A review by coralinejones
The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

3.0

Significantly lame in comparison to the first two books. I get why people don't like this one as much. I did NOT care about Tobias' backstory and felt like nothing present in this book was as interesting, or even related to Avery, the way the first two installments were. I was mostly confused reading this one as, again, there were so many characters and dynamics to keep track of. I just did not care for Rebecca.

I can acknowledge this is 100% on me but, this series did not play out the way I wish it did. The mystique and the aesthetic in the first book was so exciting. This random girl inheriting billions and nobody knows why. The danger of everyone gunning after her to get what they think is theirs. Ough. It was everything.

Then slowly all these twists and turns made the story lame. Like not as "scary" as it once was, for lack of better word.

The ending of this one annoyed me as well. This all ended over a chess game? Girl. I guess.