The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games, #3) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I LOVED every single book in this series! It was addicting, satisfying and so suspenseful with all the twists and turns, games and lies, with Avery being challenged at every turn---with security, snooping journalists (online and around town) and as the GAME ratchets up, there are many characters who may be trying to torpedo Avery's investigations. I love all the Hawthorne brothers, and the friends/Hawthorne characters (head of security and her lawyer) who unite to help Avery try to figure out the final puzzle before she turns 18, time ticks away and with each page turned the suspense was spine tingling! A great series to savor and read!

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Funeral for a Friend by Brian Freeman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I loved this book, Jonathan Stride, Serena and Cat held me spellbound, turning the pages, and finished in one day! Freeman's plot was suspenseful, with many overlapping stories of deathbed confession, a stalker, an unsolved murder, and a rape. I loved the rich characters, the villains, the creeps and the investigations of Serena and Maggie. I hope this is not the final Jonathan Stride book; he has become a favorite investigator of mine! Highly recommended!!!

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Stay by Deb Caletti

Stay by Deb Caletti

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Caletti, Deb. Stay. New York: Simon Pulse, 2011. 978-1-4424-0373-4. 313p. $16.99. Gr. 10-12.
Clara’s story about an obsessive boyfriend is scary, suspenseful and heartbreakingly real. Clara falls hard for a guy and he falls hard for her too, but what Clara tells you now as she relates her love story with Christian is that the tell-tale signs were there from the beginning about Christian’s insecurities. Clara alternates the chapters with her life now; she and her father have had to flee their home and go to a secret beach location because Christian has become obsessive and a stalker since she broke up with him. Caletti does a great job of showing how this relationship has made Clara so insecure about who she is. Fleeing to Washington State with her father provides a much needed time and place where they both confront secrets about themselves and their lives. A must read for teen girls about the dangers of obsessive relationships.






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