The Final Gambit
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- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- ISBN：0316371025
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Reviews
Rike
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I’m slightly shocked by the ending but also really impressed
Urska Gruden
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is there a petition that I could sign for Avery to break up with Jamie and choose Grayson lmao， my boy deserves the world
Fatima Waseem
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 The sequel felt unnecessary。 Idk。 Like the third book was just for giving the fanbase an endgame for the mc。 I mean First of all I expected it to be a love triangle。 But I think it was very clear from the starting that Jameson was gonna be the endgame。 Like Grayson didn't even had a chance。Secondly the first two books had a point。 Like the puzzles lead somewhere。 But this book was something else。 Some clues here。 Some clues there。 And an absurd ending。Thirdly it was pretty obvious from the start The sequel felt unnecessary。 Idk。 Like the third book was just for giving the fanbase an endgame for the mc。 I mean First of all I expected it to be a love triangle。 But I think it was very clear from the starting that Jameson was gonna be the endgame。 Like Grayson didn't even had a chance。Secondly the first two books had a point。 Like the puzzles lead somewhere。 But this book was something else。 Some clues here。 Some clues there。 And an absurd ending。Thirdly it was pretty obvious from the start that Eve was gonna be the villain of the story。 I mean。 Come on。 It wasn't a plot twist。 It was super duper predictible。The ending was super cliche。 Like。。。。。。 Who th gives everything to charity。 I mean。 That was just unacceptableFinally having two Grayson-Avery scenes are the only reason of not giving this book 1 star。 I feel extremely bad for Grayson because he deserved better。 First Emily died and he took the whole blame on himself。 Then Avery rejected him。 Ik you will say she didn't rejected him。 But she technically did。 I mean you can end this ship JLB。 But the way he was ditched again by Eve。。。。。 Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh。。。。 The chapel scene actually made me cry。 The story was super slow。 The plot was obvious。 Although the chapters were short so that kinda motivated me to finish the book faster。Ngl I ant tell who is related to who after reading the third book lol Also I don't understand the fanbase obsession with Jameson。 Like he is such a jerk。 And don't judge me for being team Grayson because I think he genuinely cared for her。 Jameson used her in the first book and I still believe he is gonna ditch her again。 The fact that every body ended up with someone is cool ykJameson ended up with AveryMax and XanderNash and Libby （aka best ship in third book）But my boy Grayson was left alone in the end is heartbreaking。 Also like bro why th did he dropped out of Harvard at the end。 。。。more
J。
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3。5 stars
Charlotte Pagels
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Just the perfect ending for this series and completely thrilling
Avery Martin
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3。5⭐️ Opinions: Wasn’t nearly as interested in this book as I was the others。 I do have to give credit to the author for doing a wonderful job at making this story so easy to visualize。 With this genre things can often get way too confusing and twisted that you lose track of what’s going on。 Jennifer Barnes does an excellent job of keeping this series on a nice steady flow。 I love this story so much！ Honestly my favorite brothers are Nash and Xander！ Now for love interest， I like Jameson and Ave 3。5⭐️ Opinions: Wasn’t nearly as interested in this book as I was the others。 I do have to give credit to the author for doing a wonderful job at making this story so easy to visualize。 With this genre things can often get way too confusing and twisted that you lose track of what’s going on。 Jennifer Barnes does an excellent job of keeping this series on a nice steady flow。 I love this story so much！ Honestly my favorite brothers are Nash and Xander！ Now for love interest， I like Jameson and Avery together。 I think they work MUCH better than her and Grayson would。 I like how Jameson always trusts Avery and doesn’t question her。 Honestly I really loved how this story ended。 I think it was nicely wrapped up and thoroughly enjoyed the chess scenes！ Also I HATE EVE she pissed me off soooo bad。 Also I feel bad for Toby。 。。。more
Charlotte
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Jennifer。。。honey。。。you should have kept this in Wattpad
Greta Edholm
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 After The Hawthorne Legacy set my expectations so high， I was worried about how the final installment of the trilogy would tie everything together but JLB did a great job。 I would rank this book my second favorite out of the three， but it has one of the most satisfying endings out of any YA series I can think of。 I’m glad that Jameson and Avery stayed together the whole time and that there wasn’t an unnecessary break up for the sake of drama。 Avery’s inner monologue also did a great job of expla After The Hawthorne Legacy set my expectations so high， I was worried about how the final installment of the trilogy would tie everything together but JLB did a great job。 I would rank this book my second favorite out of the three， but it has one of the most satisfying endings out of any YA series I can think of。 I’m glad that Jameson and Avery stayed together the whole time and that there wasn’t an unnecessary break up for the sake of drama。 Avery’s inner monologue also did a great job of explaining exactly why those two belong together， and I’m so happy I got my endgame。 I would have liked to see more Toby and Avery interactions throughout the series （their dynamic reminds me of Sirius and Harry， ugh my heart） and honestly more from the supporting characters in general。 Overall good book though， with a happy and clever but not too perfect ending， which is exactly what I like :） 。。。more
Marcella
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the plot was confusing af maybe bc i didn’t remember the first 2 books that well but it was so goodTEAM JAMESON FOR LIFEdon’t know how to feel abt the end but there will be another books so idk🤨still really good thoi’m obvs team jameson but i still loved grayson but in this books they ruined his character like whyjameson tho
April Ludlow
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Absolutely loved it！ Great way to end the series！
Brandyn
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2。5 stars
Gacia
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I loved this series。 The first book was the best one！ As I said in my review for the 2nd book， I was still confused in this 3rd one with all the characters and their family relations。 So many （similar） names。 So it was confusing at times but still good。 Finally I am very disappointed that we didn’t get to see Grayson-Avery together at the end…
Miranda
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3。5
cherry
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tbh im disappointed because i was very eager to read this but i ended up not liking it and kinda wish i didnt read this book。 But i still love the riddles and games and everything。 Grayson’s character was definitely ruined for me but god i love xander and nash。
Hannah
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GOT THE ENDGAMEEEEEE
lev
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I have very mixed opinions on this book。。 So first of all I think it was a bit unnecessary and I wouldn’t have needed to read this…。 BUT the last 150 pages were really good and I just love Avery sm！！ Nash is still my favorite Hawthrone Brother but I want to give all of them a hug！！
Savannah
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I thought this book was really good！ It kept me entertained the whole time。 I'm a little disappointed in how the love triangle between Avery， Jameson， and Grayson turned out in this series。 I feel like that could have been done a lot better and I think that everyone was rooting for Grayson so that was a little disappointing。 The explanation that she "changed" and was better for Grayson now but I don't think that was good enough reasoning for choosing Jameson。The series was really good but was mi I thought this book was really good！ It kept me entertained the whole time。 I'm a little disappointed in how the love triangle between Avery， Jameson， and Grayson turned out in this series。 I feel like that could have been done a lot better and I think that everyone was rooting for Grayson so that was a little disappointing。 The explanation that she "changed" and was better for Grayson now but I don't think that was good enough reasoning for choosing Jameson。The series was really good but was missing the love story I was excited for。 I like that Tobias Hawthorne wasn't a good person。 He chose Avery for his own selfish reasons， there was nothing really noble about it。 He wanted to protect his family and that was it。 Which I guess is somewhat noble in itself。 People are complex and I think he was the best case of that。 。。。more
isa
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eu to simplesmente sem palavras
Stephanie
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Pretty good。
Amy
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Constantly confused about what to rate this series because I had heaps of fun reading it but the writing style was atrocious。 The amount of lines that are seared into my brain forever because of unnecessary repetition is insane。 That being said I will be reading the next one as soon as it comes out…
Ryan
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Plot: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Avery is back at it again with the clue finding and puzzle solving！ Not quite its predecessors - maybe it’s just starting to get a little repetitive？ - but still worth the read if you’ve read the previous two。 As to what form these twists and turns take in this installment: expect lots of new relatives， foes， and surprises！Characters: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Eve was a good addition for the sake of female presence and also providing a sort of perpetual question mark。Avery is still way too clever fo Plot: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Avery is back at it again with the clue finding and puzzle solving！ Not quite its predecessors - maybe it’s just starting to get a little repetitive？ - but still worth the read if you’ve read the previous two。 As to what form these twists and turns take in this installment: expect lots of new relatives， foes， and surprises！Characters: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Eve was a good addition for the sake of female presence and also providing a sort of perpetual question mark。Avery is still way too clever for her own good， though perhaps she’s less of a shiny， showstopper protagonist than before。Xander and Max， once again， stole the show。Writing: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Like the first two， this YA novel is fast-paced and thrilling。 The short chapters are wonderful， and the clues， puzzles， and twists are fun。 Though I think there might’ve been a few too many puzzles that get solved a little quickly; it minimizes the guessing game on the reader’s part。A new element in this sequel that I LOVED was the critical discussion of wealth gaining， i。e how it’s often at the expense of others’ well-being。 A huge fortune and inheritance is cool and all， but it’s also nice to take a step back and think about the ills of wealth inequality。 。。。more
Clari
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 4。17/5So when I picked up the series， the second book has just come out。 I counted myself lucky because I could read the series and not have to wait for the sequel。 From the moment I started， the mystery was so compelling。 And I usually hate mysteries。 I’m not patient when it comes to knowledge or information。 But for this book， I was patient。 I stuck until the end and I loved it。 It felt like the grand finale but then， like a marvel movie， you get the post credit scene of “wait there’s more”。 H 4。17/5So when I picked up the series， the second book has just come out。 I counted myself lucky because I could read the series and not have to wait for the sequel。 From the moment I started， the mystery was so compelling。 And I usually hate mysteries。 I’m not patient when it comes to knowledge or information。 But for this book， I was patient。 I stuck until the end and I loved it。 It felt like the grand finale but then， like a marvel movie， you get the post credit scene of “wait there’s more”。 Honestly a good series。As for our cast， I love them， I was right and I wish we had a novella dedicated to just every day things they do。 。。。more
Maria
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I never hated a love interest more in my lifeLike stfu Jameson。 He is so fucking annoying and he should stop with the Heiress thing because it’s fucking embarrassing。
Hayley Wheeler
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overall great series
Lily Mitchell
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This book just reminds me that it’s my fav series 🫶
Katrina
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I LOVED this series and this book was the perfect ending！
Taylor
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Not many series have a satisfying ending， and even fewer have a final book that is just as good as the first。 So many twists and turns still with the fun Hawthorne puzzles and a satisfying， non-rushed conclusion
emily
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I read this months ago and don’t remember my exact rating so i’m just gonna give it 3。8
Peyton Kimnach
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This was an actually good YA novel。 There are some cliches but it keeps you distracted with the plotline。
Rebeca_readss
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