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The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

139 reviews

christygsp's review against another edition

4.0

Great conclusion to the trilogy.
I wasn’t sure where some of the loose ends would wrap up, and if you can keep track of all the families and all the varying puzzles then it does weave together quite well.
As always, the game was afoot and it was great with twists I didn’t see, and some I did. The journey was fun.

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louise_french_rider's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

That third book was really good though not as good as the first one. I really enjoyed the last battle if I can say without spoiling. But the very end what on earth, not sure I liked it. That was just weird. The romance could have been more developed, at least on their feelings, what is going on with the brothers. There was an interesting plot at the beginning, the middle of the book was empty, I had a month reading slump because of it.
Yet I did enjoy the series, I might read the fourth one we’ll see.

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lisa_m's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

I am very glad that the finale of this trilogy did not disappoint me. It was just as fast paced as the other books in the series and just as fun to read. I didn't love the storyline as much as the ones from the other two books

(especially because I hate manipulators who pray on people's insecurities. That's like one of my biggest no-go's. I STRONGLY dislike Eve)

The ending was clichee but I still liked it and thought it was great. Honestly this whole series has just been so much fun to read I don't even want to over-analyse them. Are they the best books ever? No. There are a lot of things I didn't necessarily like but the whole thing was fast past, interesting and I just really enjoyed the puzzles. I did not need the things that I usually need from books here, because it was so strong in other aspects. As someone who LOVES secret rooms and secret doors and all of those things, this whole series feels like the absolute perfect fantasy of a younger me. What do you MEAN I could inherit billions and like 6(?) Libraries??? It's pretty much my dream. So yes, I very much enjoyed the escapism and fun-ness of this whole reading experience and if that is something you think you would like too, go read it :)

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sestep's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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andreamhi's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book to me couldn’t top the second one, but it was still a very good read. What I most liked about it is that even though you got a “happy” ending, it was still reasonable. The stakes were high, people who had to face consequences did, and the ending made sense. I guess that’s why it wasn’t better than the second one, this was a logical result to the surprising plot points from book two still very good. Unsure on whether I want to read the following books since this felt like a very good ending to the series, so I’m reading other books before deciding!

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guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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amp18's review against another edition

3.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book didn't get good until like halfway in. When it stopped focusing so much on the romance

and Eve's "feelings".

I knew she was a rat from the start.

I liked Avery's solution to it lol even though that took place only over the last 50 pages or so. Obvious that the author wants you to keep going to the next books based on that last chapter. I know it's technically the end of a trilogy but it doesn't feel complet so hopefully the other books can help it feel that way.

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