The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Riddles, codes and puzzles!

Three weeks after being taken away from her regular life and being named heir in billionaire Tobias Hawthorne’s will, Avery is telling Jameson how she met Harry, aka Tobias Hawthorne II. Xander’s letter from his grandfather left him a clue to find his son Toby, so off they go on another riddle solving journey that’ll take them to Colorado searching for a compass and a ring and show them discoveries they might wish were left alone. After a professional hit and a bomb exploding, Avery is pretty shaken. The Hawthorne household is shaken too. It’s always an unpredictable ride when Hawthornes are involved.

Likes/dislikes: I love all of the puzzles that the characters work on and solve! I like how a mystery is always in the background of The Inheritance Games books. The characters are complex and the author has given them unique personalities.
Language: R for 37 swears, no f-words.
Mature content: PG for passionate kissing.
Violence: PG for the following: bloody cow heart with a knife stuck in it left on Avery’s bed; kidnapping; a bomb that killed two security guards.
Ethnicity: falls to white. Avery’s friend Max is Asian American.