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The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

40 reviews

emilia_thereader's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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: Complicated

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serena_hien's review against another edition

3.5

challenging hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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haleybre's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A good ending but I felt like I needed to be smarter to understand how everyone connected

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colorful_lulu's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Overall I really liked the book. If you read the other two inheritance game books then you must read this. This is the final inheritance game novel where the protagonist is Avery and the ending concludes the series really well. We see more of Xander and Nash, both underrated Hawthorns brothers, as well as Rebecca and Thea. And 3 new characters that are really interesting.

Can’t wait for The Brother Hawthorne next year!

What I loved: Unlike the first two books where the main mystery was about finding out why Avery was chosen or about Toby, this book focuses on power and money that Avery is very close to inheriting. This brings us a whole different type of mystery for us to solve and Tobias Hawthorn’s shadow is always present everywhere Avery goes.

I the ending to be a perfect way to end the series but I want to know all the trips that Avery and Jameson went on as well as Xander working with Isaiah (and the obvious relationship between Xander and Max). Hopefully, The Brother Hawthorn will cover more about Jameson’s adventure with Avery and just overall give more details about the brothers. I understand how the amount of information that we know reflects Avery’s relationship with each brother but I wanna know more!

What I didn't like/wanted different: I personally found Grayson's quiet OOC during the middle of the book. I understand that Grayson is taking more time to process Emily's trauma but we never saw him break like this before, and the only reason why he breaks is that Avery chooses Jameson instead of him. I haven’t read the other 2 inheritance game in a while but Gray never acted like this before. Also, his reason why for becoming close to Eve was so weird. “I’m close to this stranger who claims to be Toby’s daughter not because she looks like Emily, the girl I feel responsible for letting die, but because my crush, the strange girl who inherited my rich grandfather's money, chose my brother instead!” His motivation to get close to Eve could’ve just been that she looks like Emily and he hasn’t moved on, which Jameson literally explained, but at last we must maintain this weird love triangle.

Minor complaint, maybe it’s because Tobias Hawthorn said “Don’t trust them” but I knew Eve was going to become evil. Maybe it was good foreshadowing that I was able to find but it was quite obvious from how Avery was suspicious of her while everyone told her that she shouldn’t be suspicious.

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erin_362's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious tense fast-paced

I really liked this! I probably need to go back and read the other two because I don’t really remember what happened in them, but I did read a recap quickly and I think I have the gist of the whole storyline now :)
The storyline was really interesting and I love the mysterious-ness of it all. I hear that the author is releasing another book about Grayson and Jameson and I am all for that, the relationship between all the Hawthorne brothers is really fascinating and I’m excited to read more about them :)

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elwan_enchanted's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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aarjak9's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-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: Yes

mention of taylor swifttttt love nash and xander for that <3
writing was cool, i will need to make a family tree to track everything
the next day: i wanna reread it alr

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