Top Ten Recent 5-Star Reads

Top Ten Tuesday is all thanks to Broke and the Bookish!

I have had a recent run of good to great  reads. I am pretty stingy with my 5-star ratings but I have enough for this TTT!

1. This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills

Sloane isn't expecting to fall in with a group of friends when she moves from New York to Florida—especially not a group of friends so intense, so in love, so all-consuming. Yet that's exactly what happens.

Sloane becomes closest to Vera, a social-media star who lights up any room, and Gabe, Vera's twin brother and the most serious person Sloane's ever met. When a beloved painting by the twins' late mother goes missing, Sloane takes on the responsibility of tracking it down, a journey that takes her across state lines—and ever deeper into the twins' lives.

Filled with intense and important friendships, a wonderful warts-and-all family, shiveringly good romantic developments, and sharp, witty dialogue, this story is about finding the people you never knew you needed.

2. One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
3. The Rivals of Versailles by Sally Christie (Mistress of Versailles #2)
4. The Spider's War by Daniel Abraham (The Dagger and Coin #5)
5. Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
6. The Last Mortal Bond by Brian Staveley (Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne #3)
7. A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab (Shades of London #2)
8. Gemina by Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman (Illuminae Files #1)
9. Saint's Blood by Sebastien de Castell
10. Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2)

When you can’t beat the odds, change the game.

Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn’t think they’d survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they’re right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz’s cunning and test the team's fragile loyalties.

A war will be waged on the city’s dark and twisting streets―a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the fate of the Grisha world.

 Check 'em out!