Week 31 Review: The Grandest Game

From Goodreads:

Get caught up in the puzzles, games, danger, romance, and riches of this lush new chapter in the #1 bestselling Inheritance Games saga.

Seven tickets. An island of dreams. The chance of a lifetime.

Welcome to the Grandest Game, an annual competition run by billionaire Avery Grambs and the four infamous Hawthorne brothers, whose family fortune she inherited. Designed to give anyone a shot at fame and fortune, this year's game requires one of seven golden tickets to enter. With millions on the line, those seven players will do whatever it takes to win.

Some of the players are in it for the money. Some for power. Some for reasons all their own. Every single one of them has secrets. Amidst it all is Grayson Hawthorne, tasked with a vital role in this year's game. But as tensions rise and the mind-bending challenges push the players to their limits—physically, mentally, and emotionally—it soon becomes clear that not everyone is playing by the rules.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Lynn Barnes delivers a brand-new series in the world of The Inheritance Games, where fan-favorite and new characters collide in a game you’ll never forget.

Do you have what it takes to play?

My Review:
I loved reading this book! I love her writing and the original series and I was so excited to see what this book would bring, and it brought it with the puzzles and games and clues, it was just so much fun to read! Plus to see the original cast from an outside the group perspective was wonderful.

About half of the cast was returning and half was new characters. We got the perspectives of Gigi, Grayson's half sister, Rohan who we meet in The Brothers Hawthorn, and Lyra, a new character, which was really great, because at one point they're split into groups and there was one viewpoint character per team and it was so great to see them solve their different riddles and alternate between the teams.

There is a lot of tension, between the race to solve everything, to the reasons why that they're all participating. I had to know more, see what was going to happen next, I was on the edge of my seat! The different ways of solving the challenges was so entertaining! 

A lot was set up in this book, their dynamics and their mysteries. Where we left these characters has me anticipating the sequel with every fibre of my being. Where we left Gigi, in particular and what that revealed, eek!

Loved reading this book and I can't wait for the sequel and for Games Untold and getting more time with the original cast of characters!

Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes 
Series: The Grandest Game #1
Read: July 30th, 2024 
Source: Ebook.bike  
Reason Why: Love her writing and this world, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: July 30th 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars