The Hawthorne Legacy

rating-3.5/5
Honestly, it was a decent & fast paced read. Nothing stood out to me per se, but I did like the plot revelations and the flowy writing.I don't see the point of book 3 atp.., like more puzzles? Another trail? For what? The first book was pretty enjoyable but it kept getting unnecessarily convoluted from there. New characters? Eve? And she looks like Emily? Like... why the drama T_T.

Coming to characters and relationship dynamics; some likable characters like Oren, Libby, Nash, Zara etc had very little page time and weren't in the forefront at all. While Avery's pov started to get a little bleh. She's all “Oh. Grayson! Oh , Jameson! oh I'm so confused.” It's annoying. The romantic development felt weirdly off to me; as if it took an accident for Jameson to suddenly fall in love with her. The author also used the same incident to portray Grayson in bad light.
I just had a little bit of whiplash with how quickly, it all happened.

Overall, not bad but definitely not as good as book 1. I'd say pick it up, only if you were super invested in the characters while reading book 1.