The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games, 3) Paperback – July 25, 2023

This book was an emotional roller-coaster and was so captivating, and I would read it a thousand more times and be just as captivated. It was so amazing, and I can't wait to read the next books involving the people who made this book such a mystery.

I loved this book! It was the best one in the series IMO. I loved the first book because of the mystery and suspense and was immediately hooked. This book had so many exciting puzzles to solve and mystery so engaging I couldn’t put it down.**Mild Spoilers Below**In the first book the romance wasn’t really there for me. It annoyed me that Avery was so insta-love with both Jameson and Grayson and I didn’t really like either one of them in the end of Inheritance Games. By book two I was team Jameson. I have loved the growth of his character through the series and I love him and Avery together. This is the book where I think the author was finally able to bring their feelings through and make it good. The thing I loved most in this book is Avery was not so dependent on the Hawthorn brothers to follow her leads. She took initiative and went off on her own instead of waiting around for one of them to pay her attention. I have been waiting 3 books for this Avery and loved it.One frustrating part of this book for me was the mention of a past wine cellar scene…..in the previous books, the author did a great job at weaving everything through so that you never felt like you had forgotten something. She wouldn’t go into lengthy paragraphs to recap, but Avery will quote something or have a thought of a place to jog your memory of important facts or times. Jump to this third book, and Avery keeps mentioning Grayson in the wine cellar. I could not for the life of me remember a scene with a wine cellar. Every time it’s mentioned I rack my brain and come up with nothing. At first I kept reading hoping something else would be mentioned and I would remember, but after a while I started pouring through the pages of the last two books looking for this scene I missed. Come to find out it’s something we haven’t seen yet and will be explained later. I was a little frustrated, but it did not ruin the book for me. Still loved it, still love this series, and still think this was the epic ending for an amazing story!

This book was a recommendation from my previous purchased. This book was great. This entire series has been awesome. I have now purchased the complete set. I have not been disappointed and now have a new author to add to my list of preferred authors.

You will not want to put this one down! Such a fun read, good for all ages, great ending to the series.

I stayed up late to finish this one. I love what she ended up doing with the money and wrapping up everything.

I like this series, it does keeps you engaged and it’s not cliche it’s good that Avery wasn’t Toby’s daughter and everyone working together was nice, I cannot wait to read the Grandest Game cause it sounds just like squid games just without the blood but part of me wanted her to stay with Grayson, yes it might be wrong to do cause Avery is not Emely, but I just wasn’t feeling Jameson and Avery, overall this series gave a headache cause I am not good solving puzzles or games, I live more for the mystery but this is the last book and I have been putting it away for a long time, I finally read it. I might or might not read the Grandest Game but I finally put an end to this series, it was a good read.

I devoured these books, too quickly honestly Andi can't wait to read more Jennifer Lynn Barnes!!The characters in this series were so real to me, I hated coming back to the reality of the world we live in. I hope desperately for more Avery, Jameson, Max, Libby, Thea, Oren and the rest of the gang!!

Love this series!