The Inheritance Games

Okay umm, WOW. I loved this book. From the moment I picked it up I was hooked and I found it concerning how hard it was to put down. The protagonist is smart, but not to the point where she makes it her primary character trait, which is usually quite hard to find in most YA novels. I loved the plot and gobbled up every riddle, trick and puzzle. Although I must say I'm not a very big puzzle-solver myself, it was thrilling to watch Avery and the Hawthorne Brothers find their way through the billion-dollar question: why was Avery there and who was she to the Hawthornes?
I enjoyed Avery's scepticism and the occasional calculated display of vulnerability, however, I did observe her being rather reckless (quite the opposite of her nature) in sharing critical pieces of information.
Despite it all, the bottom line is that the book had me enraptured and I would gladly pick it up again someday if I wanted to be swept into a fictional world that's not magical or dystopian, but highly engaging nonetheless.