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The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

129 reviews

ameydireads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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

3.5

"The thing about strategy," he says, "is that you always have to be thinking seven moves ahead." 

Not only do we have some Hawthorne secrets to unravel and puzzles to solve, there is another person calling the shots now.

Traps upon traps. And riddles upon riddles. 

I don't trust Eve. She is suspicious. That’s what I thought from the start and I was right. I can’t believe she hurt Grayson like that. First it was because Eve looked so much like Emily but then she also turns out to be tricking them all. Grayson deserves so much more and three books later he still hasn’t found his happiness. I hope he will in the upcoming books.

 

So at the start of this story, we know Toby’s life is in danger.

It turns out Tobias Hawthorne knew from the beginning that Eve would be involved in this situation and tries to warn Avery. What bothered me the most is that even in this situation he made them solve the puzzles to find out who is keeping Toby instead of just telling them this straight away.

The ending of the previous book was good enough to end this series with. I don’t see why we have a third book. It is interesting, I’ll admit that. I didn’t mind reading about my favourite characters again. But it is not on the same level as the first two books. 

“They'd been sculpted by Tobias Hawthorne, formed and forged by the billionaire's hands. They were extraordinary, and for the first time in their lives, they weren't living under the weight of his expectations.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racism, Sexism, and Pregnancy

midnightrose_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The third book in The Inheritance Games trilogy, The Final Gambit is a nice wrap up of Avery’s story. Unfortunately this book wasn’t quite 4 stars the way the first two were. Some of Avery’s thoughts were, imo, too repetitive. Also the romantic angst for Avery choosing between Jameson and Grayson was just a bit too much and went on entirely too long in the narrative of this third book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence and Sexual assault

grace33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Death and Gun violence

lora_g's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

5.0

 The Final Gambit was an incredibly fun continuation of the Inheritance Games series. As with the first two books, Barnes keeps things fast paced, fun, and mysterious. I didn’t particularly care for the love triangle, but it also didn’t ruin the story for me. This whole series has been such a thrill and I can’t wait to read The Brothers Hawthorne. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Murder

natashaleighton_'s review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

louisallama's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.5

Jennifer Lynn Barnes is a master at writing characters that are both deeply loveable, and relatably flawed. Each and every character was such a joy to read, they were unique and vivid and real and I love every one of them. They mysterys in this final installment were a lot of fun, although it certainly got pretty convoluted by the end. And speaking of the end, it was so wonderful and satisfying, I couldn't wipe the grin off of my face for the last 30 pages - absolutely fantastic ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

btwnprintedpgs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

ashleynp24's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.25

I felt it was a really nice and concise ending. Everything ended up addressed which I liked, I do feel the climax at the end could have been a bit more drawn out, it ended fairly quickly. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

danicakvcs's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail