Puzzles, an enormous inheritance and the Hawthorne family's secrets continue in the second book of Jennifer Lynn Barnes's series.
The Inheritance Games sequence built its following on plotting: riddles that pay off, alliances that shift without warning and chapters short enough to make stopping difficult. This instalment runs 368 pages from Penguin and is pitched at readers of twelve and above, though the puzzle-box construction pulls in older readers just as easily. Starting with the first book is advisable, since the setup and the cast carry straight into this volume without much reintroduction.
Worth noting:
• Second instalment in the Inheritance Games series
• 368 pages published by Penguin
• Suggested for readers aged twelve and above
• Riddle-driven plotting with short, fast-moving chapters
A good match for young adult mystery readers and fans of puzzle-led fiction, available at Boipoka.