The Brothers Hawthorne

4/5 ⭐
I went in with quite low expectations especially after finding out that it was written in 3rd person. The book was better than I expected but was still lackluster compared to the original trilogy. The plot twists were lacking, the main couple had no chemistry whatsoever, there were too many added characters, and although the boy's missions were fast-paced and kept my interst they turned out to have no real point. Jameson only won Vantage to prove he could. And Grayson winds up telling his half-sisters pretty much everything. Avery had maybe 5 lines and no purpose in the story besides helping Jameson figure out riddles. She was already pretty boring of a main character but she was lifeless in this book. To anyone reading for Xander, Xander-Max, or Libby-Nash, you will be incredibly disappointed. Libby and Max are never even mentioned as far as I can remember and Xander also has maybe 3 scenes. As a Grayson girly, I wish he had a happier ending and some healing here. Also I hated the writing style of this book. The switching between the 2 storylines is obnoxious and it's written in 3rd person for literally no reason which made me want to DNF. The writing just fell flat compared to the last 3. Its a decent book but just know that it is no where near as good and the original trilogy. I will be reading the 5th book.

I enjoyed this read! Seeing everything from Grayson and Jamesons side was really cool. Graysons experience with the twins and the puzzle of everything I loved! Jameson experience and his discovery of self worth was something that I was really hoping that he got since the start of the series. Every single puzzle and mystery I loved! Can't wait for The Grandest Game to come out!

The Inheritance Games is my guilty pleasure series. It's so wild and something I wouldn't normally enjoy, alas, here I am for the fourth installment. Though this wasn't my favorite in the series, it was still a fun time by the end.    Brothers Grayson and Jameson are at the forefront of the games this time around with a heavy focus on Grayson and his sisters. We see some over Avery, but this one is ultimately for the boys.    It looks like I'm not alone in feeling like the first half of the book dragged. I was, frankly, so bored that at one point I stopped reading during a commute and opted just to stare out the train window instead. It took a little while to pick back up again. Thankfully, the last third of the book picked up immensely.    Of all the brothers, Grayson and Jameson are the ones I care about the least. I felt like Jameson's story was summed up decently in The Final Gambit alongside Avery. Grayson? Meh. I'm a Nash girl. (Side note: I think a lot of this book tried to amplify a reader attraction to the brothers and I am not in the age group where I have any interest on that front. So that was weird.) I was disappointed that we didn't see much of Nash and Xander.    The book left me more confused than pumped for another installment. There are questions left unanswered but without an urgency that was found midway through the first two books. I don't think this book needed to exist to make the series complete. Will I read a fifth book? Sure. Will I have the same level of excitement I initially had about book four? No.