The Inheritance Games
Ratings337
Average rating3.9
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Ratings337
Average rating3.9
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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6 primary booksThe Inheritance Games is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 2008 with contributions by Jennifer Lynn Barnes.
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I read this book in pretty much one sitting, currently I am reading the sequel. I think this book is a great mystery which would be perfect for middle schoolers. Especially for those curious kids. I loved the characters and the storyline.
Total escapist fun, a YA Knives Out. The characters are never deep enough to emotionally invest in but the mystery/game is fun and the end solves the why of the inheritance but sets another piece of the family mystery afoot. This will definitely sell to mystery/puzzle/game fans.
