Two Minute Review: This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills

Title: This Adventure Ends
Author: Emma Mills
Genre: contemporary
Series: N/A
Pages: 320
Published: expected October 4 2016
Source: ARC from publishers
Rating: 5/5

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.

Awesome Things You Need to Know About This Aventure Ends, a list 

banterrific teens with a found family vibe

stable family situation that adds to overall story and characterization

best YA dad club new member addition -- impossible not to be charmed

slow-building romance with oodles of chemistry

strong, tested friendships between all kinds of relationships

pivotal growing pains handled with humor

FANFICTION INFLUENCES

shippy feels everywhere!!

introspective nature and so relatable

thoughtful exploration of teen issues

realistic, flawed characters

tropes used for good, not for evil

memorable main character that sinks into your brain and heart

5/5 stars, the YA contemporary novel of the year. It's the book to beat and just.. go read it and then hug it to your chest for moment sobbing in happiness and pain. If you aren't sold by how fun and entertaining This Adventure Ends is, well, you might be a robot.