Review – The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games, Book 3) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (5/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Contemporary Fiction/Mystery
Length: 375 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Release Date: August 30, 2022
ASIN: B09HX2QRY3
Stand Alone or Series: 3rd book in The Inheritance Games series
Source: Borrowed eBook from Library
Rating: 5/5 stars
“To inherit billions, all Avery Kylie Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House. The paparazzi are dogging her every step. Financial pressures are building. Danger is a fact of life. And the only thing getting Avery through it all is the Hawthorne brothers. Her life is intertwined with theirs. She knows their secrets and they know her.
But as the clock ticks down to the moment when Avery will become the richest teenager on the planet, trouble arrives in the form of a visitor who needs her help—and whose presence in Hawthorne House could change everything. It soon becomes clear that there is one last puzzle to solve, and Avery and the Hawthorne brothers are drawn into a dangerous game against an unknown and powerful player.
Secrets upon secrets. Riddles upon riddles. In this game, there are hearts and lives at stake—and there is nothing more Hawthorne than winning.”
Series Info/Source: This is the third book in The Inheritance Games series. I borrowed this on ebook from the library.
Thoughts: I really enjoyed this final book in The Inheritance Game trilogy. Many more secrets and puzzles are revealed.
Avery and the Hawthrone brothers face a serious threat from someone powerful who does not like Hawthorne’s empire and wants to see it destroyed. Avery must scramble to navigate the twisted puzzles a mysterious person keeps throwing at her while surviving attempts on her life and getting help from the Hawthorne brothers.
I continue to enjoy the crazy twisting puzzles and mysteries throughout this series. There are so many big reveals in this book and so many more family secrets unveiled. Avery grows a lot throughout the series and so do the Hawthorne brothers. They are all unraveling their painful pasts and learning to move past that as they work together.
This is incredibly engaging and easy to read. I read through the whole book very quickly and struggled to put it down. It’s one of those books that draws you in and practically reads itself.
My Summary (5/5): Overall I really loved this whole series and would recommend it to those who enjoy contemporary YA reads. The puzzles and mystery are really the features of the story but the characters are intriguing and very well done and there’s a bit of a love story as well. Highly recommended!
