A review by dramagirl2003
The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

i love the mystery of it all and i’m desperate to read The Brothers Hawthorne now

thoughts while reading

p19: oh dear
p104: it’s chess!
p125: he sounds a lot like tobias hawthorne
p133: NIV! why didn’t i catch that?!
p136: ok. who the heck is this?? is this bro tryna tell us
he’s tobias’ other son
or something??
p158: xander’s giving off joel vibes
p191: oh gosh what is eve doing there?
p252: if this isn’t the sweetest thing jameson has ever said 🥹
p253: uh huh, well i did wonder
p291: surely not…
p323: hmm, well this is a tricky situation
p329: i’m desperately trying to work out what even is the best outcome now that
toby’s thrown the first match
p340: she’s not gonna win is she
p358: yep that’s pretty much what i expected

quotes

"Yes, you do. And it doesn't even matter, because I'm not putting on a show here, Heiress. I'm not playing at being overprotective or pretending that, for once in my life, I want to do the right thing. I love you. I would die to protect you. I would make you hate me to keep you safe because damn it, Avery—some things are too precious to gamble. This is who I want to be, for you."

"You make me see myself as a person who's capable of anything. I would jump out of a plane with you, snowboard down the side of a volcano with you, bet everything that I have on you—on us, against the world. You don't get to run off and take risks and expect me to stay behind in a gilded cage of your making. That isn't who you are, and it's not what I want. You, have always made me bold. You're the one who pushes me out of my comfort zone. You don't get to box me back in now."
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