My Most Recent 5 Star Reads

It's time for Top Ten Tuesday and this weeks topic is:

My Most Recent 5 Star Reads

This weeks prompt actually made me realise that I am very picky when it comes to giving a book 5 stars. I actually had to go back over six months ago in order to find ten five star reads. I don't give out the elusive 5 star rating to just any book. It usually goes to a book that truly amazes me, or moves me, or makes me feel something. The 5 star rating is for books I know I am not going to forget. So here it goes, here are the last ten books that deserved that 5 star rating.


Morning Star by Pierce Brown

I loved this book, so much. Although, be aware, I am going to end up saying this about every book in this list. It was an incredible, mind-blowing, fucking awesome end to one amazing trilogy. I didn't know what to expect from this book. I was pretty nervous though, as I was fully aware of the fact that Pierce Brown had the power to break my heart with this final book. And he did, at times. But he also made me laugh, cry and drop my book in shock. I haven't reviewed this book yet and it has been months, I just don't have the words yet to sum up what this book did to me.

When We Collided by Emery Lord

I adored this book, it just spoke to me so much. Emery Lord writes really wonderful contemporaries and I especially love this one, I think it is my favourite of her books so far. It explores grief and mental health, and I felt that it did it so well. I could relate to both of the characters quite a bit and really connected to them when reading this book. You can read my full review here.




Half Lost by Sally Green

This is another brilliant finale in a series. Sally Green didn't hold back with the final book. There was fighting and tears and death. Sally Green really wasn't afraid to break her readers hearts, and break them she did. I read this months ago and I am still not over it. Just thinking back to this book makes me want to cry again. If you haven't started this series yet then you definitely should, it is awesome. There is witches, magic and LGBT characters and so much more. You can read my full review here.

Illuminae by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman

This book has received a TON of hype and it deserves it all. I absolutely loved this book, it blew me away. The one word I would use to describe it would be unique. This is a sci-fi space adventure that involves a lot of death, some amazing characters and one scary computer. I am now counting down the day until the next book comes out. I NEED IT!!! You can read my full review here.


All the Rage by Courtney Summers

Courtney Summers managed to deliver something truly spectacular with All the Rage, I was so beyond impressed with this novel. This is a novel that really doesn't hold back, it takes an honest and very raw approach to a very serious subject - rape. All the Rage was beautiful and moving, a book that I won't easily forget.

Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

I honestly have to describe Rebel of the Sands as absolute perfection. This book was just so incredible and such a brilliant start to a series. It is set in a world of myth and magic, a fantasy book with a western feel to it. The romance was adorable and squishy and I just love, love loved it. I couldn't recommend this book more. If you want to read my full and totally gushing review, go here.


November 9 by Colleen Hoover

I don't read much new adult, as I have a complicated relationship with it. I do however read any and everything that Colleen Hoover writes. I just love her books, her writing style just really works for me. I really enjoyed November 9 and how the story is told over years, on the same day each year. There were parts that got to me and aspects I didn't completely love, but I still rated the book 5 stars because of how much I enjoyed it and how impossible I found it to put down.

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

I didn't get along very well with Leigh Bardugos Grisha series - I enjoyed book one, but was bored with the other two and really not satisfied with the series overall. So I didn't know what to expect from Six of Crows. I was so happy to find that I completely loved every single page of it. This is a fantasy heist novel that is as awesome as it sounds. It has some of the most awesome characters you could hope to find and it leaves you desperate to get your hands on the next book.


The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay

This is one of the few new adult books, other than Colleen Hoover's, that I have absolutely loved and felt was just completely perfect. I can't even explain all my love for this book. I just could not put it down at all. The writing was so beautiful, it made me want to devour every single thing that Katja Millay has wrote. I am so upset that she is yet to release anything else but, if she ever does, I will be buying it up the second it releases.

The Martian by Andy Weir

MY LOVE FOR THE MARTIAN IS ENDLESS! I love it from the beginning to the middle to the end. I LOVE Mark Watney, one of the funniest male protagonists I have ever seen. It has suspense and shocks. It made me laugh out loud, it also made me cry and made me so scared that I didn't want to turn the page to find out what would happen. I would recommend this book to anyone and everyone. My full review can be found here.

Have you read any of these? If so, what did you think of them? What was the last book you gave 5 stars to?