A review by maisiepamela
The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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

3.5

hmm I kind of have mixed feelings on this book. It took me ages (and I mean ages) to get into the book and I just really found majority of the characters annoying (ESPECIALLY EVE ugh). They just made stupid decisions. However, once the book found its pace and we found out the secrets it was great. There wee so many plot twists I did not see coming. I really liked the climax but I thought it was a bit rushed. Now, the end. I was quite disappointed with the end and I like who she ended up with but I think the end could have been more like puzzling if that makes sense. For a book all about puzzles the end was not really one. I also had one big question that wasn’t answered by the end. WHAT HAPPENED TO TOBY? Like after all that stuff with
Blake
 hejust disappeared and we never saw him again. That I did not like. I thought the ending was a good decision on averys part but it just wasn’t very puzzling or interesting for me.  
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