The Final Gambit

#180 in Young adult

The Final Gambit

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Original language ENYoung adult

7.97.9 / 10
Score out of 10413 ratingsConfidence 73%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#180 of 200 in Young adult ahead of 10% of the category
400
Pages
about 7 h
Reading time

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About the book

OVER 5 MILLION COPIES SOLD OF THE #1 BESTSELLING SERIES! Avery’s fortune, life, and loves are on the line in the game that everyone will be talking about. To inherit billions, all Avery Kylie Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House. The paparazzi are dogging her every step. Financial pressures are building. Danger is a fact of life. And the only thing getting Avery through it all is the Hawthorne brothers. Her life is intertwined with theirs. She knows their secrets and they know her. But as the clock ticks down to the moment when Avery will become the richest teenager on the planet, trouble arrives in the form of a visitor who needs her help—and whose presence in Hawthorne House could change everything. It soon becomes clear that there is one last puzzle to solve, and Avery and the Hawthorne brothers are drawn into a dangerous game against an unknown and powerful player. Secrets upon secrets. Riddles upon riddles. In this game, there are hearts and lives at stake—and there is nothing more Hawthorne than winning. Don’t miss a moment of The Inheritance Games Saga, including the Grandest Game, the thrilling new series set in the world of the Inheritance Games. Reading them all? The ideal reading order is: The Inheritance Games, The Hawthorne Legacy, The Final Gambit, The Brothers Hawthorne, The Grandest Game, Games Untold, and Glorious Rivals. Looking for more unputdownable reads from Jennifer Lynn Barnes?

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Score per volume4 volumes on a timeline, 2020 to 2023 · Best-rated volume: The Final Gambit
  1. The Inheritance Games
    The Inheritance Games2020 · 1,020 ratingsStart here
    7.87.8 / 10
  2. The Hawthorne Legacy
    The Hawthorne Legacy2021 · 564 ratings
    7.97.9 / 10
  3. The Final Gambit
    The Final Gambit2022 · 413 ratingsThis book
    7.97.9 / 10
  4. The Brothers Hawthorne
    The Brothers Hawthorne2023 · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet

Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.9 across 413 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 73% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Young adult average of 7.8. That is how 7.9 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Open Library8.622 5%
Hardcover7.9391 95%

Reader voices

The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).

  • “OH MY GOD!!! I successfully declare this as one of my favorite series of all time. In every sense I mean it when I say, this book had me HOOKED!! I remember picking it up and I don't know what the hell happened afterwards. I…”

    ★ 5/5Nathania on Hardcover

  • “This book is my favourite book of the series. I love Max and Avery's relationships is so important to me; it shows what real friends are like. Even throughout the hardships, they still stayed together. I love Max and Xander's new and growing relationship. It's…”

    ★ 5/5anon on Hardcover

Frequently asked

What age is The Final Gambit for?

The Final Gambit sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 400 pages — shorter than 61% of the ranked books in Young adult.

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