The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

“Sometimes,” Jameson Hawthorne said, sounding strangely contemplative, “things that appear very different on the surface are actually exactly the same at their core.”

“Everything’s a game, Avery Grambs. The only thing we get to decide in this life is if we play to win.”

“You might think you’re playing the game, darlin’, but that’s not how Jamie sees it.” Nash’s voice was gentle enough, but for the words. “We aren’t normal. This place isn’t normal, and you’re not a player, kid. You’re the glass ballerina—or the knife.”

The morality of an action depends, ultimately and only, on its outcomes.”

“We shouldn’t give because we feel one way or another,” Grayson told me. “We should direct our resources to wherever objective analysis says we can have the largest impact.”

I choked back tears. I’d been shot at, I’d been injured, and I’d been kissed—