Reviews with content warning for Child death - The Inheritance Games

I wasn't a fan of the characters. They were either incredibly annoying or snobby and pretentious. I never really connected with any of them. The protagonist was bland, and so was the unnecessary love triangle (which was weird because it pitted brothers against each other). Also

I really hated Emily. Not only was she homophobic but she was all around a horrible person

. The mystery was also lame. There weren't really any fun puzzles, and the reason for Avery's inheritance was really underwhelming and not worth the trouble of reading. The only interesting bit was the sequel hook, but I'm not sure if I want to read the sequel. I will say that the pacing of the book was fast enough to keep me engaged, but the payoff was not worth sitting through.

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

Okay, so this kind of thing is hard to win me over for, I don't really recall reading anything quite like it before. I picked this up because Chantel at An Intentional Life on Youtube recommended it, saying the next book would be coming out soon! I really like reading the first book a few months or weeks before the release date of the next book, so I can think about what happened and anticipate the next one with everyone else.

I read this book in one sitting, I was not going to put it down till I got to the end, and the end was satisfying, while also leaving some things to be uncovered in the next book!

The pacing is excellent, It takes about 38 pages to set up the character, how she's been living and how she feels about it. There's some mysterious happenings and intrigue builds up, and then the big reveal happens. I was hooked.

Barnes does pretty well with relationships and tension, I was confused for a bit though as Avery interacted with the Hawthorne boys, because they all felt the same to me for a while. There are little mysteries about the people in the Hawthorne House mixed in with the main mystery. I really enjoyed tension in this book. Though I wasn't a big fan of the romance. (It really didn't bug me as much as other books have though.)

I KNEW that Harry was involved!(I said so in my goodreads updates) I didnt suspect him to be Tobias, but I knew he probably had something to do with it, and now he's one of the main parts of the next book!
I ship Avery and Grayson, but for a while when it looked like that wasnt actually going to happen, Jameson seemed okay... Not anymore though, I look foreward to whats going to happen!

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adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

For those who like puzzles, mysteries, lots of drama and a dash of romantic tension, The Inheritance Games delivers a fun reading experience.

It made me think of Knives Out, The Westing Game, and Truly Devious - all of which pleased me for a host of reasons. The everyone’s-a-suspect feeling is always enticing. There’s some great banter between Avery and the Hawthorne boys. I’m not one to feel inclined to try to solve puzzles in books, but I enjoy the tension around them.

Personally, I didn’t find Avery to be as interesting a character as the grandsons, which made me less invested at times, however it’s a series so perhaps she’ll be developed even more as we go on.

I’ll be happy to spend some more time puzzling out the dramas and secrets of the Hawthorne family.

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

3.5/5 ⭐️

This was a fun read. I love the build up of this book, I sped through it and finished it in a day because I wanted to know the why and what so bad. However, there was something I didn’t really like about it that I can’t exactly put my finger on. I think it’s how it’s written, I just didn’t love the writing style or the super short chapters. But it is a super engaging read which redeemed it for me.

I thought the plot had a lot of promise and I was excited to get to the ending for the why. But I felt it was kind of anticlimactic for me in a sense. Like idk I was just expecting more when it came to the ending, especially for why Avery was chosen. I did guess correctly about

the homeless guy Harry being Toby II

so that also might be a part of the reason the ending was kind of eh for me because I wasn’t all that surprised. I am curious to see

how Harry being Toby and Tobias meeting Avery at six connect though because I thought it was gonna be a one to the other situation.

Overall it was a fun quick read and a good palette cleanser between fantasy books for me. I’m looking forward to read the second book to see

how Harry/Toby II will fit in.

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