Growing up, Autumn and Finny were like peas in a pod despite their differences: Autumn is “quirky and odd,” while Finny is “sweet and shy and everyone like him.” But in eighth grade, Autumn and Finny stop being friends due to an unexpected kiss. They drift apart and find new friends, but their friendship keeps asserting itself at parties, shared holiday gatherings and random encounters. The finely drawn characters capture readers’ attention in this debut.Īutumn and Phineas, nicknamed Finny, were born a week apart their mothers are still best friends. Part The Westing Game, part We Were Liars, completely entertaining. The main characters are White one brown-skinned Hawthorne brother describes himself as multiracial. To help her solve the riddles, Avery must turn to the Hawthorne brothers even if there’s some romantic interest at play-and even if they’re the ones who want her dead.
Short, snappy chapters supply nonstop momentum with red herrings, more family secrets, and even attempts on her life.
To understand her role in the billionaire’s final game and why she’s the recipient of his inheritance, she must piece together clues left in his massive estate filled with hidden chambers. This whirlwind story gains even more intensity when Avery learns that Hawthorne was a master of games and manipulation. She must, however, abide by one condition: living for a full year with the snubbed Hawthorne family-a family that includes the billionaire’s four grandsons, young adult brothers who share a mother but have different fathers. The very next day she is on a plane to Hawthorne House, a mansion in Texas, where she discovers she’s the beneficiary of billionaire Tobias Hawthorne’s fortune. One day Avery-with her mother dead, her father missing for years, and her guardian half sister on the rebound with her abusive boyfriend-is living out of her car. A teen must solve a multilayered puzzle to find out why she’s the recipient of a billionaire’s inheritance.
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