The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes is a book that has many intriguing characters and a fascinating and captivating plot. In 2021 the book won the Edgar Award. The Edgar Allan Poe award is an award for mystery. It is a very prestigious award and has been given since the 1940s. The award is presented every year to a mystery writing author, in either fiction, realistic fiction, or nonfiction mystery.
Avery Kylie Grambs is just an ordinary girl at the beginning of the book. She has a happy life with her sister Libby. She then mysteriously inherits billions of dollars from a man she has never met. In order for her to get this money she has to follow a certain set of guidelines, and in order to follow those guidelines she has to live with the Hawthorne brothers for a year. Nash, Grayson, Jameson, and Xander are all boys who have grown up privileged and are very weary of Avery in the beginning.
I greatly enjoyed this book. It is full of twists and turns and is a truly intriguing story. The plot is interesting but also a bit stereotypical. The poor girl gets rich, life changes overnight, becomes famous and has to live with multiple attractive young men of the same age. While some of the overall plot is a little predictable there are many things that are uncovered throughout the book that truly surprise the reader. All the characters are unique to the book and even though someone are only talked about by others they all contribute greatly.
This is a young adult mystery book with multiple other underlying genres. Romance, thriller, and fantasy are all present in the book. The book is easy to follow and while it’s not overtly challenging it is a very easy book to stay interested in. The book is consistently leaving the reader at cliffhangers and coming back to them later in the story.