Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Inheritance Games
It is a real bestseller of our time. This cycle includes three books: «The Inheritance Games», «The Hawthorne Legacy» and «The Last Gambit». This first trilogy was published on September 1, 2020 and immediately brought the author worldwide popularity.
Plot:
Will Avery be able to escape the danger of multibillion-dollar gift? And will she be able to unravel: what is behind Tobias Hawthorne's desire to make her rich?
Forty-six billion dollars. Such a fortune bequeathed before his death billionaire Tobias Hawthorne seventeen-year-old Avery Kylie Grambs.
The girl never knew about the existence of the old man, who loved riddles, anagrams and all sorts of quests. To get his share of the inheritance, Avery must play a risky game invented by an eccentric rich man.
But his heirs are ready to go to any lengths to prevent the rival from getting a huge fortune.
But his heirs are ready to go to any lengths to prevent the rival from getting a huge fortune.
Topic & issues:
1. Envy
2. Struggle for inheritance
3. Money is evil
4. Friendship and love are true strength
Characters:
1. Avery Kylie Grambs
2. James
3. Grayson
4. Nash
5. Xander
Peculiarities of text composition & genre features:
In the Hawthorne Legacy trilogy, Jennifer Lynn Barnes uses contemporary speech and type of sentence construction to narrate the story. We observe the frequent use of youth slang and colloquial words.
The type of narration is simple: due to the uncomplicated construction of the text (most often the author uses dialogues) the works are read easily and simply.
Also in the text we observe the prevalence of phraseologisms, hyperboles, metaphors and comparisons. This adds colorfulness to the narrative, makes it bright and interesting.
In the construction of sentences the author also tries to use simple constructions (we observe the prevalence of non-union sentences and parallelism, repetition of the same words).
To immerse the reader in the story, the author uses professionalisms inherent in the field of «Economics». Throughout all three books, the heroine solves the mysteries left behind by an unknown billionaire: from family secrets to horrific crimes.
The compositional structure of all three parts of this story is built on the following stages:
1. The beginning (plot twist): the main characters encounter a mystery left by a dead billionaire, Tobias Hawthorne;
2. Plot development: the protagonists take action to solve the puzzle, to find out the secrets hidden behind its solution;
3. Climax. The characters learn the secrets of their family and the secrets of their past;
4. The conclusion of the narrative. A new mystery emerges that the characters must solve in the next part of the story.
In the Hawthorne Legacy trilogy, Jennifer Lynn Barnes uses contemporary speech and type of sentence construction to narrate the story. We observe the frequent use of youth slang and colloquial words.
The type of narration is simple: due to the uncomplicated construction of the text (most often the author uses dialogues) the works are read easily and simply.
Also in the text we observe the prevalence of phraseologisms, hyperboles, metaphors and comparisons. This adds colorfulness to the narrative, makes it bright and interesting.
In the construction of sentences the author also tries to use simple constructions (we observe the prevalence of non-union sentences and parallelism, repetition of the same words).
To immerse the reader in the story, the author uses professionalisms inherent in the field of «Economics». Throughout all three books, the heroine solves the mysteries left behind by an unknown billionaire: from family secrets to horrific crimes.
The compositional structure of all three parts of this story is built on the following stages:
1. The beginning (plot twist): the main characters encounter a mystery left by a dead billionaire, Tobias Hawthorne;
2. Plot development: the protagonists take action to solve the puzzle, to find out the secrets hidden behind its solution;
3. Climax. The characters learn the secrets of their family and the secrets of their past;
4. The conclusion of the narrative. A new mystery emerges that the characters must solve in the next part of the story.
Extra:
This trilogy is an amazing contemporary work that combines both a detective story and a line of first love. It is interesting to read for people of all ages.
But despite the lightness of the narrative itself, the books touch on very serious and interesting topics for reasoning.
This trilogy is an amazing contemporary work that combines both a detective story and a line of first love. It is interesting to read for people of all ages.
But despite the lightness of the narrative itself, the books touch on very serious and interesting topics for reasoning.
