Sunday, June 27, 2021

Review - The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

 

 

 


 Title: The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

Auhor: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Pages: 376

Publisher: Penguin

Release Date: 3rd September 2020

 

Blurb from Goodreads:

A Cinderella story with deadly stakes and thrilling twists.

Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why--or even who Tobias Hawthorne is. To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man's touch--and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes.

Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also occupied by the family that Tobias Hawthorne just dispossessed. This includes the four Hawthorne grandsons: dangerous, magnetic, brilliant boys who grew up with every expectation that one day, they would inherit billions. Heir apparent Grayson Hawthorne is convinced that Avery must be a con-woman, and he's determined to take her down. His brother, Jameson, views her as their grandfather's last hurrah: a twisted riddle, a puzzle to be solved. Caught in a world of wealth and privilege, with danger around every turn, Avery will have to play the game herself just to survive.


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My Review:

*I received an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to Penguin Random House Children's UK and NetGalley*



Teenager Avery Grambs keeps her head down at school, waiting for the day she can leave. But when Avery is named as the heir to the recently deceased billionaire Tobias Hawthorne's fortune, her life is turned upside down.

However, there is one catch - to receive the inheritance Avery must live at Hawthorne House for an entire year, and she won't be the only one there as Tobias Hawthorne's family still live there. A family who aren't happy about Avery being named heir. A family that includes four enigmatic grandsons.

Tobias Hawthorne loved puzzles and the grandsons are convinced that Avery is one last puzzle for them to solve.

Can Avery survive one year in Hawthorne House?


Avery was a likeable and relatable protagonist. She hadn't had the easiest time of things and, given the magnitude of the way her life changed when being named Hawthorne's heir, I thought that Avery coped really well.

Avery's relationship with her sister, Libby, was interesting and I would have liked to read more interactions between the two of them.

I enjoyed reading as Avery got to know the Hawthorne family and tried to solve the puzzles left by Tobias.

The plot was enjoyable, but I wasn't gripped and nothing that happened surprised me particularly.

The writing style was easy to follow and quite quick to read. The short chapters made it seem like I was getting through the book quite quickly.

The premise for the book intrigued me, but I don't think it quite reached its potential for me.

I'm not sure if I will read the sequel or not.


Overall, this was an enjoyable read.


 


 

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