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The Inheritance Games #2
The Hawthorne Legacy
欧宝娱乐 Choice Award
Nominee for Readers' Favorite Young Adult Fiction (2021)Intrigue, riches, and romance abound in this thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Inheritance Games perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson.
The Inheritance Games ended with a bombshell, and now heiress Avery Grambs has to pick up the pieces and find the man who might hold the answers to all of her questions - including why Tobias Hawthorne left his entire fortune to Avery, a virtual stranger, rather than to his own daughters or grandsons.
Thanks to a DNA test, Avery knows that she's not a Hawthorne by blood, but clues pile up hinting at a deeper connection to the family than she had ever imagined. As the mystery grows and the plot thickens, Grayson and Jameson, the enigmatic and magnetic Hawthorne grandsons, continue to pull Avery in different directions. And there are threats lurking around every corner, as adversaries emerge who will stop at nothing to see Avery out of the picture - by any means necessary.
With nonstop action, aspirational jet-setting, family intrigue, swoonworthy romance, and billions of dollars hanging in the balance, The Hawthorne Legacy will thrill Jennifer Lynn Barnes fans and new readers alike.
The Inheritance Games ended with a bombshell, and now heiress Avery Grambs has to pick up the pieces and find the man who might hold the answers to all of her questions - including why Tobias Hawthorne left his entire fortune to Avery, a virtual stranger, rather than to his own daughters or grandsons.
Thanks to a DNA test, Avery knows that she's not a Hawthorne by blood, but clues pile up hinting at a deeper connection to the family than she had ever imagined. As the mystery grows and the plot thickens, Grayson and Jameson, the enigmatic and magnetic Hawthorne grandsons, continue to pull Avery in different directions. And there are threats lurking around every corner, as adversaries emerge who will stop at nothing to see Avery out of the picture - by any means necessary.
With nonstop action, aspirational jet-setting, family intrigue, swoonworthy romance, and billions of dollars hanging in the balance, The Hawthorne Legacy will thrill Jennifer Lynn Barnes fans and new readers alike.
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First published September 7, 2021
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Jennifer Lynn Barnes
46听books45.4k听followersJennifer Lynn Barnes (who mostly goes by Jen) was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has been, in turn, a competitive cheerleader, a volleyball player, a dancer, a debutante, a primate cognition researcher, a teen model, a comic book geek, and a lemur aficionado. She's been writing for as long as she can remember, finished her first full book (which she now refers to as a "practice book" and which none of you will ever see) when she was still in high school, and then wrote Golden the summer after her freshman year in college, when she was nineteen.
Jen graduated high school in 2002, and from Yale University with a degree in cognitive science (the study of the brain and thought) in May of 2006. She'll be spending the 2006-2007 school year abroad, doing autism research at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
Jen graduated high school in 2002, and from Yale University with a degree in cognitive science (the study of the brain and thought) in May of 2006. She'll be spending the 2006-2007 school year abroad, doing autism research at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
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September 29, 2024
5/5 鈽呪€檚
鈦赌鉃� 鉂漞st unus ex nobis. nos defendat eius.鉂� she is one of us. we protect her. -驳谤补测蝉辞苍馃
these 5 stars are for grayson and grayson only馃ぐif he wasn鈥檛 in this book鈥 would鈥檝e given it 4 stars. i was gonna go right down the middle for my final rating and give it a 4.5, but i enjoyed this book WAY more than the first one and that one was 5 stars for me. so i had a very hard time with the rating. why am i like this? :D
if you couldn鈥檛 already tell鈥 have FINALLY chosen my team. i am a grayson girly馃コjennifer did not make it easy. she had both these men playing tug of war with me鈥bsolutely EXHAUSTING!
掳鉂赌鈰�.喑冟繑*:锝ワ渐:*.喑冟繑鈰嗏潃掳
鉂� 饾搨饾搸 饾搲饾捊饾憸饾搳饾憯饾捊饾搲饾搱:
i鈥檓 still recovering from the whiplash all the plot twists gave me. when i tell you guys that i have predicted absolutely NOTHING. jennifer had me confused almost the entire time until she finally pieced it all together for me to understand. the riddles and puzzles鈥o entertaining and addicting. this book definitely kept me on my toes and kept me wanting to turn the pages. the amount of times my jaw literally dropped and i had to put the book down and reflect on everything i just read.
鉂� 饾搶饾搰饾捑饾搲饾捑饾搩饾憯:
again鈥mmaculate. to me, it was written even better than the first book! i do have some complaints about the writing, but that will be in the spoiler portion of this review. jennifer lynn barnes is an absolute genius because the way she wrote all these riddles and puzzles鈥iterally how!? she had it all figured out in her head and wrote it perfectly and then there was me confused the entire time wondering wtf was going on :D it totally sounds like a bad thing, but that鈥檚 one of the things i love most about this series so far鈥ery unpredictable. now what is it that i loved most about this book? hm, glad you asked!
掳鉂赌鈰�.喑冟繑*:锝ワ渐:*.喑冟繑鈰嗏潃掳
鉂� 饾憯饾搰饾挾饾搸饾搱饾憸饾搩 饾捊饾挾饾搶饾搲饾捊饾憸饾搰饾搩饾憭
鈦赌鉃� 鉂漬o one is going to hurt you.鉂�
one word. mine. and yes if you were confused鈥e鈥檚 what i loved most about this book. this man constantly gives me the 鈥渨ho did this to you鈥� vibes and that is my WEAKNESS. that鈥檚 how i knew this man was going to win me over. also he knows how to play one of my favorite games, catan, and he鈥檚 good at it!? oh to be able to play against him. gray being vulnerable馃ズugh my heart ached for him.
鉂� 饾捒饾挾饾搨饾憭饾搱饾憸饾搩 饾捊饾挾饾搶饾搲饾捊饾憸饾搰饾搩饾憭
鈦赌鉃� 鉂漢eiress, you wound me.鉂�
he will always be such a cutie to me. jameson makes me giggle and smile while grayson makes me swoon and gives me all the butterflies hehe. jameson also being vulnerable鈥y heart ached for both him and gray馃様the way they had to grow up鈥et me just say that i absolutely LOATHE their stupid mother.
鉂� 饾挾饾搵饾憭饾搰饾搸 饾憯饾搰饾挾饾搨饾挿饾搱
鈦赌鉃� 鉂漣 was a survivor. i took care of myself. and i wouldn鈥檛 let myself want or expect anything from him.鉂�
she will always slay馃拝the anxiety that i had for her the ENTIRE book omg. also her relationship with libby!? they are so precious i swear馃スeverything that libby did for avery was everything<3 the only slight problem i have with avery is her decisions.
鉂� 饾搲饾捊饾憭 饾憭饾搩饾捁饾捑饾搩饾憯:
all i can say is that it was a lot to take in. the plot kept going back and forth, making me question everything that was going on and then the chaos!? jennifer knows how to make my heart RACE. i cannot wait to read the third book because i have no idea what it鈥檒l be about. also let me apologize for saying how i wasn鈥檛 sure how i felt about xander in my first review. i adore him馃i adore all the hawthorne brothers<3
掳鉂赌鈰�.喑冟繑*:锝ワ渐:*.喑冟繑鈰嗏潃掳
鉂� 饾捇饾挾饾搵饾憸饾搰饾捑饾搲饾憭 饾搱饾捀饾憭饾搩饾憭饾搱
猡� scene one
i shot grayson a look. "sometimes, it feels like hawthornes always just know. like you're all so sure of everything."
grayson's eyes locked on to mine. "not everything."
there was something about the way he looked at me when he said those words that made me realize i might be the one person on the planet with the ability to make grayson hawthorne question himself and the decisions he'd made.
like his decision to step back from me. to be friends.
~~~their tension is crazy. all i can say is that avery is a better woman than me.
猡� scene two
鈥渢his family breaks things.鈥� grayson鈥檚 tone never wavered. 鈥渕y grandfather knew that, and he brought you here anyway. he put you on the board.鈥�
grayson wanted me safe, and i wasn鈥檛. having inherited the hawthorne fortune, i might never be safe again.
鈥渋鈥檓 not the glass ballerina,鈥� i said firmly. 鈥渋鈥檓 not going to shatter.鈥�
鈥渋 know you won鈥檛.鈥�
~~~screaming because the way this man knows she can take care of herself, but he still wants to do everything he can to make sure she鈥檚 safe馃ゲmy MAN.
猡� scene three
鈥渉别颈谤别蝉蝉.鈥�
i couldn鈥檛 move. couldn鈥檛 breathe. and then jameson was on the floor with me. he brought his face level with mine and cupped my head in his hands. 鈥渇ireworks,鈥� he told me. 鈥渋t鈥檚 just fireworks, heiress.鈥�
my brain registered his words, but my body was still lost in memory. jameson had been there in the black wood with me. he鈥檇 thrown his body over mine.
鈥測ou鈥檙e okay, avery.鈥� grayson knelt beside jameson, beside me. 鈥渨e won鈥檛 let anything hurt you.鈥�
~~~they鈥檙e so caring馃ズso sweet<3
鉂� 饾捇饾挾饾搵饾憸饾搰饾捑饾搲饾憭 饾搯饾搳饾憸饾搲饾憭饾搱:
鉃� 鉂漣鈥檒l teach you.鉂� 馃馃馃
鉃� 鉂漺hy,鉂� he repeated crisply, stepping out of the elevator, 鉂漺ould avery be anything other than fine?鉂�
鉃� 鉂漺hen you're ready, if you're ever ready, if it's going to be me鈥攋ust flip that disk. heads, i kiss you.鉂� his voice broke slightly. 鉂漷ails, you kiss me. and either way, it means something.鉂�
鉃� grayson gave me a look鈥攁 know-it-all, never-wrong, do-not-question-me kind of look. 鉂漬o one is going to believe you chickened out of anything,鉂� he said. from the way he phrased that, you would have thought i was fearless. 贬贰尝笔馃
鉃� 鉂漜orrection, darlin. we will.鉂� nash & libby<3
鉃� grayson smiled, and that smile cut into me, every bit as much as his kiss. gray, baby鈥iss me now馃槱
鉃� he kissed me to save me from what i'd been about to say. for a small eternity, nothing in the world existed outside of that kiss. his lips. mine. 馃
掳鉂赌鈰�.喑冟繑*:锝ワ渐:*.喑冟繑鈰嗏潃掳
鉂� 饾搱饾搮饾憸饾捑饾搧饾憭饾搰 饾搮饾憸饾搰饾搲饾捑饾憸饾搩
please please please stop reading now if you haven鈥檛 read this series yet<3
*inhales deeply*
1, 2, 3.
*exhales*
okay here it goes. the romance. yes this is what i want to talk about. i have a problem with how jennifer wrote the love triangle.
so she picked jameson and i wanna cry :) the last page of this book literally killed me. i鈥檓 gonna be so honest right now鈥 do not feel avery and jameson鈥檚 connection at all馃i feel that all the tension was between grayson and avery鈥nd the only thing i got was a little kiss in front of the cameras AND THEN THEY DIDN鈥橳 EVEN TALK ABOUT IT?!? it鈥檚 so clear to me that grayson is in love. grayson and avery have a deep emotional connection. like they can communicate without talking, that kind of connection. like gray can look at avery and immediately know there鈥檚 something wrong. the way avery would be thinking about grayson鈥鈥檓 sorry but when was she ever really thinking about jameson like how she was thinking about grayson?! also it鈥檚 the fact that jameson and avery were doing the whole no strings attached馃ゲwhere鈥檚 the connection? i don鈥檛 feel it, i don鈥檛 see it, but she still chose him馃様i promise you that if grayson wasn鈥檛 so scared to lose avery like he lost emily and gray didn鈥檛 friend zone her because of it鈥hey鈥檇 be endgame.
i, myself, don鈥檛 even feel a connection to jameson. every time avery was with jamie鈥鈥檇 get a little bored and wished it was grayson she was with because those two were a mystery and that was exciting to me. but she picked jamie馃ゲthis is kind of the reason why i鈥檓 dreading to read the last book because i want more of gray and avery馃様also people keep telling me i鈥檓 gonna hate gray in the third book鈥o silly, be quiet<3
petition for jennifer to write a book about gray falling in love and the fmc is me馃he deserves better and better is me<3
鈦赌鉃� 鉂漞st unus ex nobis. nos defendat eius.鉂� she is one of us. we protect her. -驳谤补测蝉辞苍馃
these 5 stars are for grayson and grayson only馃ぐif he wasn鈥檛 in this book鈥 would鈥檝e given it 4 stars. i was gonna go right down the middle for my final rating and give it a 4.5, but i enjoyed this book WAY more than the first one and that one was 5 stars for me. so i had a very hard time with the rating. why am i like this? :D
if you couldn鈥檛 already tell鈥 have FINALLY chosen my team. i am a grayson girly馃コjennifer did not make it easy. she had both these men playing tug of war with me鈥bsolutely EXHAUSTING!
掳鉂赌鈰�.喑冟繑*:锝ワ渐:*.喑冟繑鈰嗏潃掳
鉂� 饾搨饾搸 饾搲饾捊饾憸饾搳饾憯饾捊饾搲饾搱:
i鈥檓 still recovering from the whiplash all the plot twists gave me. when i tell you guys that i have predicted absolutely NOTHING. jennifer had me confused almost the entire time until she finally pieced it all together for me to understand. the riddles and puzzles鈥o entertaining and addicting. this book definitely kept me on my toes and kept me wanting to turn the pages. the amount of times my jaw literally dropped and i had to put the book down and reflect on everything i just read.
鉂� 饾搶饾搰饾捑饾搲饾捑饾搩饾憯:
again鈥mmaculate. to me, it was written even better than the first book! i do have some complaints about the writing, but that will be in the spoiler portion of this review. jennifer lynn barnes is an absolute genius because the way she wrote all these riddles and puzzles鈥iterally how!? she had it all figured out in her head and wrote it perfectly and then there was me confused the entire time wondering wtf was going on :D it totally sounds like a bad thing, but that鈥檚 one of the things i love most about this series so far鈥ery unpredictable. now what is it that i loved most about this book? hm, glad you asked!
掳鉂赌鈰�.喑冟繑*:锝ワ渐:*.喑冟繑鈰嗏潃掳
鉂� 饾憯饾搰饾挾饾搸饾搱饾憸饾搩 饾捊饾挾饾搶饾搲饾捊饾憸饾搰饾搩饾憭
鈦赌鉃� 鉂漬o one is going to hurt you.鉂�
one word. mine. and yes if you were confused鈥e鈥檚 what i loved most about this book. this man constantly gives me the 鈥渨ho did this to you鈥� vibes and that is my WEAKNESS. that鈥檚 how i knew this man was going to win me over. also he knows how to play one of my favorite games, catan, and he鈥檚 good at it!? oh to be able to play against him. gray being vulnerable馃ズugh my heart ached for him.
鉂� 饾捒饾挾饾搨饾憭饾搱饾憸饾搩 饾捊饾挾饾搶饾搲饾捊饾憸饾搰饾搩饾憭
鈦赌鉃� 鉂漢eiress, you wound me.鉂�
he will always be such a cutie to me. jameson makes me giggle and smile while grayson makes me swoon and gives me all the butterflies hehe. jameson also being vulnerable鈥y heart ached for both him and gray馃様the way they had to grow up鈥et me just say that i absolutely LOATHE their stupid mother.
鉂� 饾挾饾搵饾憭饾搰饾搸 饾憯饾搰饾挾饾搨饾挿饾搱
鈦赌鉃� 鉂漣 was a survivor. i took care of myself. and i wouldn鈥檛 let myself want or expect anything from him.鉂�
she will always slay馃拝the anxiety that i had for her the ENTIRE book omg. also her relationship with libby!? they are so precious i swear馃スeverything that libby did for avery was everything<3 the only slight problem i have with avery is her decisions.
鉂� 饾搲饾捊饾憭 饾憭饾搩饾捁饾捑饾搩饾憯:
all i can say is that it was a lot to take in. the plot kept going back and forth, making me question everything that was going on and then the chaos!? jennifer knows how to make my heart RACE. i cannot wait to read the third book because i have no idea what it鈥檒l be about. also let me apologize for saying how i wasn鈥檛 sure how i felt about xander in my first review. i adore him馃i adore all the hawthorne brothers<3
掳鉂赌鈰�.喑冟繑*:锝ワ渐:*.喑冟繑鈰嗏潃掳
鉂� 饾捇饾挾饾搵饾憸饾搰饾捑饾搲饾憭 饾搱饾捀饾憭饾搩饾憭饾搱
猡� scene one
i shot grayson a look. "sometimes, it feels like hawthornes always just know. like you're all so sure of everything."
grayson's eyes locked on to mine. "not everything."
there was something about the way he looked at me when he said those words that made me realize i might be the one person on the planet with the ability to make grayson hawthorne question himself and the decisions he'd made.
like his decision to step back from me. to be friends.
~~~their tension is crazy. all i can say is that avery is a better woman than me.
猡� scene two
鈥渢his family breaks things.鈥� grayson鈥檚 tone never wavered. 鈥渕y grandfather knew that, and he brought you here anyway. he put you on the board.鈥�
grayson wanted me safe, and i wasn鈥檛. having inherited the hawthorne fortune, i might never be safe again.
鈥渋鈥檓 not the glass ballerina,鈥� i said firmly. 鈥渋鈥檓 not going to shatter.鈥�
鈥渋 know you won鈥檛.鈥�
~~~screaming because the way this man knows she can take care of herself, but he still wants to do everything he can to make sure she鈥檚 safe馃ゲmy MAN.
猡� scene three
鈥渉别颈谤别蝉蝉.鈥�
i couldn鈥檛 move. couldn鈥檛 breathe. and then jameson was on the floor with me. he brought his face level with mine and cupped my head in his hands. 鈥渇ireworks,鈥� he told me. 鈥渋t鈥檚 just fireworks, heiress.鈥�
my brain registered his words, but my body was still lost in memory. jameson had been there in the black wood with me. he鈥檇 thrown his body over mine.
鈥測ou鈥檙e okay, avery.鈥� grayson knelt beside jameson, beside me. 鈥渨e won鈥檛 let anything hurt you.鈥�
~~~they鈥檙e so caring馃ズso sweet<3
鉂� 饾捇饾挾饾搵饾憸饾搰饾捑饾搲饾憭 饾搯饾搳饾憸饾搲饾憭饾搱:
鉃� 鉂漣鈥檒l teach you.鉂� 馃馃馃
鉃� 鉂漺hy,鉂� he repeated crisply, stepping out of the elevator, 鉂漺ould avery be anything other than fine?鉂�
鉃� 鉂漺hen you're ready, if you're ever ready, if it's going to be me鈥攋ust flip that disk. heads, i kiss you.鉂� his voice broke slightly. 鉂漷ails, you kiss me. and either way, it means something.鉂�
鉃� grayson gave me a look鈥攁 know-it-all, never-wrong, do-not-question-me kind of look. 鉂漬o one is going to believe you chickened out of anything,鉂� he said. from the way he phrased that, you would have thought i was fearless. 贬贰尝笔馃
鉃� 鉂漜orrection, darlin. we will.鉂� nash & libby<3
鉃� grayson smiled, and that smile cut into me, every bit as much as his kiss. gray, baby鈥iss me now馃槱
鉃� he kissed me to save me from what i'd been about to say. for a small eternity, nothing in the world existed outside of that kiss. his lips. mine. 馃
掳鉂赌鈰�.喑冟繑*:锝ワ渐:*.喑冟繑鈰嗏潃掳
鉂� 饾搱饾搮饾憸饾捑饾搧饾憭饾搰 饾搮饾憸饾搰饾搲饾捑饾憸饾搩
please please please stop reading now if you haven鈥檛 read this series yet<3
*inhales deeply*
1, 2, 3.
*exhales*
okay here it goes. the romance. yes this is what i want to talk about. i have a problem with how jennifer wrote the love triangle.
so she picked jameson and i wanna cry :) the last page of this book literally killed me. i鈥檓 gonna be so honest right now鈥 do not feel avery and jameson鈥檚 connection at all馃i feel that all the tension was between grayson and avery鈥nd the only thing i got was a little kiss in front of the cameras AND THEN THEY DIDN鈥橳 EVEN TALK ABOUT IT?!? it鈥檚 so clear to me that grayson is in love. grayson and avery have a deep emotional connection. like they can communicate without talking, that kind of connection. like gray can look at avery and immediately know there鈥檚 something wrong. the way avery would be thinking about grayson鈥鈥檓 sorry but when was she ever really thinking about jameson like how she was thinking about grayson?! also it鈥檚 the fact that jameson and avery were doing the whole no strings attached馃ゲwhere鈥檚 the connection? i don鈥檛 feel it, i don鈥檛 see it, but she still chose him馃様i promise you that if grayson wasn鈥檛 so scared to lose avery like he lost emily and gray didn鈥檛 friend zone her because of it鈥hey鈥檇 be endgame.
i, myself, don鈥檛 even feel a connection to jameson. every time avery was with jamie鈥鈥檇 get a little bored and wished it was grayson she was with because those two were a mystery and that was exciting to me. but she picked jamie馃ゲthis is kind of the reason why i鈥檓 dreading to read the last book because i want more of gray and avery馃様also people keep telling me i鈥檓 gonna hate gray in the third book鈥o silly, be quiet<3
petition for jennifer to write a book about gray falling in love and the fmc is me馃he deserves better and better is me<3
November 1, 2021
Ma'am this is illegal. I thought you were supposed to make one love interest more lovable than the other NOT HAVE THEM BOTH LOVABLE. okay but that confession at the end馃ズ馃ズ
My first 5 star in months I'm so happy omg
The Hawthorne Legacy picks up where things were left off in The Inheritance Games with Avery still trying to figure out why the late billionaire Tobias Hawthorne left her his fortune. Whatever the reason, Avery knows the answer has to do with a certain person... and so the investigation begins.
It's just another normal day for Avery Kylie Grambs when the paparazzi are chasing after you trying to get the latest scoop, murder attempts are constantly happening, and your father + the daughter of a billionaire is trying to steal your fortune. And to add on to that, you're dealing with the Hawthorne brothersim jealous. *sigh* What a life to have.
I loved Avery in the first book and I loved her even more here like !! the character development !! She goes through some growth by the end of the book and just sfsdfsdfs I loved it. Still really jealous that she has the attention of both Grayson and Jameson馃槶 Oh and also how she can literally say "Fine, you can take one of my planes." Not jealous about the downsides of being a billionaire though.
Also I really wonder about that quote above. I feel like by the end of this series Avery will no longer be a billionaire in some way, especially with how many times she kept saying that "this life isn't meant for me" ... foreshadowing methinks.
JAMESON I LOVE YOU. In the first book, I was bit iffy with him because of the way he acted but here OMG MY LOVE FOR HIM GREW SO MUCH. He's actually so sweet and caring to Avery, like some scene I was so surprised with Avery sdfsfds he's such a precious cinnamon roll. The moments between him and Avery were everything. *HOT TUB SCENE*
THESE MOMENTS ESPECIALLY WERE SO SWEET:
You'd think because Grayson didn't have as many scenes as Jameson, I'd love Jameson more obviously, right?? HAHA NO BECAUSE THE VERY FEW SCENES BETWEEN GRAYSON AND AVERY WERE ALSO SO PRECIOUS. Like at this point?? I give up on choosing between the two boys, it's impossible. I just want both of them to be happy by the end of this series馃槶
LIKE GRAYSON TAUGHT HER HOW TO SKI AND USE A LONGSWORD?? plz I love him so much and the way he's hurting so much over what happened in the past *sobbing*
Also I just loved the side characters so much, Xander and Max especially AHH IM SHIPPING THEM. He made her a life-size recreation of the most lovable droids in Star Wards, how is that not so sweet?? Nash and Libby omg I ship too. I was pretty sus about Nash at first but methinks he's alright now, especially after reading the B&N chapters. Also Thea and Rebecca <333 Bex needs all the happiness in the world. Skye can go die馃檪
OH AND HANNAH AND HARRY?? Their love is so tragic, I actually got really emotional over some of the lines馃槶馃槶
They deserved more cri curse certain people.
Also shoutout to Oren and Alisa for all the damage control and protecting they had to do for Avery when she screwed upa lot. They definitely deserve a raise in pay. altho they most likely get a lot anways lol
I know a lot people found THL to be super boring and no plot progression whatsoever but honestly I absolutely adored everything in this book. This is the most invested I've been for a book in literally over 3 months. The mystery was so addicting and the tension !! I'm in love and now cannot stop thinking about this book so THANK YOU JLB <33
I'm so hyped for the finale and really sad that soon I'm going to have part from these guys馃槶 Pleasee don't break any of the Hawthorne boys' hearts, JLB.
___
Reviews:
The Inheritance Games: 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
The Hawthorne Legacy: 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
My first 5 star in months I'm so happy omg
The Hawthorne Legacy picks up where things were left off in The Inheritance Games with Avery still trying to figure out why the late billionaire Tobias Hawthorne left her his fortune. Whatever the reason, Avery knows the answer has to do with a certain person... and so the investigation begins.
"I couldn't shake the feeling that this life was never meant for me."
It's just another normal day for Avery Kylie Grambs when the paparazzi are chasing after you trying to get the latest scoop, murder attempts are constantly happening, and your father + the daughter of a billionaire is trying to steal your fortune. And to add on to that, you're dealing with the Hawthorne brothers
I loved Avery in the first book and I loved her even more here like !! the character development !! She goes through some growth by the end of the book and just sfsdfsdfs I loved it. Still really jealous that she has the attention of both Grayson and Jameson馃槶 Oh and also how she can literally say "Fine, you can take one of my planes." Not jealous about the downsides of being a billionaire though.
Also I really wonder about that quote above. I feel like by the end of this series Avery will no longer be a billionaire in some way, especially with how many times she kept saying that "this life isn't meant for me" ... foreshadowing methinks.
鈥淭he trick to being abandoned was to never let yourself long for anyone who left.鈥�
JAMESON I LOVE YOU. In the first book, I was bit iffy with him because of the way he acted but here OMG MY LOVE FOR HIM GREW SO MUCH. He's actually so sweet and caring to Avery, like some scene I was so surprised with Avery sdfsfds he's such a precious cinnamon roll. The moments between him and Avery were everything. *HOT TUB SCENE*
THESE MOMENTS ESPECIALLY WERE SO SWEET:
鈥淕rayson Hawthorne was arrogant enough to consider himself bulletproof鈥攁nd honorable enough to see a promise through to its end.鈥�
You'd think because Grayson didn't have as many scenes as Jameson, I'd love Jameson more obviously, right?? HAHA NO BECAUSE THE VERY FEW SCENES BETWEEN GRAYSON AND AVERY WERE ALSO SO PRECIOUS. Like at this point?? I give up on choosing between the two boys, it's impossible. I just want both of them to be happy by the end of this series馃槶
LIKE GRAYSON TAUGHT HER HOW TO SKI AND USE A LONGSWORD?? plz I love him so much and the way he's hurting so much over what happened in the past *sobbing*
Also I just loved the side characters so much, Xander and Max especially AHH IM SHIPPING THEM. He made her a life-size recreation of the most lovable droids in Star Wards, how is that not so sweet?? Nash and Libby omg I ship too. I was pretty sus about Nash at first but methinks he's alright now, especially after reading the B&N chapters. Also Thea and Rebecca <333 Bex needs all the happiness in the world. Skye can go die馃檪
OH AND HANNAH AND HARRY?? Their love is so tragic, I actually got really emotional over some of the lines馃槶馃槶
"Hate me, if you can, for all the reasons I deserve. But don't hate me for leaving while you sleep. I knew you wouldn't let me go, and I cannot bear to say good-bye."
They deserved more cri curse certain people.
Also shoutout to Oren and Alisa for all the damage control and protecting they had to do for Avery when she screwed up
"There are no rules that matter more than winning.鈥�
I know a lot people found THL to be super boring and no plot progression whatsoever but honestly I absolutely adored everything in this book. This is the most invested I've been for a book in literally over 3 months. The mystery was so addicting and the tension !! I'm in love and now cannot stop thinking about this book so THANK YOU JLB <33
I'm so hyped for the finale and really sad that soon I'm going to have part from these guys馃槶 Pleasee don't break any of the Hawthorne boys' hearts, JLB.
___
Reviews:
The Inheritance Games: 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
The Hawthorne Legacy: 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
August 23, 2021
UPDATE: ok so after much thought and consideration i did over all end up liking this book however my excitement did get the best of me. i believe it鈥檚 worth picking up but the book does fall into the 2nd book out of 3 syndrome.
you can tell from the beginning that this whole book is just setting up ground work for book 3 so i鈥檓 excited to see how things turn out but not gonna lie all the action happened in the last 40 pages of the book. there was a lot of filler writing
i was hoping to get that excitement rush feeling i got reading book 1 but i didn鈥檛 really get that in book 2 but it鈥檚 not something i鈥檓 mad about since i did end up enjoying this
the description gave me a vibe that there would be more romance in this book than the first one but the believe book 1 and 2 had equal amount of romance as it鈥檚 sub plot
kinda confused on who鈥檚 team i鈥檓 on but at the same time my heart belongs to my mans grayson hawthorne 馃檮
you can tell from the beginning that this whole book is just setting up ground work for book 3 so i鈥檓 excited to see how things turn out but not gonna lie all the action happened in the last 40 pages of the book. there was a lot of filler writing
i was hoping to get that excitement rush feeling i got reading book 1 but i didn鈥檛 really get that in book 2 but it鈥檚 not something i鈥檓 mad about since i did end up enjoying this
the description gave me a vibe that there would be more romance in this book than the first one but the believe book 1 and 2 had equal amount of romance as it鈥檚 sub plot
kinda confused on who鈥檚 team i鈥檓 on but at the same time my heart belongs to my mans grayson hawthorne 馃檮
September 27, 2021
While I loved the first book, the sequel unfortunately turned convoluted rather than clever, the protagonist was too wishy-washy with her love interests, many likable characters faded to the background, and the romantic development didn鈥檛 make sense with everything that the first book had set up. (I鈥檓 very salty about that ending!)
December 16, 2021
jameson鈥檚 annoying
November 18, 2021
honestly toby, if my family tree was this confusing i鈥檇 wanna disappear forever too
January 19, 2022
men should apologize for not being jameson hawthorne
November 4, 2024
jameson and grayson have as much flavor as boiled chicken
October 5, 2021
This book was so bad it hurts me. To be so excited after reading
The Inheritance Games
and its thrilling mystery and puzzles and delicious hints of romance, only to read... this? This mess of truly stupid plot twists, slow pacing, underwhelming puzzles, and lack of characterisation. Oh, how my heart sunk.
How did Jennifer Lynn Barnes fuck up so bad? Let me count the ways:
鉃� Trying too hard to be clever and losing the literal plot. I'll always stand by the fact that it's better to write a realistic and satisfying twist, even if it's expected, than aiming to sucker punch the reader out of nowhere just for the "shock" value. The ending of this book made absolutely no sense: multiple red herrings, twists about minor characters (and a character never even mentioned before!) that had no emotional impact, and glossing over important plot threads to tie them up in a messy, quick knot.
鉃� Writing the heroine to be cerebral and clever... at the expense of making her feel like a robot. I couldn't connect to Avery at all in this sequel. I guess I was hoping that, though Avery was really guarded and unemotional in the first book, the author would peel back some of her layers later. Nope.
鉃� Not putting in the effort to add complexity to the characters. It's not enough to just introduce a cast of morally grey characters and then... leave it at that. I loved the ambiguity of the Hawthornes when we first met them. Unfortunately, the only character who has a drop of depth in this book is Jameson. It's not enough for a character to be all ~mysterious~ with ~deadly cheekbones~. (I know, I can't believe I'm saying this when I've been thirsting over Grayson all this time. But those cheekbones need to be paired with some actual characterisation y'all.)
鉃� Relying too much on the romance to hook the reader. By the end, I was just annoyed. It was clear that the love triangle was there to disguise the fact that nothing much really happens with the puzzles and plot. Do I still think that Avery and Grayson are endgame? Yes, and they'll be the only reason I read the final book (if I do). (Avery met Grayson first... so by love triangle logic this means they'll end up together lol.)
鉃� Reducing the best friend to a prop to remind Avery how hot the Hawthorne boys are. I was so disappointed by this. Instead of investing in Max's characterisation and the friendship she has with Avery, apparently the author time-travelled back to the early 2000s when girls couldn't interact in media unless they were solely talking about boys.
鉃� Recycling puzzles from the first book and just having an altogether disappointing mystery. I think of my excitement reading book one with sweet longing. The same tricks like invisible ink and secret passages are re-used and I just... got bored.
The first half of the book was decent and I was enjoying myself moderately. But I quickly realised... as these errors cropped up... that I was only invested in Avery's interactions with Grayson (and to some extent, Jameson). I was cringing at things like Jameson's shrug being "devastating" and the secret love letters starting with "Dear Hannah, the same forwards as backwards" (apparently, pointing out that your lover's name is a palindrome is superrr romantic).
And then that truly stupid end happened. Yikes.
~~~
Grayson: "let's just be fRieNds"
me, in gleeful anticipation: sureee 馃槈馃槈 just friends 馃槈馃槝 totally platonic pals 馃槒
~~~
i finally have this book and i'm dying to start it, but fuck me if i remember anythingexcept that grayson looks hella fine in a suit
~~~
i just want me more of grayson hawthorne and some sexy puzzles
| | |
How did Jennifer Lynn Barnes fuck up so bad? Let me count the ways:
鉃� Trying too hard to be clever and losing the literal plot. I'll always stand by the fact that it's better to write a realistic and satisfying twist, even if it's expected, than aiming to sucker punch the reader out of nowhere just for the "shock" value. The ending of this book made absolutely no sense: multiple red herrings, twists about minor characters (and a character never even mentioned before!) that had no emotional impact, and glossing over important plot threads to tie them up in a messy, quick knot.
鉃� Writing the heroine to be cerebral and clever... at the expense of making her feel like a robot. I couldn't connect to Avery at all in this sequel. I guess I was hoping that, though Avery was really guarded and unemotional in the first book, the author would peel back some of her layers later. Nope.
鉃� Not putting in the effort to add complexity to the characters. It's not enough to just introduce a cast of morally grey characters and then... leave it at that. I loved the ambiguity of the Hawthornes when we first met them. Unfortunately, the only character who has a drop of depth in this book is Jameson. It's not enough for a character to be all ~mysterious~ with ~deadly cheekbones~. (I know, I can't believe I'm saying this when I've been thirsting over Grayson all this time. But those cheekbones need to be paired with some actual characterisation y'all.)
鉃� Relying too much on the romance to hook the reader. By the end, I was just annoyed. It was clear that the love triangle was there to disguise the fact that nothing much really happens with the puzzles and plot. Do I still think that Avery and Grayson are endgame? Yes, and they'll be the only reason I read the final book (if I do). (Avery met Grayson first... so by love triangle logic this means they'll end up together lol.)
鉃� Reducing the best friend to a prop to remind Avery how hot the Hawthorne boys are. I was so disappointed by this. Instead of investing in Max's characterisation and the friendship she has with Avery, apparently the author time-travelled back to the early 2000s when girls couldn't interact in media unless they were solely talking about boys.
鉃� Recycling puzzles from the first book and just having an altogether disappointing mystery. I think of my excitement reading book one with sweet longing. The same tricks like invisible ink and secret passages are re-used and I just... got bored.
The first half of the book was decent and I was enjoying myself moderately. But I quickly realised... as these errors cropped up... that I was only invested in Avery's interactions with Grayson (and to some extent, Jameson). I was cringing at things like Jameson's shrug being "devastating" and the secret love letters starting with "Dear Hannah, the same forwards as backwards" (apparently, pointing out that your lover's name is a palindrome is superrr romantic).
And then that truly stupid end happened. Yikes.
~~~
Grayson: "let's just be fRieNds"
me, in gleeful anticipation: sureee 馃槈馃槈 just friends 馃槈馃槝 totally platonic pals 馃槒
~~~
i finally have this book and i'm dying to start it, but fuck me if i remember anything
~~~
i just want me more of grayson hawthorne and some sexy puzzles
| | |
September 14, 2021
鈥漈he trick to being abandoned was to never let yourself long for anyone who left.鈥�
this book had me crying.
crying tears of pain.. from reading such a fucking shit book.
i had to send my best friend a long ass voice message of me ranting about this book before i wrote my review because it was THAT BAD.
ok look, i get why people may like this but i will not ignore the fact that :
猡� 1. the characters suck except oren (her head security dude)
猡� that ending was fucking shit
猡� the 5829955 plot twists at 70% mark??
猡� the romance is unnecessary and cringe
like?? the first book was good. i tolerated the characters but i liked the writing and the plot but this?? what the fuck was this??
the first half of the book was just boring and slow. then like a section of the book was avery trying to figure out if she wants jameson or grayson. like bitch. this isnt a fucking episode of the bachelor here please stop.
PLOT 藥藠藯
i cant say without wither spoiling or getting mad so鈥� just know that its a shit ton of mystery duh and uhhh good plot twists but it was all crammed at the ending and was too much that it got messy
i thought how everything related to each other was cool but like it was so rushed that it was underwhelming. at this point if avery was a fairy, i would believe it -_-
if everything was spaced out it wouldve been a lot better but like our girl avery was having boy problems so all the real problem had to be put on hold for little miss heiress
ROMANCE 藥藠藯
this book wouldve been so much better without romance.
ive said it and ill say it again. LOVE TRIANGLES ARE NOT CUTE. THEY SUCK. THEYRE ANNOYING. THEYRE STUPID. and if anyone was to write a love triangle at least make the characters likeable. AT LEAST ONE.
also, what was with the hot tub scene like.. what in the 鈥漷o all the boys i loved before鈥� is this?? please spare me from any scary flashbacks thanks ;-;
i personally prefer avery and grayson just cause jameson is a fucking annoying little bitch and if i have to hear him say 鈥汉别颈谤别蝉蝉鈥� one more fucking time i might just have to go to jail for his murder
just why exactly did this book feel like half of it was avery trying to figure out what boy she wanted. im still confused like鈥�. you have all this crazy shit going on and people are trying to kill you and youre trying to figure out who you see standing on a cliff with you when you close your eyes??
bitch. imagine me. pushing you off the cliff <3
CHARACTERS 藥藠藯
avery : i hate her. theres nothing much to say. she reminds me of a pick me girl. she鈥檚 annoying, stupid, and all things bad so, i really dont fucking care about her oops??
grayson : shouldve gotten the girl. kinda a closeted simp. idk i liked him till i kinda didnt.
jameson : just鈥� die. im sick of seeing his face. i hate him. he鈥檚 annoying. i would probably puke if i saw his face lol
libby : why is she still relevant?? someone ship her away cause she keeps pulling the 鈥漣 will protect you鈥� card like鈥� youd be the first one crying hun
oren : my favourite. man deserves everything. he should take a vacation cause protecting avery isnt worth it
ummm and the rest either were annoying or just not relevant enough for me mention or both <3
CONCLUSION 藥藠藯
i regret reading this book. its ruined the whole series for me and when the third book comes out i will have to remember this very moment so rip to me ;-;
ok bye <3
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March 27, 2022DNF @ 45%
I just don't really care tbh. I really liked the first book but I've come to realize I just have outgrown reading series unfortunately. So I didn't not like this, but I found myself not wanting to pick it up.
I just don't really care tbh. I really liked the first book but I've come to realize I just have outgrown reading series unfortunately. So I didn't not like this, but I found myself not wanting to pick it up.
September 19, 2021
Finished this one just to finish it.
I just felt like Barnes couldn't keep the exciting puzzle-solving tension going through this book. The plot became convoluted and messy, and I found it harder to suspend disbelief for. Also, I'm over both Grayson and Jameson at this point.
I just felt like Barnes couldn't keep the exciting puzzle-solving tension going through this book. The plot became convoluted and messy, and I found it harder to suspend disbelief for. Also, I'm over both Grayson and Jameson at this point.
September 27, 2021
I made my decision
Grayson
I love u 鉂わ笍馃挅
But Jameson
Ily too but Grayson is >>>
Grayson
I love u 鉂わ笍馃挅
But Jameson
Ily too but Grayson is >>>
May 16, 2021
2021 come sooner
EDIT:
WE HAVE A TITLE AND A RELEASE DATE OMG HAWTHORNE LEGACY IM SO EXCITED HOW AM I GOING TO WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER
EDIT:
just.....a mess idk what was going through the authors head when she wrote this
EDIT:
WE HAVE A TITLE AND A RELEASE DATE OMG HAWTHORNE LEGACY IM SO EXCITED HOW AM I GOING TO WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER
EDIT:
just.....a mess idk what was going through the authors head when she wrote this
August 1, 2024
锕� z岫� 鈹� 4.75 stars 鈥� no spoilers 鈽� 鈧� 馃摌
鈦�
wow, because this was a wild ride. i mean, jameson and avery in the hot tub, grayson and avery during the interview, and the end!! i can't wait for tfg because of the spoilers i heard!
鈦�
鈫濃仩 鈥�est unus ex nobis. nos defendat eius. she is one of us. we protect her.鈥� 鈶呪仩 陹�
wow, because this was a wild ride. i mean, jameson and avery in the hot tub, grayson and avery during the interview, and the end!! i can't wait for tfg because of the spoilers i heard!
September 20, 2022
lets be real - this sequel is complete and total filler. but its fun filler, so that helps.
the plot doesnt really progress much in this (see the line above), but there are more clues and puzzles and secrets. so if you were drawn to the quirky mysteriousness of tobias hawthorne and his family in 鈥榯he inheritance games,鈥� then i think you will enjoy this installment. just expect more questions than answers.
and i think thats why i didnt quite love this one as much. the first book ends on a massive cliffhanger with a certain goal in mind. however, that goal isnt met and the cliffhanger isnt resolved until the very end of this book. i just found that to be too long of a wait. sure, theres stuff in between - like i said, more puzzles and clues - but i found the pacing to be very slow in that regard.
overall, a lot more of the same for this sequel. i think if you pick this up with the mindset of just going along for the ride, rather than expecting results (like i did), then this will be an enjoyable book!
鈫� 3.5 stars
the plot doesnt really progress much in this (see the line above), but there are more clues and puzzles and secrets. so if you were drawn to the quirky mysteriousness of tobias hawthorne and his family in 鈥榯he inheritance games,鈥� then i think you will enjoy this installment. just expect more questions than answers.
and i think thats why i didnt quite love this one as much. the first book ends on a massive cliffhanger with a certain goal in mind. however, that goal isnt met and the cliffhanger isnt resolved until the very end of this book. i just found that to be too long of a wait. sure, theres stuff in between - like i said, more puzzles and clues - but i found the pacing to be very slow in that regard.
overall, a lot more of the same for this sequel. i think if you pick this up with the mindset of just going along for the ride, rather than expecting results (like i did), then this will be an enjoyable book!
鈫� 3.5 stars
June 26, 2023
absolutely mindblowing
JAMESON WINCHESTER HAWTHORNE
edit: the best brother is xander hawthorne I said what I said
JAMESON WINCHESTER HAWTHORNE
edit: the best brother is xander hawthorne I said what I said
February 28, 2025
**4.5-stars**
The Hawthorne Legacy is the second installment in the hugely popular Inheritance Games series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes.
This rags-to-riches inheritance mystery offers Readers a lot of riddles, a lot of intrigue and a lot of romantic drama. It's like a tiny bit The Princess Diaries meets a lot of Knives Out.
This story follows Avery Grambs, who after the death of her mother, really struggled to get by. She moved in with her half-sister and was working hard just to complete high school. She dreams of a better life.
In an unbelievable turn of luck, Avery received word that eccentric billionaire, Tobias Hawthorne, has just passed, leaving Avery the vast majority of his fortune. The strangest part is, Avery has no idea who Tobias Hawthorne is. She's never even met him.
The kink is that Tobias had a pretty big family that he has snubbed with his surprise bequeathment to Avery.
Now poor Avery has to live in Hawthorne Manor with the very same grandsons who were all but cut out of the elder Hawthorne's will. That isn't awkward at all.
While the first book, The Inheritance Game, gets you up to speed on all that, this second book builds on the mystery of Avery's windfall, as well as a building of the relationships within her new world.
And keep in mind, this is an entirely new world for Avery. She is now in the realm of the uber-rich; the jet-setting elites who she has never interacted with before. With this comes a new set of challenges, including PR-issues, something Avery never would have thought of before.
If only that were her biggest issue though. Someone out there isn't happy with Avery's new found fortune and is willing to try anything to get her out of the picture. Permanently.
There's also a bit of a love triangle happening. The Hawthorne family is full of handsome and charming young men, such a plus for our Avery.
Two of the boys in particular, Grayson and Jameson, are attracting a lot of her attention and thanks to the power of DNA-testing, it's not creepy at all.
I had a lot of fun with this continuation. The Hawthorne Legacy may not be perfect, but it's pretty freaking fun.
I need answers; so excited for the next book. Where's this going from here!?
I am so intrigued with what the truth is behind this family. I love the continuation of the use of riddles and games, as well as Avery getting the chance to team up with the brothers to solve different aspects of the mystery.
I know a lot of Readers aren't fans of love triangles, but I think this one is great. It's not overplayed. It feels natural. There's no catty fighting, or behind the scenes backstabbing. Avery is genuinely feeling a connection to both boys.
Girl, I get it.
I'm so excited for August so I can get my hands on the third book. I need answers!!!
If you haven't picked up this series yet, and love a fast-paced, fun-filled YA Mystery, you should absolutely start this series now. It's completely addicting!
The Hawthorne Legacy is the second installment in the hugely popular Inheritance Games series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes.
This rags-to-riches inheritance mystery offers Readers a lot of riddles, a lot of intrigue and a lot of romantic drama. It's like a tiny bit The Princess Diaries meets a lot of Knives Out.
This story follows Avery Grambs, who after the death of her mother, really struggled to get by. She moved in with her half-sister and was working hard just to complete high school. She dreams of a better life.
In an unbelievable turn of luck, Avery received word that eccentric billionaire, Tobias Hawthorne, has just passed, leaving Avery the vast majority of his fortune. The strangest part is, Avery has no idea who Tobias Hawthorne is. She's never even met him.
The kink is that Tobias had a pretty big family that he has snubbed with his surprise bequeathment to Avery.
Now poor Avery has to live in Hawthorne Manor with the very same grandsons who were all but cut out of the elder Hawthorne's will. That isn't awkward at all.
While the first book, The Inheritance Game, gets you up to speed on all that, this second book builds on the mystery of Avery's windfall, as well as a building of the relationships within her new world.
And keep in mind, this is an entirely new world for Avery. She is now in the realm of the uber-rich; the jet-setting elites who she has never interacted with before. With this comes a new set of challenges, including PR-issues, something Avery never would have thought of before.
If only that were her biggest issue though. Someone out there isn't happy with Avery's new found fortune and is willing to try anything to get her out of the picture. Permanently.
There's also a bit of a love triangle happening. The Hawthorne family is full of handsome and charming young men, such a plus for our Avery.
Two of the boys in particular, Grayson and Jameson, are attracting a lot of her attention and thanks to the power of DNA-testing, it's not creepy at all.
I had a lot of fun with this continuation. The Hawthorne Legacy may not be perfect, but it's pretty freaking fun.
I need answers; so excited for the next book. Where's this going from here!?
I am so intrigued with what the truth is behind this family. I love the continuation of the use of riddles and games, as well as Avery getting the chance to team up with the brothers to solve different aspects of the mystery.
I know a lot of Readers aren't fans of love triangles, but I think this one is great. It's not overplayed. It feels natural. There's no catty fighting, or behind the scenes backstabbing. Avery is genuinely feeling a connection to both boys.
Girl, I get it.
I'm so excited for August so I can get my hands on the third book. I need answers!!!
If you haven't picked up this series yet, and love a fast-paced, fun-filled YA Mystery, you should absolutely start this series now. It's completely addicting!
May 28, 2023
鈾� Reread #1:
Omg I had such a fun time rereading this!! 馃挋馃挋 This was my favorite the first time round and after rereading it, I definitely understand why 馃ぉ馃ぉ There are SO many good scenes in here- THE INTERVIEW SCENE 馃き馃き- and the mystery is just so entertaining 鉁� The Grayson content in this book tho >>>>>
If you've read this series and enjoyed it, I would highly recommend you give it a reread bc it is such a great time!! 馃挋馃挋馃挋
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Rereading 馃挋馃挋 Going back to this series has literally been SO fun so far, so i'm excited to reread this one too! 馃ぉ
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Original review:
Oh my gosh, that was SO GOOD. THAT鈥橲 how you write a sequel!! 馃槱馃槱馃馃
鈥淓st unus ex nobis. Nos defendat eius."
She is one of us. We protect her.鈥�
The Hawthorne Legacy is the sequel to The Inheritance Games- which I read earlier this year and really enjoyed- and continues the storyline after that shocking ending. I can鈥檛 really explain much without spoilers, but there鈥檚 loads of twists, lots of development in the romance and many challenges Avery and the Hawthornes have to face.
When I started this book, I was quite worried that it was going to fall into second book syndrome and end up being a big disappointment. For some reason, the enjoyment The Inheritance Games gave me felt like a one-time thing and I wasn鈥檛 sure if this book could replicate that. But I鈥檓 so glad that I was proved wrong and that The Hawthorne Legacy turned out to be even more entertaining than its predecessor! 馃ぉ馃ぉ馃槒馃槒
Starting with the characters. Obviously our main circle of characters is Avery and the Hawthorne brothers, as well as others like Alisa, Libby, Max, Thea, Rebecca, etc. There鈥檚 so much to unpack in terms of characters, so I鈥檓 gonna try and go through them separately.
~ Avery: Avery isn鈥檛 my favourite heroine ever- there are better ones out there- but she鈥檚 still a nice character to follow! Her motivations are always reasonable, she鈥檚 pretty well-developed and it鈥檚 easy to root for her. I also feel like she went through lots of development in this sequel, which was nice to see. So, not my favourite character ever but I still like her! 馃榿馃憤
~ Grayson: Okay, Grace, CALM DOWN. Sorry, trying to get too overexcited here. BC I FREAKING LOVE GRAYSON 馃槏馃槏鉂も潳 He basically checks all my boxes in terms of book boyfriends:
Hot 鉁�
Cold demeanour 鉁�
Super intelligent 鉁�
A businessman 鉁�
Ruthless 鉁�
HOT 馃敟馃敟 鉁�
I LOVE his interactions with his brothers and Avery- ESPECIALLY Avery- and I love how we get to see a bit of his cold demeanour stripped away in the book. AAAAAHHHHH he鈥檚 just amazing. #TeamGrayson FOR LIFE!! 馃憡
Some amazing Grayson quotes:
鈥淭his was the Grayson I鈥檇 met weeks ago: dripping power and well aware that he could come out on top in any battle. He didn鈥檛 make threats, because he didn鈥檛 have to.鈥� ~ fangirling!!! 馃槱馃槱
鈥淕rayson was Not Pleased - and no one did Not Pleased like Grayson Hawthorne.鈥� ~ hehehehe
鈥淕rayson Hawthorne was arrogant enough to consider himself bulletproof鈥攁nd honorable enough to see a promise through to its end.鈥� ~ 馃槒馃槒
~ Jameson: Okay, I didn鈥檛 like Jameson in Book 1- like, at all- BUT he鈥檚 definitely grown on me since then. He鈥檚 no way near Grayson in terms of amazingness, but he鈥檚 still hot, okay??? 馃き馃き Definitely an interesting character and he and Grayson compliment each other as brothers. Soooo, I still don鈥檛 love him, but I鈥檓 getting there.
~ Xander: I really like Xander! A fun character who definitely balances out Grayson鈥檚 coldness and Jameson鈥檚 cheekiness. He always adds some much needed humour, and I can also imagine him being super cute hehehe 馃槒馃槒馃ぃ馃ぃ
~ Nash: eh. Not really a fan of Nash tbh. I saw potential in him in TIG, but he hasn鈥檛 really grown as a character or anything since then. Also, he didn鈥檛 play a HUGE role in this book, so I just haven鈥檛 really grown to love him. We鈥檒l see if that changes in The Final Gambit 馃槙馃槙
So overall, definitely a great cast of characters who I have come to really like!
Secondly, the writing. Ahhhh, it鈥檚 so good. JLB鈥檚 writing is SO fun and easy to read and it just makes you want to devour the book in one sitting. Imo there was definitely an improvement in her writing from TIG, and I鈥檝e just grown to love it sm. If you need an author whose writing is super fun and will help you fly through books, then I would definitely recommend JLB鈥檚 work!! 馃榿馃榿馃挄馃挄
Next, the plot. IT WAS AMAZING Y鈥橝LL 馃ぉ馃ぉ馃馃 There were SO MANY twists and turns that I was just left reeling so many times!! It was paced PERFECTLY- fast enough that you were still invested, but slow enough that you could still keep up. Honestly, I was just frantically turning the pages to see what happened next, and if I could鈥檝e stayed up all night reading it, I totally would鈥檝e (but I do need my sleep, unfortunately). So yes, LOVED that!! 馃帄馃帄
Lastly, the romance. The romance was just SO GOOD. In Book 1, i wasn鈥檛 an ENORMOUS fan, but it got so JUICY in this one. I honestly think this is one of the best love triangles I鈥檝e ever read- if I hadn鈥檛 been spoiled, I would literally have no idea who she鈥檇 end up with. If y'all are wondering鈥� STILL #TEAMGRAYSON. ILY GRAYSON <333
鈥淵our silence on the issue of people trying to kill you is deeply disturbing.鈥�
Overall, LOVED THIS. It was SUCH a good sequel and even better than The Inheritance Games imo!! If you haven鈥檛 read this series yet, you need to pick it ASAP. It鈥檚 just so good 馃槱馃槱馃馃
~ 4.5 stars
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Ahhhh this was SO GOOD 馃槱馃槱馃馃 Honestly even better than The Inheritance Games!! 馃帄馃帄 RTC!
Omg I had such a fun time rereading this!! 馃挋馃挋 This was my favorite the first time round and after rereading it, I definitely understand why 馃ぉ馃ぉ There are SO many good scenes in here- THE INTERVIEW SCENE 馃き馃き- and the mystery is just so entertaining 鉁� The Grayson content in this book tho >>>>>
If you've read this series and enjoyed it, I would highly recommend you give it a reread bc it is such a great time!! 馃挋馃挋馃挋
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Rereading 馃挋馃挋 Going back to this series has literally been SO fun so far, so i'm excited to reread this one too! 馃ぉ
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Original review:
Oh my gosh, that was SO GOOD. THAT鈥橲 how you write a sequel!! 馃槱馃槱馃馃
鈥淓st unus ex nobis. Nos defendat eius."
She is one of us. We protect her.鈥�
The Hawthorne Legacy is the sequel to The Inheritance Games- which I read earlier this year and really enjoyed- and continues the storyline after that shocking ending. I can鈥檛 really explain much without spoilers, but there鈥檚 loads of twists, lots of development in the romance and many challenges Avery and the Hawthornes have to face.
When I started this book, I was quite worried that it was going to fall into second book syndrome and end up being a big disappointment. For some reason, the enjoyment The Inheritance Games gave me felt like a one-time thing and I wasn鈥檛 sure if this book could replicate that. But I鈥檓 so glad that I was proved wrong and that The Hawthorne Legacy turned out to be even more entertaining than its predecessor! 馃ぉ馃ぉ馃槒馃槒
Starting with the characters. Obviously our main circle of characters is Avery and the Hawthorne brothers, as well as others like Alisa, Libby, Max, Thea, Rebecca, etc. There鈥檚 so much to unpack in terms of characters, so I鈥檓 gonna try and go through them separately.
~ Avery: Avery isn鈥檛 my favourite heroine ever- there are better ones out there- but she鈥檚 still a nice character to follow! Her motivations are always reasonable, she鈥檚 pretty well-developed and it鈥檚 easy to root for her. I also feel like she went through lots of development in this sequel, which was nice to see. So, not my favourite character ever but I still like her! 馃榿馃憤
~ Grayson: Okay, Grace, CALM DOWN. Sorry, trying to get too overexcited here. BC I FREAKING LOVE GRAYSON 馃槏馃槏鉂も潳 He basically checks all my boxes in terms of book boyfriends:
Hot 鉁�
Cold demeanour 鉁�
Super intelligent 鉁�
A businessman 鉁�
Ruthless 鉁�
HOT 馃敟馃敟 鉁�
I LOVE his interactions with his brothers and Avery- ESPECIALLY Avery- and I love how we get to see a bit of his cold demeanour stripped away in the book. AAAAAHHHHH he鈥檚 just amazing. #TeamGrayson FOR LIFE!! 馃憡
Some amazing Grayson quotes:
鈥淭his was the Grayson I鈥檇 met weeks ago: dripping power and well aware that he could come out on top in any battle. He didn鈥檛 make threats, because he didn鈥檛 have to.鈥� ~ fangirling!!! 馃槱馃槱
鈥淕rayson was Not Pleased - and no one did Not Pleased like Grayson Hawthorne.鈥� ~ hehehehe
鈥淕rayson Hawthorne was arrogant enough to consider himself bulletproof鈥攁nd honorable enough to see a promise through to its end.鈥� ~ 馃槒馃槒
~ Jameson: Okay, I didn鈥檛 like Jameson in Book 1- like, at all- BUT he鈥檚 definitely grown on me since then. He鈥檚 no way near Grayson in terms of amazingness, but he鈥檚 still hot, okay??? 馃き馃き Definitely an interesting character and he and Grayson compliment each other as brothers. Soooo, I still don鈥檛 love him, but I鈥檓 getting there.
~ Xander: I really like Xander! A fun character who definitely balances out Grayson鈥檚 coldness and Jameson鈥檚 cheekiness. He always adds some much needed humour, and I can also imagine him being super cute hehehe 馃槒馃槒馃ぃ馃ぃ
~ Nash: eh. Not really a fan of Nash tbh. I saw potential in him in TIG, but he hasn鈥檛 really grown as a character or anything since then. Also, he didn鈥檛 play a HUGE role in this book, so I just haven鈥檛 really grown to love him. We鈥檒l see if that changes in The Final Gambit 馃槙馃槙
So overall, definitely a great cast of characters who I have come to really like!
Secondly, the writing. Ahhhh, it鈥檚 so good. JLB鈥檚 writing is SO fun and easy to read and it just makes you want to devour the book in one sitting. Imo there was definitely an improvement in her writing from TIG, and I鈥檝e just grown to love it sm. If you need an author whose writing is super fun and will help you fly through books, then I would definitely recommend JLB鈥檚 work!! 馃榿馃榿馃挄馃挄
Next, the plot. IT WAS AMAZING Y鈥橝LL 馃ぉ馃ぉ馃馃 There were SO MANY twists and turns that I was just left reeling so many times!! It was paced PERFECTLY- fast enough that you were still invested, but slow enough that you could still keep up. Honestly, I was just frantically turning the pages to see what happened next, and if I could鈥檝e stayed up all night reading it, I totally would鈥檝e (but I do need my sleep, unfortunately). So yes, LOVED that!! 馃帄馃帄
Lastly, the romance. The romance was just SO GOOD. In Book 1, i wasn鈥檛 an ENORMOUS fan, but it got so JUICY in this one. I honestly think this is one of the best love triangles I鈥檝e ever read- if I hadn鈥檛 been spoiled, I would literally have no idea who she鈥檇 end up with. If y'all are wondering鈥� STILL #TEAMGRAYSON. ILY GRAYSON <333
鈥淵our silence on the issue of people trying to kill you is deeply disturbing.鈥�
Overall, LOVED THIS. It was SUCH a good sequel and even better than The Inheritance Games imo!! If you haven鈥檛 read this series yet, you need to pick it ASAP. It鈥檚 just so good 馃槱馃槱馃馃
~ 4.5 stars
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Ahhhh this was SO GOOD 馃槱馃槱馃馃 Honestly even better than The Inheritance Games!! 馃帄馃帄 RTC!
October 9, 2020
I need the sequel right now ... is there a date already?
Ps: i love Grayson hawthorne and i really want then to end up together
Ps: i love Grayson hawthorne and i really want then to end up together
May 16, 2022
Ahhh such a good sequel to The Inheritance Games! I will be not so patiently waiting for the third book to come out in August
September 27, 2022
This book was all over the place. The mystery just keeps on getting worse. Every plot twist was underwhelming and predictable. The story dragged, but at the same time, I felt like too much was happening. The only thing worse than the mystery is all the romance. I loathed that ending. I don't know what the author is trying to do here, but they're failing in my opinion. I'm reading the finale when it comes out, but I'm going to make sure I go in with low expectations.
Also, just so we're clear, averygrayson>>> averyjameson because Jameson is so irritating to me for reasons I cannot explain, and Grayson isn't. Plus the former has more chemistry in my opinion? But JLB is obviously not on the same page so I'm not going to delude myself into thinking Grayson has an actual chance considering the pitiful way he was sidelined in this book and the fact that there is only one book left in the series.
Also, just so we're clear, averygrayson>>> averyjameson because Jameson is so irritating to me for reasons I cannot explain, and Grayson isn't. Plus the former has more chemistry in my opinion? But JLB is obviously not on the same page so I'm not going to delude myself into thinking Grayson has an actual chance considering the pitiful way he was sidelined in this book and the fact that there is only one book left in the series.
August 27, 2022
4.25 猸愶笍 no because why did i tear up? 鈥渋 have two鈥� GOODBYEEEE!!! also i do be feeling really stupid w this series when i can鈥檛 figure out a single riddle or puzzle 馃ぁ we love being a whole clown.
if jameson isn鈥檛 endgame, i might just lose my mind.
side note.. the thing i鈥檇 do for a nash & libby book <3
if jameson isn鈥檛 endgame, i might just lose my mind.
side note.. the thing i鈥檇 do for a nash & libby book <3
September 28, 2022
Right from the beginning we had tension tension and more tension.
I loved the new riddles this story had as well as how we got more of Xander in this book. I could tell how much Avery had changed and how much she started loving solving these riddles and I really liked it. Jameson and Grayson were... there. They were self destructive like in the first book but still important to the story.
I am still team Jameson for anyone wondering.
Okay so since I really loved the story and plot line I was expecting a few plot twist like the last time during the their act of the book.
Let me just tell you that there were one too many plot twist in the end and somehow everyone was related and no one was related and now I need a family tree drawn out because I am confused.
Oh and I hated Max for saying "fax" instead of fuck.
Also: I think this book could have definitely been the end of the story since the main big riddles were solved but during the plot twist more things were revealed that were not part of the main story to build up the third book.
I loved the new riddles this story had as well as how we got more of Xander in this book. I could tell how much Avery had changed and how much she started loving solving these riddles and I really liked it. Jameson and Grayson were... there. They were self destructive like in the first book but still important to the story.
I am still team Jameson for anyone wondering.
Okay so since I really loved the story and plot line I was expecting a few plot twist like the last time during the their act of the book.
Let me just tell you that there were one too many plot twist in the end and somehow everyone was related and no one was related and now I need a family tree drawn out because I am confused.
Oh and I hated Max for saying "fax" instead of fuck.
Also: I think this book could have definitely been the end of the story since the main big riddles were solved but during the plot twist more things were revealed that were not part of the main story to build up the third book.
Want to read
April 5, 2021edit: THIS! COVER! LOOKS! AMAZING!!!!
everyone else: Grayson or Jameson, that is the question鈥�
(ShaKespEare iS shOoK~)
Yall fight over them all you want...
Xander is mine anyways~
Xander > Grayson > Jameson > Nash (almost forgot about him heh)
鉁�it's Xander for me鉁�
everyone else: Grayson or Jameson, that is the question鈥�
(ShaKespEare iS shOoK~)Yall fight over them all you want...
Xander is mine anyways~
Xander > Grayson > Jameson > Nash (almost forgot about him heh)
September 19, 2021
I need this book. NOW.
How will I survive till 2021 without Jameson Winchester Hawthorne?
This man could kill me and I'd say thank you.
How will I survive till 2021 without Jameson Winchester Hawthorne?
This man could kill me and I'd say thank you.
November 23, 2021
4.5/5
鈥淎llow me to let you in on a Hawthorne trade secret, Heiress: There are no rules that matter more than winning.鈥�
This book was in the same vein as the first one- a fun mystery with lots of drama and hints of romance. It鈥檚 a light book and honestly really cozy. It has a certain feel of safety in it if that makes any sense鈥�
The plot was as good as the first book. With more secrets and riddles and plot twists I loved how every level of the mystery was slowly unraveled and how we actually had to travel to places this time to figure it all out. It was engaging and really fun to read. I admit the plot does add a lot without totally progressing, but it鈥檚 so fun I can鈥檛 help but love it. I hope the third book does have a clear finale type direction but either way I suspect I鈥檒l enjoy it.
But what was up with the disk?????
鈥淐lose your eyes. Picture yourself standing on a cliff overlooking the ocean. The wind is whipping in your hair. the sun is setting. You long, body and soul, for one thing. one person. You hear footsteps behind you. You turn. Who鈥檚 there?鈥�
Avery is the same as she was in book 1. She鈥檚 cool I guess but she鈥檚 somewhat indecisive and her romantic choices are less than ideal I shall say (getting into that all later). I admire her courage and all but I鈥檓 still pretty indifferent towards her I suppose.
The side characters, like Libby, Nash, Max, Xander, and Oron were perfect. I wish we had more of Xander as he鈥檚 sidelined a lot and he鈥檚 such a cinnamon roll but alas. They aren鈥檛 fully developed but I truly enjoy how they still are all unique and have their own separate personalities. It鈥檚 fun to have a larger cast.
Jameson鈥︹€� no. I used to really like him but I can鈥檛 get behind him now. There鈥檚 something about how he acts that I really can鈥檛 stand now and he just seems so off to me? He truly annoyed me and we got far too many scenes with him in this book for my health 馃槙
鈥淕ood.鈥� Grayson Hawthorne actually smiled鈥攁nd then he caught himself smiling, like it was forbidden for his lips to do that in my vicinity.
GRAYSON MY FAVOURITE BROTHER WOW. He was so sidelined in this book for absolutely no reason and I despise that fact. He clearly is a better match for Avery and all around a much better character. Plus the B&N exclusive chapters from his POV????????? HE DESERVES SO MUCH BETTER. Currently sobbing because he truly deserves the world and I adore him. also he taught Avery how to use a long sword guys HE TAUGHT HER HOW TO SWORD FIGHT C鈥橫ON. Superior ship from that scene alone.
He also just is very complex and has many layers and is the most realistic character or most lifelike to me, and I feel like the author really didn鈥檛 spend as much time with him in this book as she should have to make him get even more depth. That being said he鈥檚 still mysterious and I adore him <3
I am in desperate need for the finale because this series is just so much plain old fun :))
The Inheritance Games 鈽� 鈽� 鈽� 鈽� .5
鈥淎llow me to let you in on a Hawthorne trade secret, Heiress: There are no rules that matter more than winning.鈥�
This book was in the same vein as the first one- a fun mystery with lots of drama and hints of romance. It鈥檚 a light book and honestly really cozy. It has a certain feel of safety in it if that makes any sense鈥�
The plot was as good as the first book. With more secrets and riddles and plot twists I loved how every level of the mystery was slowly unraveled and how we actually had to travel to places this time to figure it all out. It was engaging and really fun to read. I admit the plot does add a lot without totally progressing, but it鈥檚 so fun I can鈥檛 help but love it. I hope the third book does have a clear finale type direction but either way I suspect I鈥檒l enjoy it.
But what was up with the disk?????
鈥淐lose your eyes. Picture yourself standing on a cliff overlooking the ocean. The wind is whipping in your hair. the sun is setting. You long, body and soul, for one thing. one person. You hear footsteps behind you. You turn. Who鈥檚 there?鈥�
Avery is the same as she was in book 1. She鈥檚 cool I guess but she鈥檚 somewhat indecisive and her romantic choices are less than ideal I shall say (getting into that all later). I admire her courage and all but I鈥檓 still pretty indifferent towards her I suppose.
The side characters, like Libby, Nash, Max, Xander, and Oron were perfect. I wish we had more of Xander as he鈥檚 sidelined a lot and he鈥檚 such a cinnamon roll but alas. They aren鈥檛 fully developed but I truly enjoy how they still are all unique and have their own separate personalities. It鈥檚 fun to have a larger cast.
Jameson鈥︹€� no. I used to really like him but I can鈥檛 get behind him now. There鈥檚 something about how he acts that I really can鈥檛 stand now and he just seems so off to me? He truly annoyed me and we got far too many scenes with him in this book for my health 馃槙
鈥淕ood.鈥� Grayson Hawthorne actually smiled鈥攁nd then he caught himself smiling, like it was forbidden for his lips to do that in my vicinity.
GRAYSON MY FAVOURITE BROTHER WOW. He was so sidelined in this book for absolutely no reason and I despise that fact. He clearly is a better match for Avery and all around a much better character. Plus the B&N exclusive chapters from his POV????????? HE DESERVES SO MUCH BETTER. Currently sobbing because he truly deserves the world and I adore him. also he taught Avery how to use a long sword guys HE TAUGHT HER HOW TO SWORD FIGHT C鈥橫ON. Superior ship from that scene alone.
He also just is very complex and has many layers and is the most realistic character or most lifelike to me, and I feel like the author really didn鈥檛 spend as much time with him in this book as she should have to make him get even more depth. That being said he鈥檚 still mysterious and I adore him <3
I am in desperate need for the finale because this series is just so much plain old fun :))
The Inheritance Games 鈽� 鈽� 鈽� 鈽� .5
May 11, 2022
they can never make me hate you prince grayson
November 17, 2022
鈥淚n the past six weeks, I鈥檇 been shot at, blown up, kidnapped, and paraded around as the living, breathing embodiment of Cinderella stories. To the world, I was a scandal, a mystery, a curiosity, a fantasy.鈥�
so I know a lot of y鈥檃ll didn鈥檛 like this book.
HAH.
I LOVED THIS TWISTY, MYSTERIOUS, FRUSTRATING BOOK WITH ALL MY BOOKISH HEART.
you鈥檙e welcome :))
buddy read with le bestie Booktastically Amazing! 鉂わ笍
let鈥檚 start with the plot.
(the publisher鈥檚 blurb is absolutely pathetic so i've gotta do actual writing *gasp*)
It鈥檚 been three weeks since Avery Grambs and the four Hawthorne brothers have solved Tobias Hawthorne鈥檚 puzzle. The grand riddle that involved Emily Laughlin, knives, and glass ballerinas, the one that made the brothers face their past and pull their broken pieces back together.
They think the games are over.
But Tobias Hawthorne isn鈥檛 done with his grandsons.
Not by a long shot.
In Xander鈥檚 final letter, he lays out the next puzzle: Find Tobias Hawthorne II. At first glance, it seems impossible. Everyone thinks Tobias Hawthorne II, the Hawthorne brothers鈥� wayward uncle, has been dead for twenty years. But if he鈥檚 dead, why does Avery remember playing chess with him? Betting him for breakfasts every other morning? Why does his name keep showing up in her past?
Avery and the Hawthorne brothers give in and decide to play one last time.
Can they find Tobias Hawthorne II, when Tobias Hawthorne II doesn鈥檛 want to be found?
*inhales deeply*
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
YES. A MILLION YESES. I LOVE IT ALL.
ESPECIALLY YOU GRAYSON. LOVE YOU SM. AVERY X GRAYSON FOREVER. <3
*exhales cause oxygen unfortunately is a thing*
soooo we鈥檙e gonna just break my traditional review structure and just mash everything together because 1) I can鈥檛 say a lot without serious spoilers (i鈥檓 literally not joking there is so much mystery and drama that MUST NOT be spoiled) and 2) I have no self control when it comes to my dark, cold, businesslike Grayson Hawthorne 馃槏
I know a lot of y鈥檃ll are #TeamJameson (don鈥檛 worry, we can still be friends), but can we just talk about Grayson for un momento.
鈥淭his was the Grayson I鈥檇 met weeks ago: dripping power and well aware that he could come out on top in any battle. He didn鈥檛 make threats, because he didn鈥檛 have to.鈥�
鈥淕rayson Hawthorne was arrogant enough to consider himself bulletproof鈥攁nd honorable enough to see a promise through to its end.鈥�
鈥淕rayson was Not Pleased - and no one did Not Pleased like Grayson Hawthorne.鈥�
I need every Grayson Hawthorne quote on my Quote Wall.
I NEED this man.
PLEASEEEEEE-
alright, alright, I鈥檒l shut up now.
The rest of the characters (even Jameson 馃檮) were all well developed and very enjoyable. Libby x Nash are still an absolutely adorable example of older-siblings-fall-for-each-other, Zara is still furious at Avery for inheriting everything, Skye and Ricky are still characters I鈥檇 love to punch in the face, and Xander is still brilliant and the only sane Hawthorne.
also, Xander X Max??
wasn't expecting it, but HECK YEAH am i down for that.
The Avery/Grayson/Jameson love triangle. I love the drama. Very angsty. A+. And I do kinda understand the direction that went. I get it. I really do.
BUT MY FINGERS ARE STILL CROSSED THAT THAT ALL CHANGES MS. BARNES THANK YOU.
anyways. now i have to wait way too many days for the Final Gambit.
*sighs sadly*
i look forward to fangirling with y鈥檃ll when the Final Gambit comes out <33
My reviews on 欧宝娱乐 for the trilogy:
Inheritance Games review
Hawthorne Legacy review
Final Gambit review
Ratings:
Star Rating: 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
If This Book Was a Movie Rating: PG
Recommendations If You Liked This Book:
The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Cousins by Karen McManus
so I know a lot of y鈥檃ll didn鈥檛 like this book.
HAH.
I LOVED THIS TWISTY, MYSTERIOUS, FRUSTRATING BOOK WITH ALL MY BOOKISH HEART.
you鈥檙e welcome :))
buddy read with le bestie Booktastically Amazing! 鉂わ笍
let鈥檚 start with the plot.
(the publisher鈥檚 blurb is absolutely pathetic so i've gotta do actual writing *gasp*)
It鈥檚 been three weeks since Avery Grambs and the four Hawthorne brothers have solved Tobias Hawthorne鈥檚 puzzle. The grand riddle that involved Emily Laughlin, knives, and glass ballerinas, the one that made the brothers face their past and pull their broken pieces back together.
They think the games are over.
But Tobias Hawthorne isn鈥檛 done with his grandsons.
Not by a long shot.
In Xander鈥檚 final letter, he lays out the next puzzle: Find Tobias Hawthorne II. At first glance, it seems impossible. Everyone thinks Tobias Hawthorne II, the Hawthorne brothers鈥� wayward uncle, has been dead for twenty years. But if he鈥檚 dead, why does Avery remember playing chess with him? Betting him for breakfasts every other morning? Why does his name keep showing up in her past?
Avery and the Hawthorne brothers give in and decide to play one last time.
Can they find Tobias Hawthorne II, when Tobias Hawthorne II doesn鈥檛 want to be found?
*inhales deeply*
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
YES. A MILLION YESES. I LOVE IT ALL.
ESPECIALLY YOU GRAYSON. LOVE YOU SM. AVERY X GRAYSON FOREVER. <3
*exhales cause oxygen unfortunately is a thing*
soooo we鈥檙e gonna just break my traditional review structure and just mash everything together because 1) I can鈥檛 say a lot without serious spoilers (i鈥檓 literally not joking there is so much mystery and drama that MUST NOT be spoiled) and 2) I have no self control when it comes to my dark, cold, businesslike Grayson Hawthorne 馃槏
I know a lot of y鈥檃ll are #TeamJameson (don鈥檛 worry, we can still be friends), but can we just talk about Grayson for un momento.
鈥淭his was the Grayson I鈥檇 met weeks ago: dripping power and well aware that he could come out on top in any battle. He didn鈥檛 make threats, because he didn鈥檛 have to.鈥�
鈥淕rayson Hawthorne was arrogant enough to consider himself bulletproof鈥攁nd honorable enough to see a promise through to its end.鈥�
鈥淕rayson was Not Pleased - and no one did Not Pleased like Grayson Hawthorne.鈥�
I need every Grayson Hawthorne quote on my Quote Wall.
I NEED this man.
PLEASEEEEEE-
alright, alright, I鈥檒l shut up now.
The rest of the characters (even Jameson 馃檮) were all well developed and very enjoyable. Libby x Nash are still an absolutely adorable example of older-siblings-fall-for-each-other, Zara is still furious at Avery for inheriting everything, Skye and Ricky are still characters I鈥檇 love to punch in the face, and Xander is still brilliant and the only sane Hawthorne.
also, Xander X Max??
wasn't expecting it, but HECK YEAH am i down for that.
The Avery/Grayson/Jameson love triangle. I love the drama. Very angsty. A+. And I do kinda understand the direction that went. I get it. I really do.
BUT MY FINGERS ARE STILL CROSSED THAT THAT ALL CHANGES MS. BARNES THANK YOU.
anyways. now i have to wait way too many days for the Final Gambit.
*sighs sadly*
i look forward to fangirling with y鈥檃ll when the Final Gambit comes out <33
My reviews on 欧宝娱乐 for the trilogy:
Inheritance Games review
Hawthorne Legacy review
Final Gambit review
Ratings:
Star Rating: 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
If This Book Was a Movie Rating: PG
Recommendations If You Liked This Book:
The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Cousins by Karen McManus
December 11, 2022
5 stars
I'm still Team Jameson. Sorry not sorry ;)
I'm still Team Jameson. Sorry not sorry ;)
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