Gather initial thoughts and broad opinions about the book.

1. Barnes’s Inheritance Games novels are known for having complex plots with mysteries that spill over from one novel to the next. Did you find this aspect of the novel frustrating, or did it increase your enjoyment of the story?

2. The Inheritance Games is part of a mystery/suspense subgenre in which the main characters engage with a series of puzzles, games, and riddles. Two well-known middle-grade books in this genre are The Westing Game and Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library. Have you read either of these books? How would you compare them to The Inheritance Games? Which novel’s puzzles and overall mystery did you find most engaging?

3. The Inheritance Games is the first book in the Inheritance Games series, and The Hawthorne Legacy is the next installment. Now that you have read the first book, are you interested in continuing the series? What particular aspects of The Inheritance Games influence your answer? 

4. Jennifer Lynn Barnes has also published another series of YA suspense books called