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As the heir apparent to his billionaire grandfather, Grayson Hawthorne was taught to put his family first. Tobias Hawthorne is dead and his family disinherited, but when Grayson’s half-sisters find themselves in trouble, he swoops in to do what he does best: take care of the problem. He just needs to do it without getting bogged down in emotional entanglements.
Meanwhile, Jameson Hawthorne is a risk-taker, a sensation-seeker, and an adrenaline junkie. When his mysterious father appears and asks for a favor, Jameson can’t resist the challenge of a new game. Now, he must infiltrate London’s most exclusive underground gambling club, which caters to the rich, the powerful, and the aristocratic, and win an impossible game of greatest stakes.
On opposite sides of the globe, Grayson and Jameson — with the help of their brothers and the girl who inherited their grandfather’s fortune — must dig deep to decide who they want to be and what each of them is willing to sacrifice to win.
The Brothers Hawthorne is a continuation of The Inheritance Games, serving as an epilogue I can only assume will bridge the original trilogy with Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ new spinoff series. While I didn’t enjoy this book as much as the original series, the writing is addictive, the ending was enjoyable, and the games — as always — are full of twists.
If you enjoyed the original Inheritance Games trilogy and want more of the Hawthorne gang, you’ll probably be glad you picked up The Brothers Hawthorne, and will no doubt end up (like I did) looking forward to more games within games with the spinoff series, The Grandest Game.
Rated: Moderate. There are 59 uses of mild language and 5 uses of moderate language. Sexual content includes references to rooms at an establishment dedicated to each of the seven deadly sins (including lust) and one brief instance of non-consensual touching. A story is told of a parent who commits suicide. Characters gamble.
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