Jennifer Lynn Barnes
YA Mystery Thriller
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 conwoman, 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.
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My Opinion
(4 / 5) Avery is living with her older sister until her abusive boyfriend moves in and Avery leaves to avoid his wrath. She’s been down on her luck for years just trying to graduate high school and have enough money to move away and start fresh. Then a billionaire she has never met gives her his inheritance, bypassing his own daughter and grandsons. Why her?
Of course going in to this one, I didn’t read the synopsis. I assumed it was a dystopia or fantasy. When it was set in the modern world I was intrigued. The “games” weren’t the type I was used to, but instead little clues left by Tobias, the billionaire, to give information and bring Avery and the grandsons together until the ultimate goal at the end. While this wasn’t what I expected, I loved this aspect. The wealth and privilege aspect brought in all sorts of drama and made the story so interesting. Who wouldn’t want to inherit billions? It definitely had it’s challenges and was not all good but made the story fun and unique.
General content summary:
Physical abuse (adult relationship and injuries)
Death (previous child death and friends if child)
Gun shots (blood)
Alcohol (some underage, drunkenness)
Intimacy (m/f kisses)
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