jameson winchester hawthorne is hungry. he's been looking for something. he's been looking for it since the day he was born.” I LOVE his interactions with his brothers and Avery- ESPECIALLY Avery- and I love how we get to see a bit of his cold demeanour stripped away in the book. AAAAAHHHHH he’s just amazing. #TeamGrayson FOR LIFE!! 👊 LIKE? ARE YOU DERANGED? JUST HIRE A FAMILY THERAPIST? YOU LITERALLY HAVE EVERY RESOURCE AT YOUR DISPOSAL? And keep in mind, this is an entirely new world for Avery. She is now in the realm of the uber-rich; the jet-setting elites who she has never interacted with before. With this comes a new set of challenges, including PR-issues, something Avery never would have thought of before. If there's one thing the Hawthorne family isn't, it's fine. They were a twisted, broken mess before you got here, and they'll be a twisted, broken mess once you're gone.”

Nash: Level of annoyingness: 8/10 Brother numero uno. The oldest one. He has this aura about him that makes you want to cringe and die inside. and not in a melt-your-heart kind of good way. Just, eww. (I legit thought his name was Nate until 5 minutes ago) Soon she is caught in a deadly game that everyone in this strange family is playing. But just how far will they go to keep their fortune? i hadn't heard jameson come in. i wasn't entirely sure how long i'd been standing there, frozen. jameson reached for a pale purple washcloth and held it under the water.here’s to hoping this series will get me out of my reading slump that the last book put me in omg…so traumatized🥲 The POV gets an annoying meter rating of 10000/10. We get a first-person POV from Avery, and just [insert screaming]. As if Avery wasn’t annoying enough, we have to get thoughts STRAIGHT FROM HER HEAD. Even stranger, the will sets out a series of odd requirements. One being that Avery must spend at least one year in Hawthorne house, the family manor, and that she must allow Tobias's disinherited family to live there with her. Talk about awkward. And maybe even dangerous.

Xander: Level of annoyingness: 5/10 Brother numero cuatro. The youngest brother. I surprisingly didn’t find him as annoying as everyone else. *sigh of relief* I actually don’t remember half the things he did. Which might be the reason I find him less annoying. But He also just is very complex and has many layers and is the most realistic character or most lifelike to me, and I feel like the author really didn’t spend as much time with him in this book as she should have to make him get even more depth. That being said he’s still mysterious and I adore him <3 I love puzzles and riddles. In fact, I don't usually enjoy YA mystery because I can never understand why they decide to be detectives and don't call the police, but here it makes a lot more sense because Avery and the Hawthorne brothers are not crime-solving, they are puzzle-solving. It's very fun. Since her Mom passed away, Avery Grambs has had a rough go of it. She's been living with her half-sister, working as much as she can, while also trying to finish high school.If you are looking for a fun and fast-paced YA-Mystery, with twist and turns galore, as well as intriguing and suspicious characters, you should definitely give this one a shot!

Allow me to let you in on a Hawthorne trade secret, Heiress: There are no rules that matter more than winning.” i will always protect you." he told me, his jaw tight, his eyes shadowed. "you deserve to feel safe in your own home. and i'll help you with the foundation. i'll teach you what you need to know to take to this life like you were born it it. but this...us..." he swallowed. I for sure hated (in its entirety) the fact that 60% of the book was "Emily was like this...", "Emily would have done that...". Emily, Emily, Emily, and she's dead. I was getting exasperated. Is everything spinging around her?Now poor Avery has to live in Hawthorne Manor with the very same grandsons who were all but cut out of the elder Hawthorne's will. That isn't awkward at all. Grayson Hawthorne was arrogant enough to consider himself bulletproof—and honorable enough to see a promise through to its end.”