Grayson Hawthorne was raised as the heir apparent to his billionaire grandfather, taught from the cradle to put family first. Now the great Tobias Hawthorne is dead and his family disinherited, but some lessons linger. When Grayson’s half-sisters find themselves in trouble, he swoops in to do what he does best: take care of the problem—efficiently, effectively, mercilessly. And without getting bogged down in emotional entanglements.
Jameson Hawthorne is a risk-taker, a sensation-seeker, a player of games. When his mysterious father appears and asks for a favor, Jameson can’t resist the challenge. Now he must infiltrate London’s most exclusive underground gambling club, which caters to the rich, the powerful, and the aristocratic, and win an impossible game of greatest stakes. Luckily, Jameson Hawthorne lives for impossible.
Drawn into twisted games on opposite sides of the globe, Grayson and Jameson—with the help of their brothers and the girl who inherited their grandfather’s fortune—must dig deep to decide who they want to be and what each of them will sacrifice to win.
I am so late with this review even though a nameless someone very kindly gave it to me before Christmas! Christmas in retail, kids, it will fry your brains. I sincerely apologise for taking so long.
This is set in the year gap right at the end of The Final Gambit and covers some of what happened in that year, as well as some flashbacks to the brothers' childhood. (Tobias Hawthorne Snr was an even bigger ba***rd than we thought, by the way.) It's mainly about Grayson and Jameson, with Avery in Jameson's parts and Xander and Nash appearing here and there. This is quite a change from the first trilogy, which was exclusively Avery's POV. Getting into the boys' heads is quite exciting and helps to retroactively explain some of their behaviour before!
The high point of any Inheritance Games novel, of course, is the puzzles, and this is a stonker. The puzzles and games are fascinating and I really enjoyed reading along, picking out things that might be important later, following the jumps of logic. I still can't wait for this to be a TV series or a movie.
The next book in the series is coming is August and I can't wait to see what happens next - Jennifer is building an amazing world here and it can only keep getting better.
The Brothers Hawthorne is available now. I received a free copy and am giving an honest review.
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