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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