The Five-Year Plan was a slower-paced read, but not in a bad or boring way. It was sweet to watch their friendship grow in the first half, a natural progression from friends to lovers. While it doesn’t spend a lot of time on the breakup, you can feel the heartbreak that’s stretched over the five years when Aiden comes back. I loved that they both followed their dreams even when it wasn’t everything they dreamed it would be because they were apart. My heart ached a little while they were trying to find their way back to each other, Orla’s fears and Aiden’s frustrations felt so real. Overall this was a sweet book, there is no major drama or plot twists, sometimes you just need a good story with an hea, that’s not going to destroy your heart along the way, this is one of those books.