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The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

170 reviews

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It was not as enjoyable to read as the other books, but despite all the stuff that I felt was a bit unnecessary, but I still ended up enjoying it a lot in the end. I think that pitting 2 people together (ifykyk) was a bit unnecessary, but it does show who is more suitable mentally, but it may not be the correct one. I think that some of the things that go on in the book could have gone a different direction but I guess it did end up well. I can't say more because I don't want to spoil the book but it did quite a good job closing the series, although I was still a bit disappointed as it could have been better, but as I said earlier, I quite enjoyed it.

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emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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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adventurous fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No

This book felt disconnected from the previous installments. The pace thankfully picked back up but the characters stayed flat, the plot twists were far fetched and the ending left me feeling underwhelmed.

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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

The mystery in this book might be my favorite of the series, it was interesting and there were so many moving parts it was amazing


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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

the trilogy probably would have been better as a single book but I enjoyed it. 13 year old me would have adored this series 

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adventurous emotional hopeful 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: Yes

wowowoww what a finish. i think i thoroughly enjoyed this book as much as the others but it tended to drag on a bit in some places. the story itself was structured a lot differently than the other two and i think it was a Little jarring, but we got lots of great character development from so many of the characters!! the series overall i might give like a 4.5 ? a 5 stars ? i wonder if my ratings would get higher if i reread them. ik for a fact i did get so attached to these characters and i just want to soak up everything related to this series LMAO also
bc i want to brag, I FUCKING WONNNN I ALWAYS WINNNNNNN TEAM JAMESON LET'S GOOOOOO

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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: No

I was not sold on this book until the last quarter. 
The beginning felt like a recap and some of the writing felt sooo mundane or felt like it repeated the same format as the other books. 
Although the plot twists were good per usual.
 One thing I picked out was how the characters were so point blank. All of the characters, every single one, felt so dull and didn’t create that connection to the reader . I could never understand any action or motive a character made because all their personalities were outdated tropes from 2014. 

Otherwise! I throughly enjoyed the ending. I thought it was a solid way to end the series and turn a change for the Hawthorne family. 

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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous mysterious medium-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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