A review by kristyndcruz
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? No

4.0

I really loved this book! I didn’t expect to like it as much as I did. I did really like the love triangle but I am just a huge fan of that trope anyways. I did love both of the love interests, however I do wish that they spent a lot more time together, even though this is only the first book. I also wish there was more tension, or any physical interaction between them. That would definitely spice the book up.  At the start of the book, I really did love Jameson as Grayson was such an ass, and I couldn’t ever see myself liking him with Avery. However, as the book went on, Grayson I love you. I do want him and Avery to end up together, but I do still like Jameson. Love triangles are hard when they are both so perfect. Maybe just have a menage a trois and call it a day. I kept swapping back and forth between them as they both kept pissing me off in turns, but I do think they are both great. I like that Avery had a life outside the family, but Max annoyed me so much. First of all, stop with this PG swearing shit. Either curse or don’t. It was so annoying to read it. And her moods also annoyed me, but luckily she didn’t have many scenes or character storylines in this book. I loved all the characters. The Hawthorne grandsons really are so loveable, I love them all in their own unique individual way. I also love Nash’s storyline with Libby. I am confused how I feel about the plot twist in the book. There were many, but most of them were kinda predictable and anticlimactic. I think the plot twist and the very end of this story was predictable, but I do love it. I love the Toby/Harry storyline and can’t wait to read about it in the second book. But the plot twist with the reason for Avery was chosen was so bleh. I was hoping for something so much more than it was, and was very disappointed. We do find out that it was just a distraction and misdirection, but it was still so not exciting for everything they went through. The Emily storyline was also not the best either. I didn’t like how that ended, and I’m still very incredibly confused. I also did not like the reveal for who tried to have Avery killed. I found those two people the literal two most predictable out of all of them. I saw right through their bullshit. As much as I love Oren, and Alisa and the other characters close to Avery. I really wished it was one of them instead. Somehow who Avery actually trusted and then betrayed her, rather than the villain in the first place. I was disappointed at that but it set the rest of the book up quite nicely. The running mystery in the book with the ‘I have a secret about the day you were born’ was so interesting and I couldn’t wait for it to be revealed. I was a bit disappointed that it wasn’t revealed in this book, but am excited. That was probably the most exciting mystery to me. I did like the writing, but it wasn’t that exciting. I found the characters to be a bit dull at times with not much character development, but then again, only the first book. I loved the short chapters though.
"He left you the fortune, Avery, and all he left us is you"
"Everything is something in Hawthorne House"
"You can play by the rules - or you can make them"
“Everything’s a game, Avery Grambs. The only thing we get to decide in this life is if we play to win” 
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