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A review by mitzee
The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
This book felt darker. It was a little hard to get behind the brothers’ PoV at first, probably mostly because of the change of narrators for the audiobook.
Overall though, the split storylines between Jameson and Grayson was fun and kept me engaged. I actually think this is one of the stronger books of the series.
Including a summary of the story for myself:
Mostly interested in the Grayson storyline here - maybe I just feel like the Jameson and Avery one is gross? I dunno it feels like they act like the are in their mid to late 20s but Avery is only about 18. Grayson’s story is more about finding belonging. Finding more family -Although Jameson finds more family too. I still don’t understand how Skye and Jameson’s dad connect or why she would decide to even have his kid - that part of the story is the hardest to understand/accept.
Definitely a lot of Daddy derived issues in this book. Jameson’s desire to connect with his dad but ends up getting used by him. He wins a big puzzle game and gets Vantage - a whole estate in England.
Grayson finds out his dad has a family - a wife and twin girls. He helps them get out of financial trouble after the dad goes “missing” (he was shot by Oren in the previous book but he also was hell bent on killing Avery because she’s the daughter of Toby - except she’s not actually his daughter by birth. Toby had accidentally caused the death of Cullen - a guy he was friends with as teenagers, and Sheffield Grayson’s adopted son.)
Sheffield Grayson had twin girls named Savanna and Juliette (or Gigi) who Grayson Hawthorne felt an obligation to look after them when their dad died he ended up getting emotionally involved. In the end he gained two sisters. Gigi learned that Grayson was trying to cover up their dad’s death. So now they both know and are covering it up from Savanna and Acacia (the girls’ mom)
Overall though, the split storylines between Jameson and Grayson was fun and kept me engaged. I actually think this is one of the stronger books of the series.
Including a summary of the story for myself:
Mostly interested in the Grayson storyline here - maybe I just feel like the Jameson and Avery one is gross? I dunno it feels like they act like the are in their mid to late 20s but Avery is only about 18. Grayson’s story is more about finding belonging. Finding more family -Although Jameson finds more family too. I still don’t understand how Skye and Jameson’s dad connect or why she would decide to even have his kid - that part of the story is the hardest to understand/accept.
Definitely a lot of Daddy derived issues in this book. Jameson’s desire to connect with his dad but ends up getting used by him. He wins a big puzzle game and gets Vantage - a whole estate in England.
Grayson finds out his dad has a family - a wife and twin girls. He helps them get out of financial trouble after the dad goes “missing” (he was shot by Oren in the previous book but he also was hell bent on killing Avery because she’s the daughter of Toby - except she’s not actually his daughter by birth. Toby had accidentally caused the death of Cullen - a guy he was friends with as teenagers, and Sheffield Grayson’s adopted son.)
Sheffield Grayson had twin girls named Savanna and Juliette (or Gigi) who Grayson Hawthorne felt an obligation to look after them when their dad died he ended up getting emotionally involved. In the end he gained two sisters. Gigi learned that Grayson was trying to cover up their dad’s death. So now they both know and are covering it up from Savanna and Acacia (the girls’ mom)