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The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

42 reviews

litliz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Stalking, Pregnancy, Addiction, Body horror, Dementia, Drug abuse, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Death, Dysphoria, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Medical content

tgbrickhill's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, and Drug use

things100's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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

5.0

Loved this book cannot wait to read the next one in the series. The twists the turns the mystery of it all

I was a little sad that Avery isn’t Toby’s daughter but at least he still came and thinks of her like his daughter

and we finally get a decision on how’s the love interest at least for know

i can’t tell if I’m upset that it’s Jamie or not like I like Gray but also Jamie is good for her, I can’t decide

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

teabrewer's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

The beggining and the middle were pretty good, if you ignore that

if Toby was Avery's dad, Jameson would be her cousin.

The end felt a bit rushed and I didn't like that

Mellie's plot twist came with basically no foreshaddowing

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I didn't really why Avery's mom got with Rick and had get if she din't really like him and made a point of not getting with anyone else since she was in love with Toby. Why make Ricky, of all people, an exception? I also didn't like when Toby called Avery his daughter but treated her so differently from Eve.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Murder

araiapapaya's review

adventurous mysterious medium-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Violence, and Murder

kemikemi's review

adventurous funny mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

love that the stakes are high, the mystery is intense, and the relationships are messy, just like the first book. i ADORED that max finally appeared in person, i love her to pieces. the mystery itself is sliightly less exciting than in the first novel, just bc birth and family secrets are more typical drama than the original mystery of leaving a random girl a fortune, but i was still wholly engaged the entire time and i was right and wrong about things! i was SHOCKED by some things! i devoured this book in one go and i have no idea what could possibly be waiting in the last book, considering the end of this one felt kinda wrapped up, but with it only having been like two months since avery got her fortune it is still the beginning for her so im looking forward to reading the last book~

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Death of parent, Death, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse

olive_lol's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

At times, I couldn't take this book seriously, but I think that improved my reading experience. The first book wasn't my thing, mostly because of the romance, and I went into this one knowing it probably wouldn't be my thing either.

In general, I'm not a fan of romantic subplots, and this one wasn't an exception. To me, it was more funny than anything. I found myself laughing out loud at times, especially at the descriptions and placement of some scenes. As with the first book, I think it's pretty obvious who she'll end up with, anyway.

A few of the twists felt like they weren't properly set up and moreso there for shock value, especially those at the end. The twist with Millie felt especially random, considering she was mentioned only two or three times in the entire book beforehand.

However, even with all of its issues, I still had a generally good time reading it, mostly by not taking it seriously.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcohol, Gun violence, Murder, and Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage, Blood, Addiction, Infidelity, Cursing, and Drug abuse

holliesatchell's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, Drug use, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

dasa11's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book is honestly one of the best books I’ve ever read if ur planning on reading it u definitely should I’ve felt so emotion  cause  of this books I can read it again and again and I wouldn’t get tired it had mystery adventure romance and everything good in it there’s so much going u’ll be stuck to it for the whole day ( in a good way) READ IT 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Addiction, and Kidnapping