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.