The Final Gambit

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Last update: 12-22-2024


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Avery’s fortune, life, and loves are on the line in the game that everyone will be talking about.

To inherit billions, all Avery Kylie Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House. The paparazzi are dogging her every step. Financial pressures are building. Danger is a fact of life. And the only thing getting Avery through it all is the Hawthorne brothers. Her life is intertwined with theirs. She knows their secrets, and they know her.

But as the clock ticks down to the moment when Avery will become the richest teenager on the planet, trouble arrives in the form of a visitor who needs her help—and whose presence in Hawthorne House could change everything. It soon becomes clear that there is one last puzzle to solve, and Avery and the Hawthorne brothers are drawn into a dangerous game against an unknown and powerful player.

Secrets upon secrets. Riddles upon riddles. In this game, there are hearts and lives at stake—and there is nothing more Hawthorne than winning.


Top reviews from the United States

  • Love these books! Beautiful editions, and in excellent condition!
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2024
    I really enjoyed this book and the unraveling of a lot of the mysteries! Well written, and also the book is beautiful!
  • J. Weekes
    4.0 out of 5 stars A Fitting End
    Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2023
    I loved this book! It was the best one in the series IMO. I loved the first book because of the mystery and suspense and was immediately hooked. This book had so many exciting puzzles to solve and mystery so engaging I couldn’t put it down.
    **Mild Spoilers Below**
    In the first book the romance wasn’t really there for me. It annoyed me that Avery was so insta-love with both Jameson and Grayson and I didn’t really like either one of them in the end of Inheritance Games. By book two I was team Jameson. I have loved the growth of his character through the series and I love him and Avery together. This is the book where I think the author was finally able to bring their feelings through and make it good. The thing I loved most in this book is Avery was not so dependent on the Hawthorn brothers to follow her leads. She took initiative and went off on her own instead of waiting around for one of them to pay her attention. I have been waiting 3 books for this Avery and loved it.
    One frustrating part of this book for me was the mention of a past wine cellar scene…..in the previous books, the author did a great job at weaving everything through so that you never felt like you had forgotten something. She wouldn’t go into lengthy paragraphs to recap, but Avery will quote something or have a thought of a place to jog your memory of important facts or times. Jump to this third book, and Avery keeps mentioning Grayson in the wine cellar. I could not for the life of me remember a scene with a wine cellar. Every time it’s mentioned I rack my brain and come up with nothing. At first I kept reading hoping something else would be mentioned and I would remember, but after a while I started pouring through the pages of the last two books looking for this scene I missed. Come to find out it’s something we haven’t seen yet and will be explained later. I was a little frustrated, but it did not ruin the book for me. Still loved it, still love this series, and still think this was the epic ending for an amazing story!
  • Holly
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fun read
    Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2024
    This is a great series I’ve enjoyed every one of them! Highly recommend if you like knives out
  • Nina
    5.0 out of 5 stars This was an epic ending!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2022
    Since I don't want to spoil anything, I'll try not to go into specific details so everyone can enjoy and experience the book for themselves.

    I was really looking forward to the last book in this trilogy so much that I couldn't even wait for my physical copy to arrive to read it, and started the Kindle as soon as the book hit my virtual bookshelf.

    The Final Gambit is as epic as the first two books. It's binge-worthy, and I had a hard time putting it down when I had to do other things????. I really tried to read it slowly and savor every page at first (knowing there won't be another sequel), but who was I kidding?! With this kind of story, it's simply not possible to read slowly.????‍♀️

    The puzzles, riddles, and mysteries kept coming, and while I tried to solve the riddles with Avery and the Hawthorne brothers, I also couldn't wait to turn to another page to see what would happen next.

    Not all of us can be as extraordinary as them. So why try when they solve it for me, right? The story builds on what we learned from the previous books and expands on that. You get sucked into the story, and the reality around you just ceases to exist. You need to know what comes next, and since the chapters are short, the usual "one more chapter" keeps coming every other minute.????

    We get to know some new characters, uncover layer after layer of the Hawthorne secrets, and get plenty of time with the brothers (yes, they wormed their way into my heart even more than before, and I love them all. Who wouldn't, right? But my all-time favorite Hawthorne will always be Grayson????)! And Avery is the queen!

    The finale was grand! And we came a full circle. The development of the characters and the story as a whole (from The Inheritance Game to The Final Gambit) is sooo good!❤️‍????

    The interactions between the main characters (and some side characters), and their life together since Avery came to the House shaped them into who they were meant to be, changed them, healed them, and showed them the right path. I think it's perfect. Everything got explained, and we got a very satisfying end.

    The only minus is there is no other sequel. What am I gonna do?!????
  • Deidre K Bradford
    4.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing without being too predictable
    Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2024
    This book satisfies the reader’s need for a (sort of) end to the games Avery must play in order to “win.” I felt as though it could’ve been shorter with fewer twists and turns but also acknowledge that is a personal preference for my reading. I bet others loved it! Avery is a great character!
  • Lauren
    3.0 out of 5 stars The Final Gambit
    Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2024
    I could have gone without losing Toby and having to go find him. After the second game the riddles and games were a little over done, I would have like to have known about more of Avery and the boys lives after not just a year but maybe several years to see if Avery and the boys still had that close of a relationship. It was still a solid read for me I really overall liked this series and I can’t wait to read more from this author.
  • C4ISR
    5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC
    Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2024
    This series is exceptionally well written. Puzzles within puzzles to solve a 40 year old mystery. Can’t wait for the next book(s). Jennifer Lynn Barnes is at the top of the game for wholesome storytelling with deep mysteries. Read the series in order.
  • Danie
    5.0 out of 5 stars Obsessed.
    Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2024
    This whole series was a solid 5/5. I am absolutely in love with all of the Hawthorne boys and their shenanigans. The puzzles and riddles were so fun, and the entire series was a nice change from a normal mystery because it didn't feel like the reader COULD solve the puzzle before the characters. We were missing so much information, we had to rely on them to solve it. There was no pressure as a reader to guess or predict anything, and I loved that. This final book had higher stakes than the others, and the big reveal re: why Avery was chosen by Mr Hawthorne finally comes to light, and literally every loose end gets tied up. Perfection.

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