Rating: 4 stars ⭐️

This is the first book that I’ve read so far from Samantha Hayes and I'm definitely gonna try out more!

I liked the mystery aspect about it and wanted to read more about all the family members.

The Inheritance is a supsense mystery about a family that gets together a few months after their dad’s death in Scotland, where secrets will be revealed.

This is the first book that I've read with more pov's in third person, it was interesting.

Thank you to Netgalley, Samantha Hayes and Bookouture for providing me with this copy. All opinions are my own.

As a fan of Hayes' writing style, I appreciated the loads of twists and turns throughout the story, which kept me engaged and entertained. I also enjoyed how the story was told from the different characters' points of view, as this kept the plotline moving and added depth to the characters. However, I have to admit that the whole story was predictable, and this is the first novel by Hayes that I guessed every single twist. Even the ending did not come as a surprise to me. While I still enjoyed the book, it's a shame that the author's writing style is no longer surprising to me.

Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for letting me read this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

To begin with the story felt a little slow and there were a lot of characters to get my head around.
Well worth getting past that and i was soon engrossed.
A family with one hell of a lot of secrets which kept me guessing until the end.
I ended up page turning as fast as i could as i needed to know how things turned out.
My thanks to netgalley and the publisher for my copy..

WOW! This was my first time reading a Samantha Hayes book and let me tell you right now, I’m officially a fan! This story was gripping from the opening prologue. I was immediately enticed and drawn into a mystery that set the stage for an intense plot.

In Part One, the chapters switch perspectives from the family matriarch, Connie, her three daughters, Kate, Darby, and Bea, and Darby’s stepson Theo. The family gets together in their long-owned family lodge in Scotland. This is the first time that they are all together since Ray, Connie’s husband, and her girls' dad, passed away a few months prior. It’s interesting learning how each of them feels about losing Ray and they each have things that they are dealing with.

In particular, Connie has a secret and it has something to do with the will that Ray left behind. She brought the family together so she could come clean about that and everything else (although we don’t know what that is yet). Kate has suspicions that Darby is having an affair with her husband and while it’s not clear the details, something is going on between them. Bea, the youngest shows up pregnant and on the outs with her longtime boyfriend. Theo is an odd teenage kid who seems just to be angry and wants to mess with everyone. We get many of the different family dynamics of the significant others and their kids. We also meet some neighbors that seem to have a connection with Connie from long ago.

Part two in the book goes back 40 years earlier to when Connie and Ray are young and married and Connie first gets pregnant. The perspective changes between the both of them in these chapters as we get a lot more insight into their relationship and secrets are revealed.

Part three is when the action picks up quite a bit and secret after secret is uncovered in a mad unfolding of events that had my head spinning. I pride myself on guessing twists and I was so pleasantly surprised by one twist after another. The ending had me yelling “What!?”

This book was so juicy and full of emotions. The pacing starts slower but gradually gets faster and faster until the last third of the book you are flying through the pages, absolutely desperate to learn the outcome of these interesting and complex characters. I absolutely recommend this book to anyone that enjoys thrillers in any capacity, but especially those that enjoy dramatic family plots.

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Another great read by Samantha Hayes! Totally enjoyed it. Full of awesome characters that kept me flipping pages non stop. Great twists and turns with perfectly timed reveals.
Thank you NetGalley, Samantha Hayes and Bookouture for the opportunity to read and review this book

Unfortunately I couldn't keep my interest in this book,to many characters and back and forth!
Thank you Net Galley for allowing me to read this!

What a rollercoaster! Gripped from page one, so many secrets and lies and wondering how they'll all be revealed! Lots of unexpected twists kept me engrossed right to the last page! Highly recommended

This was a super fun book with a bit of the kitchen sink thrown in at the end. The family is gathering at the home for a celebration. which is muted just several months after the patriarch's death. The mother has some information she need to share with her three daughters but she continues to hesitate. The three daughters all have issues of their own - affairs, secrets, pregnancy and no one has been completely honest with anyone else! Also, interestingly enough, a handful of teenagers are at the home and they feature in the story. I really enjoyed the majority of the story but the ending may have been a bit rushed - lacking emotional punch for some of the build up. Still in all, it was a great ride #Bookouturre

Family secrets abound. Secrets hidden or thought to be hidden get exposed. More secrets, lies, half-truths and the past just won’t stay in the past.

This book was sent to me electronically by Netgalley for review. Thanks to the publisher and the talented author. Family secrets dominate this novel. The many voices were quite confusing, but the story was intriguing.