The Grandest Game

4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars | 1,866 ratings

Price: 19.1

Last update: 12-20-2024


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Get ready for a new series that brings listeners deeper into the lush, romantic, and puzzle-filled world of the #1 bestselling Inheritance Games series (over 3 million copies sold!), set a year after we last saw Avery and the Hawthornes.

Seven tickets. An island of dreams. The chance of a lifetime.

Welcome to the Grandest Game, an annual competition run by billionaire Avery Grambs and the four infamous Hawthorne brothers, whose family fortune she inherited. Designed to give anyone a shot at fame and fortune, this year’s game requires one of seven golden tickets to enter. With millions on the line, those seven players will do whatever it takes to win.

Some of the players are in it for the money. Some for power. Some for reasons all their own. Every single one of them has secrets. Amidst it all is Grayson Hawthorne, tasked with a vital role in this year’s game. But as tensions rise and the mind-bending challenges push the players to their limits—physically, mentally, and emotionally—it soon becomes clear that not everyone is playing by the rules.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Lynn Barnes delivers a brand-new series in the world of The Inheritance Games, where fan-favorite and new characters collide in a game you’ll never forget.

Do you have what it takes to play?

Audiobook Edition is read by Anjali Kunapaneni (as GiGi), Christine Lakin (as Lyra), and Zachary Webber (as Rohan).


Top reviews from the United States

Bear
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2024
Loved it. Solving clues!
Dorothy Winsor
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun puzzles, cliffhanger ending
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2024
If you’ve read the earlier books about the Hawthornes, you know that Avery Grambs, the heiress to the Hawthorne fortune, established an annual game of puzzles and riddle in which the winner would win a whole lot of money. This book is about one of those games.

I finished this book late last night, and the first thing you need to know is that it ends in the middle of the game! Barnes calls this a new series, and obviously, it’s the kind of series in which books are tightly linked. The next book comes out next July. So forewarned.

I found I had to concentrate at the book’s start because there’s a lot to sort out. There are 8 players, mostly new characters Hawthornes there, mostly in background with Grayson having a bigger role.
There are also three points of view. So it took me quite a while to be sure I knew who was who and what their backstory was. I’m not actually sure I understand all of them even now, partly because Barnes withholds some information for the next book

Still, page by page, I enjoyed this book. I liked solving the puzzles and was pleased with myself when I did it faster than the characters did though that wasn’t as often as I’d like. The books takes place over 2 days, I think, but there’s some insta-attraction I guess, which is interesting.

The ending was unsatisfactory for me, and Barnes obviously intended it to be that way. I’ll undoubtedly pick up the second book next year, but I’ll have to reread this one to have any hope of following it.
Bilal Khan
5.0 out of 5 stars Not as good, but definitely worth reading
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2024
I fell in love with the Hawthornes and wanted to get back to their world at the first opportunity. Was a fun ride, but man. The Inheritance Games Trilogy is going be hard to beat Jenn. Please keep trying though.
Customer
3.0 out of 5 stars Fun puzzles, but it ends in the middle!
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2024
As always, the Hawthorne stories are full of fun puzzles, twists and turns. Barnes writes in a way that the reader can become immersed in the story and invested in the characters.

However, it was not in the book description that this is NOT a stand-alone book. Even the cover of the book notes that only one can win. Who wins??? We have no idea, and even when the next book is released in a year, we have no assurance that there will be a resolution. The other Hawthorne books are very much connected, but each book ends with some type of wrap-up and sense of completion. This one does not.

This book was not presented as the first half (Third? Fourth?) of the story. As another reviewer said, I would have waited until next summer to get the set.
BRIAN KONKEL
4.0 out of 5 stars Really fast delivery
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2024
It took me awhile to get used to all the new characters, even the 3 from the previous book. I missed Avery and the four brothers being more involved in the story. I look forward to reading the next installment, next year.
Peggy
5.0 out of 5 stars Just Grand
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2024
At first I didn't think this book was going to be as good as the previous one, but it didn't take but a little while to realize I was wrong. The same mesmerizing twists and turns abound in this literary prize. How has someone not realized these books need to be made into a movie?
Debbie S.
5.0 out of 5 stars such a cliffhanger
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2024
Can’t believe we have to wait 8 months for the next book.
If you’re into mysteries and puzzles then you’ll want to start with the inheritance games before this one
Rebecca Nagelhout
4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect mix of old and new!
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2024
Although most of the characters are new, the classic puzzle mystery is true to the Hawthorne style. Each character has an interesting reason for playing the game. The ending is slightly unsatisfying because it sets up for the next installment of the story.

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