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The Grandest Game by Jennifer Barnes

Published October 29, 2024 Uncategorized Leave a Comment
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Genre: Mystery

The Grandest Game is an elite competition created by Avery Grambs and the four Hawthorne brothers where one lucky winner wins multi millions. It’s not easy to join or win the competition, however. A few contestants are chosen by Avery and the rest must follow clues in order to earn a ticket to play. Once the 7 contestants are chosen and make their way to the competition, on an island, it becomes clear that the clues will be challenging and they will be forced to work in groups for the first round. Anyone not completed by sunrise will be eliminated from the competition. Each player has their own motivations for wanting to win, and of course they all have secrets they would prefer everyone didn’t know. How can they trust anyone, even people they are assigned to work with? In a group of highly motivated people, how can anyone find a way to get ahead?

Fans of the Inheritance Games series will enjoy this title because it is all riddles, games, and clues in an exciting format. As the game progresses, the reader learns more about each character, why they are here, and what their motivations are. The clues and puzzles are especially interesting in the Grandest Game and would be amazing to see visually in a movie. The ending is satisfying, but many readers will be disappointed that this is only the first challenge of this game. Highly recommended for fans of the series.

The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Barnes

Published October 15, 2021 Uncategorized Leave a Comment
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Genre: Mystery

Number of Pages: 258

In this sequel to the Inheritance Games, Avery is still navigating her new life as an heiress. When rumors begin spreading that Tobias Hawthorne’s son, Toby, is still alive Avery and her cousins begin trying to find out where he is and why he ran away from the family in the first place. Meanwhile, there are definitely people trying to steal Avery’s money and they don’t care who they have to hurt to get it. For example, creepy things have been left in her room despite her having 24/hr security. She’s also noticed that the longtime Hawthorne employees definitely do not feel like she belongs at the manor and go out of their way to treat her as such. Plus, Avery’s long lost father has returned and is threatening to try and get custody of her, and by extension, her billions. Who can Avery really trust? Is Toby really alive and if so why doesn’t he want his inheritance? What are Grayson and Jameson’s intentions toward her?

This book was really a continuation of the first and was just as much fun with several twists and turns along the way. Avery and the Hawthorne’s definitely keep things interesting as they try to find new clues left behind by Tobias, the patriarch. No one living seems to know all of the Hawthorne secrets and even people who think they know everything get surprised at one point or another in this book. Despite the many changes that Avery has experienced in a short amount of time, she is always so curious to find out what happens that she doesn’t seem to worry too much about her own personal safety. She is definitely unsure of how to handle the potential affections of the Hawthorne Brothers. Fans will want to see more from this fun, fast paced mystery story and its lively characters.

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Published November 11, 2020 Uncategorized 1 Comment
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Genre: Mystery/Realistic Fiction

# of Pages: 374

Avery has been struggling since her mother died. She was taken in by her older sister, but she does not approve of her sister’s abusive boyfriend and has chosen to live in her run down car rather than look at him. Meanwhile, she works hard and tries to keep up with schoolwork, all while keeping an eye on the homeless man in the park. All of that changes when she learns that a multi-billionaire, Tobias Hawthorne, has died and requested she be present at the will reading. She does not know the man and cannot imagine why he would want her there, but everyone makes it very clear that her presence is required. Upon arrival, she learns that Tobias Hawthorne had two daughters and four grandsons and all of them are keen to find out exactly what the will stipulates. Everyone, including Avery, is shocked when they learn she has inherited the vast majority of Mr. Hawthorne’s assets including his charitable foundation and his mansion. She must live at the mansion for a year and cannot remove any of the family members unless there is cause. Each heir is given an envelope and when Avery opens hers all it says is “I’m sorry.”

Avery soon learns that Mr. Hawthorne enjoyed riddles and games and often had his grandsons compete just for the sake of competing. Is this all part of some elaborate game? Does this have something to do with her mother? Is it possible that the Hawthorne family will ever accept her and not see her as the one who stole their fortune? Could someone try to hurt her to get at the money?

This exciting story introduces the Hawthorne family and all of the quirkiness that implies. Everyone has their reasons for wanting to find out why their patriarch would leave his fortune to a stranger, but everyone must work together in order to solve all of the clues.The four grandsons in particular are fairly competitive and definitely want to know why they were overlooked after they were challenged daily by their grandfather. On top of everything else, the paparazzi now follows Avery everywhere since she’s a huge story. In some ways, this estate will open many opportunities for Avery that she might not have otherwise had, but in other ways her life just got a whole lot more complicated. Fans of Jennifer Lynn Barnes will enjoy this new title.

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