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The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

18 reviews

emdashenthusiast's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Surprisingly, I liked this book more than the first one. Now, I’m going to complain.

There is no way i’m going to believe that a family that powerful has refused to get the best therapy or any kind of help money can buy to deal with this horrible horrible trauma and guilt and loss and regret and god knows what else. They have all these professionals around them all the time and they think the thing that will help is pushing it down and larping an Agatha Christie book

The whole Eli and Mellie thing was so confusing not to mention throwing Eve in there, I have a feeling it’s going to matter somehow in the last book but it was almost too much all at once.

I am far more invested in whatever Xander and Max are insinuated to have going on than I am in whatever flippy-floppy Emily Laughlin relationship cosplay Avery is playing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, and Stalking

Moderate: Kidnapping, Medical content, Alcoholism, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gun violence

letterthief's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Dementia, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

sydnaayy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Infertility, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Abandonment, Child death, and Drug use

eve_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

Overall Thoughts:
⁕ The characters' jumps in logic when solving the main mystery of the book were WILDLY far-fetched when compared to The Inheritance Games. I get that the plot must move onward, but the randomness of the clues and their meanings made it hard to participate as the reader.

⁕ The second half of the book redeemed itself through its poignant examination of love and relationships. It gave me all the feels, truly!!

⁕ I love that Barnes gave secondary characters (Rebecca and Max especially) an inch more of the spotlight. More! I want more!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Gun violence, Murder, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, and Violence

jean_taylor's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Death

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

Minor: Gun violence and Miscarriage

achay91's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Alcoholism

hberger29's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Not as good as the First

I think since the first book was SO good, I had very high expectations for this one, the plot felt overdone and it made me confused when

the whole first book turned out it didn't matter and the ending felt very all over the place. Like first Avery gets blown up then kidnapped with little in between?

I would say that if you liked the first book still read this one but don't set your expectations too high.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, and Gun violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Pregnancy

maggie_hamel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The wrong brother was chosen. I enjoyed the first book so much I gave it five stars. Then I waited nine months for this one and was rather disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Death, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, and Chronic illness