In the previous book, The Inheritance Games, Avery, and the others discover that Toby Hawthorne, the son of billionaire Tobias Hawthorne, who was presumed to have died in a fire, was actually alive. And not only was he alive, he and Avery were known to have a close relationship, which was playing chess in a park together. In the second installment of The Inheritance Games series, The Hawthorne Legacy, Avery, and the Hawthorne brothers, as well as her best friend, are determined to find Toby Hawthorne, as was instructed by the dead billionaire himself. As Avery seeks further to find what she presumes to be her lost father, there are others who consider her, and Toby, as a threat. As Avery begins to delve deeper into the twisted mystery as to why she got the Hawthorne fortune and the location of Toby, she might have to risk losing herself and her friends during the process.
This wasn’t as bad as the first one. Was it still bad? Yes. This novel better be grateful that I was in a READING STREAK!! I literally read four books in a week; I am thriving! No, they weren’t good books, but they were still books. Anyway, this book just fell flat to me. I feel like the author wasn’t able to continue the “intricate” plot that was observed in the first book, with all the riddles, games, and other stuff I sort of zoned out. While reading the book, some of the riddles and poems didn’t even make sense to me? There was this one scene in which Avery has a desk in her room and she randomly opens a secret compartment that leads to a box with more compartments. This is great, but I thought Avery was supposed to be labeled as “highly intelligent” and “sharp” as is extremely depicted by the author. And that’s another thing about Avery: there’s nothing to her personality besides solving a few puzzles and falling for Jameson and Grayson. The love interests were all so annoying. Jameson just spoke a few Shakespeare quotes and jumped off roofs while Grayson just literally stares at people. If people are actually attracted to whatever they have to offer, I would just say I’m concerned.