goodreads | The Hawthorne Legacy - Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Reply)

Title: The Hawthorne Legacy (Inheritance Games #2)
Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Genre: YA, Suspense
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 380
Date read: October, 2022

The Inheritance Games ended with a bombshell, and now heiress Avery Grambs has to pick up the pieces and find the man who might hold the answers to all of her questions - including why Tobias Hawthorne left his entire fortune to Avery, a virtual stranger, rather than to his own daughters or grandsons.

Thanks to a DNA test, Avery knows that she's not a Hawthorne by blood, but clues pile up hinting at a deeper connection to the family than she had ever imagined. As the mystery grows and the plot thickens, Grayson and Jameson, the enigmatic and magnetic Hawthorne grandsons, continue to pull Avery in different directions. And there are threats lurking around every corner, as adversaries emerge who will stop at nothing to see Avery out of the picture - by any means necessary.

After I finished the first book in a day, I immediately got the second one out of the library too. Fortunately it lived up to my expectations. Sure, not quite as good as the first one, but the middle book in a trilogy almost never is, so I came prepared. I loved that the focus was still on clues and riddles, even if the solutions did come with a lot of twists and turns. Happy to see Avery and the Hawthorne boys strike up more of a friendship, and I loved seeing more of Max :-D

Definitely want to read the last book as well, once it arrives at the library.