The Hawthorne Legacy
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, 2021
Mystery, thriller & crime Young adultRomanceContemporary fiction
Avery Grambs inherited a dead billionaire's fortune and none of his reasons. The only way to the truth runs through his four grandsons and their games.
Feels like curiosity, longing and dread. About power, family and identity.
A page from the book
A rule for surviving being left, and the cost folded inside it.
The trick to being abandoned was to never let yourself long for anyone who left. Jennifer Lynn Barnes.Barnes holds a PhD in developmental psychology from Yale and taught at the University of Oklahoma, which shows in how forensically her teenagers read other people's motives.
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- Feels like curiosity, longing and dread. About power, family and identity.
- What should I read after The Hawthorne Legacy?
- If you liked The Hawthorne Legacy, try The Wife Upstairs (Rachel Hawkins), Quicksilver (Callie Hart) and One of Us Is Lying (Karen M. McManus).
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The difference between wanting a new life and fleeing an old one.
I was looking for something new. I was. Because I was running from something old.
The Wife Upstairs · Rachel Hawkins
What you call a woman decides how much room she is allowed.
Don’t call her Sunshine,” he commanded. “Why not?” If Carrion’s plan was to poke the bear, then he sure as hell knew how to go about it. But Kingfisher didn’t respond to the taunting note in his question. He just cocked his head a little, nostrils flaring, and spoke in a low rumble. “Because she is moonlight. The mist that shrouds the mountains. The bite of electricity in the air before a storm. The smoke that rolls across a battlefield before the killing starts. You have no idea what she is. What she could be. You should call her Majesty.
Quicksilver · Callie Hart
What a parent’s ambition feels like from inside the child.
My hand hurts within minutes. It’s pathetic, I guess, but I can’t remember the last time I wrote anything longhand. Plus I’m using my right hand, which never feels natural no matter how many years I’ve done it. My father insisted I learn to write right-handed in second grade after he first saw me pitch. Your left arm’s gold, he told me. Don’t waste it on crap that don’t matter. Which is anything but pitching as far as he’s concerned.
One of Us Is Lying · Karen M. McManus
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