The Inheritance Games was fun, had some nice twists and wasn't overly complicated. The Hawthorne Legacy dials up the murkiness and things get sloppy.

In a series like this I shouldn't be critiquing the story for being grounded in reality but I had a few eye rolls and thought how much more the silliness meter could get...and it goes to 10 and beyond. I have to hand it to Jennifer Lynn Barnes for how each puzzle builds on the other.