A review by abnormal_shadow
The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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

3.0

It took me a while to get through the book and let me tell you why. When I read the first book I was like I love the mystery and I still do but the first book was 75% mystery 25% Romance this book is 50% mystery 50% Romance which for some people would be fine but for me personally takes away from the element of the book. In addition to this the mystery and romance are not intertwined or fluid whatsoever over I would say that the mystery is put on pause so that the main character can have her love triangle.
I also don't like Avery and Jameson together. Their relationship doesn't sit right with me. I don't like them together and I cannot express why. They are not cousins in the biological or literal sense but Tobias Hawthorne II sees Avery as his daughter meaning that they are basically cousins. If my uncle said this is my son not biological I would not go out and then have a romantic relationship with that person I don't know if this is whole chart because I grew up with a lot of aunties and uncles who are not related to me biologically but their children are still very much my cousins no matter what
but that's neither here nor there. If you were not big into Romance this is not the book series for you but if you want a very well thought out mystery this is the book series for you and because I hit one out of the two marks I will be continuing this book series no matter how much the love triangle hurts. 
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