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The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games, #3)

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Start date: September 1, 2022

Finish date: September 30, 2022

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Jan 13, 2023 Kim rated it really liked it

It took me a long time to get into this one. There was a lot of focus on Avery’s relationship and then it’s be like “oh yea but the core drama” and get back on point.

The puzzles were still fun but I think because it was book 3, it lost the novelty.

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May 27, 2023 Angie B rated it really liked it

4.5 stars! This had SUCH a good ending. Reading the last 50 pages gave me anxiety and butterflies all at once. This trilogy is incredibly fun. #teamjameson

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Sep 30, 2022 Aly rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery, romance, ya, 2022, audiobook, contemporary

These books just get more and more complex. Tobias Hawthorne had way too many secrets and planned so many games and riddles that it's ridiculous. With this final installment, we got all the answers. Exactly why Avery was chosen, everything about Toby and his parentage, and what happens to the vast fortune Avery inherited. I was happy that everything wrapped up and we weren't left hanging with questions.

There are so many players in the game that at times I struggled to keep everyone straight. I ...more

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Jan 01, 2023 Toshita rated it liked it

Who is the best Hawthorne brother and why is it Xander?

Okay jokes aside I liked this book. I think it was a pretty fitting end to the series considering everything that took place in the previous two books. My only complaint about this book is that it couldn't hold onto the pacing that this story had established in the first book. This book had moments where it dragged a little bit or got boring. I don't remember feeling bored while reading the first book. Other than that, a pretty good series. ...more

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Nov 16, 2022 Sibil rated it it was amazing

This was an epic finale for a great series.
Let's start with the bad because I have only one complaint about this book: Grayson. I really really really like him, but in this book, I don't really like the author's choices about him. Or at least, some of them. I can't really say a lot, because I don't want to spoiler anything but there were a couple of things that didn't really sit so well with me, but to be honest they were not so big (sure, I would have loved for different things but... I can mak ...more

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Jul 03, 2023 Maddie rated it really liked it

Shelves: books-i-own, books-i-own-have-read, ya-thriller

This was one heck of a ride. I was so confused reading this tbh. I took a few weeks between the second and this one and it showed. Not a good decision. This was giving me whiplash and nothing was re-explained and I was super confused. This was very fast paced with so much I had to suspect disbelief for but it was such a fun ride as well! Can't wait to re read these all together back to back next time ...more

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Sep 01, 2022 Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, e-book, look-at-the-pretty-cover, romance, 3-stars, 2022, mystery, read-on-my-kindle, completed-series, young-adult

3 stars. This is a series that I don’t know why I continued on with. It’s not very good and extremely juvenile but they are compulsively readable. It’s silly and convoluted but they are definitely not boring. I can’t say that I ever grew any type of connection to the characters because I didn’t but I do like Barnes’ writing style so I do want to read other books by her but yeah, this series did nothing for me.

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Sep 11, 2022 Leslie Baker rated it it was amazing

I loved this series so much! It’s not like most of the stuff I read, but the short chapters and puzzles had me in a freaking choke hold. I know most people got sucked into the barely there love story, but that was just a distraction in the plot. I loved the mystery, secrets, and the overwhelming desire of all the characters to win the game.

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Oct 25, 2022 Jenner rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, z2022, ya-mystery

3.5 stars. After the first book, this is not the finale I would have expected. It was a surprise which is a delight. I did feel like this book was repetitive though with overall ideas or thought processes. Barnes emphasised certain phrases which I think is okay. Overall, this is a decent series with an amazing beginning.

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Nov 16, 2022 Jennie Winters rated it it was amazing

I loved this series. The weaving together of a story, mini-mysteries to solve, and interesting family dynamics kept it fresh and fast-paced. A fitting conclusion to an engaging series.

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