This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills
Release Date: October 4, 2016
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Summary: 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.
Finally writing my review after two months bc I went back and reread to make sure I felt the same way about this book as the first time, and man, if anything, I feel even better about this book. Not to mention how beautiful the cover is.
I read this author's other book, First and Then, which I liked but didn't LOVE, mostly because the protagonist had too much of a self-deprecating attitude to me. But. This book I loved. This book is a lot of things I never knew I wanted in one book. This Adventure Ends is definitely one of my favorite books this year.
The gist of this book is that Sloane Finch moves to Florida because her dad is a famous romance novelist who is suffering from writer's block. She quickly becomes friends with this group of people who are honestly such friend goals. The group includes Vera, a famous social media star; Gabe, her twin brother; Aubrey, Vera's best friend who doesn't quite like Sloane; Remy, who enlists Sloane's help to find out why Aubrey broke up with him; and Frank, a charismatic, "can't be chained down to one friend group" kind of guy. Vera and Gabe's recently deceased mother was an artist who painted these breathtaking paintings, one of which is "The Dream," which their stepmom accidentally sold. Sloane then decides to track down with Remy's help, which begins THE ADVENTURE. Meanwhile, her dad is having a bit of a midlife crisis and becomes obsessed with this teenage werewolf show, which is honestly a good part of the plot (both in length and quality).
One of my favorite things is that things about the characters are revealed (not said outright, more like we find out by context), such as Vera being a lesbian, Frank being bi (or maybe pan?), and the twins being half Dominican. Unfortunately though, there isn't much racial diversity other than this :(.
Another one of the aspects that I liked was how the characters talk about these things, or rather, how they don't talk about them. For example, Sloane finds out Vera is dating a girl, and doesn't freak out! And never acts weird around Vera, even when they're touching! She never acts differently just because Vera isn't straight! It's sad that this makes me so happy, but frankly, in the world we live in today, this happens far too often. I also like how Vera being a social media star is just a thing? They don't talk about it too much? It's just a part of her characterization. I think, to sum this up, basically I liked how the book doesn't focus on every single little aspect and doesn't play everything up to be a bigger deal than it is.
This Adventure Ends was definitely one of the best books I've read this year. I honestly want to be in this friend group. They have so many inside jokes, and they're all so supportive. Definitely on my list of favorite friend groups! Fans of Morgan Matson will definitely enjoy this book, and I wholeheartedly recommend it.
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