If Faridah has no fans, I AM DEAD!

Thank you to NetGalley, Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, and Feiwel & Friends for an eARC! I greatly appreciate it :)

Octavius the Maestro, Fola the Brain, Bilal the Olympian, Perdita the artist, and Romeo the Failure. As Leontes Button’s heirs, their life’s destinies were chosen before they even took their first steps. Their father Leontes Button created the “Button Method” to prove that he can raise child prodigies, making sure each of his children adhere to his sky high standards. Until he is murdered at his own Prodigy Ball. While each Button sibling has something to hide, Leontes’ death wasn’t a surprise since he also had enemies. The question is, who killed Leontes Button?

As someone who is a frequent reader of Faridah’s books, The Heirs has been one of my most anticipated ARCs to date and it did not disappoint. I really enjoy her writing style and the breadcrumbing she applies to her work, and that each of the Buttons were flawed, had history with being under Leontes’ control, and all had a past they were trying to run away from. I also liked the fact the it was a mix of a whodunit murder mystery with a great cast of diverse characters and stories.

I felt like for the most part the book was kind of predictable, but not in a bad way. More of a “I knew it was going to happen but I want to see how it’ll play out” kind of way. I liked the way all of the characters were written and especially Henry Xu and Evie omggg. I loved the diversity of each of the characters and the LGBTQ+ representation was AMAZING. The couples at the end……EVIEEEE AHHHHHHH.

I didn’t really think the second to last the third to last chapters were needed though since they were kind of random, but I do see how it ties into the Button children getting back together as a unit after a tragic loss, so it wasn’t so bad. The very last chapter was really interesting and provided some good context, though.

I can’t wait to read what Faridah has next, this was such a fun YA Mystery and I can’t wait to see what she has in store.