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The Inheritance Games

Book 1 of The inheritance Games

  • 392 pages ยท about 7 hours
  • First published 2020
  • 15 editions

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1 About this book

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.

  • Young adult fiction, romance
  • Young adult fiction, thrillers & suspense
  • Young adult fiction, mysteries & detective stories
  • Children's fiction
  • Young adult fiction, social themes

2 What to expect

A young adult mystery: a teenager with no money inherits a stranger's billions and must live in his mansion with the family he disinherited. The plot runs on riddles, codes and secret passages left by the dead man, with a love triangle involving two of his grandsons. Chapters are very short and close on hooks, the tone is light, and the main puzzle carries on into the sequels.

Good for readers who want: puzzles and riddles, a young adult mystery with romance, and a quick read.

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