The Inheritance Games - Book Review

The INheritance Games -- BOok Review

3/10/2022

I read this book while on vacation! Normally, I'll bring books that I end up not having time to read, but that wasn't the case this time. I actually borrowed the eBook from the local library's app: Libby. And I can't remember exactly how I came across it, but I'm glad I did. And I love the cover.

Review of The Inheritance Games

I give this book 4.5 stars out of 5. The one thing I could've used more of was romance, because I like romance, and there were moments the author could've added it in easily.

I finished reading The Inheritance Games within 3-ish days, and it was really good! If you like YA books that contain a mystery, you'll love this one. I usually don't read mystery books, but at the same time, there's usually always some type of mystery in every book. So in that sense, I guess I like mysteries. LOL.

In The Inheritance Games, there are four brothers that live in a mansion filled with secret passages and riddles, where the main character ends up having to take up residence because she inherits the estate. But there's a catch: she has no idea who these people are or why she inherited any money at all. But she's struggled with being poor most of her life, and so she's not going to turn this opportunity down. Little does she know that her life will be at stake due to people wanting her out of the picture altogether. Can she trust the boys?

I've already added the second book in the series to my TBR list.

Summary of The Inheritance Games

Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why--or even who Tobias Hawthorne is. To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man's touch--and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes.

Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also occupied by the family that Tobias Hawthorne just dispossessed. This includes the four Hawthorne grandsons: dangerous, magnetic, brilliant boys who grew up with every expectation that one day, they would inherit billions. Heir apparent Grayson Hawthorne is convinced that Avery must be a con-woman, and he's determined to take her down. His brother, Jameson, views her as their grandfather's last hurrah: a twisted riddle, a puzzle to be solved. Caught in a world of wealth and privilege, with danger around every turn, Avery will have to play the game herself just to survive.