A review by bookobsessedmommy
Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

Wow. That was a wild ride! Adina goes from being naive and optimistic to shrewd and animalistic. The way she turned the game was perfection. I could not believe these two brother's. The picture of white mediocrity and white privilege. Delusional and selfish and entitled. I hated Esme from jump, but she gets a small humanizing element. Still a Delusional asshole. Why did she go if she knew Pen would win and she would die? And Pen. Oh boy. That girl is a picture of a snake. The way she worked that game and hid in plain sight. Hawthorne though is a chess player. She was so good at hiding her hand that I didn’t even consider that Esme wasn't behind it. And then she washed Adina's hands! Saving that girl for her girlfriend to kill in the end is cold and calculating. I'm glad Saint made it out alive and Toni showed up, cause Graham was about to get the business. I guess Charles' reaction let you know that he had no clue what the Finish was about, but the fact that he waited to tell his sister is straight trash. I don't know why Adina forgave him already. Maybe it just doesn’t stack up next to all the other insanely barbaric shit that happened to her. These white people literally round up a dozen girls to battle to the death for the privilege marry one of their degenerate offsping. Sickening.