This had me hooked from the start, held me the entire way through and hand one of the most satisfying conclusions ever! The Heirs is a YA mystery novel, following five family Heirs as they try to rewrite the truth behind their father’s murder. Àbíké-Íyímídé does a perfect job of telling us exactly what has happened, why it has happened, and then dripping little clues here and there. She does an excellent job of balancing the story elements with the character development, and highlights important things- while leaving plenty of red herrings for you to filter through. At no point did I ever think to stop and question ulterior motives, since this simply isn’t what the plot led me to believe- meaning when ulterior motives did occur I was pleasantly shocked!

The writing is slick, smooth, concise and very easy to follow- perfect for people like me that dont often read thrillers or mysteries.

Some passages had me ugly laughing at times, some making question everything I knew about the plot, and some really made me deeply sad at the messed up circumstances the siblings are in; I love that we learnt about them from both their own narratives, how others saw them, and how their father saw them. The first few opening chapter really highlight this- immediately showing what Fola thinks of everyone without us even meeting them. All of the Heir’s have their own distinct voice which can be really hard to manage with 5 separate POV’s. Altogether it gave them a rounded personality and really told us why they act the way that they did. Àbíké-Íyímídé clearly maps out each Heris’ own story to follow and their own reasons for keeping secrets- plus we have the lovely additions of Evie, Henry, Thorin and Anwar, who all compliment the cast and still can stand on their own. Favourite characters are Perdita, Evie and Octavius.

If you’re new to the mystery genre and you love mildly unlikeable characters (affectionately), an easy to follow plot, and twists that will leave you shocked, then The Heirs is perfect for you! I would love to see smaller spinoffs and more elaboration on what the siblings did after the final chapter, or maybe even a short story collection, as there’s so much going on in this book and I just need more!!

ARC was won at YALC 2025. I am under no obligation to review.

I'm a tad sad because I loved Rewitched, but this really didn't feel the same. I would have liked to have spent more time at the bakery with her friends and seeing more of that, instead of being whisked away on a life changing, six week trip. I also wish that The Spell was explained way more, but everything was wrapped up in a bubble of convenience

There was no real plot outside of 'raise this misunderstood teenage witch' and said witch was SO hot and cold- frustratingly so. Annie was okay at the beginning, but there was such little focus on her giving up the spell and what it truly meant after one day. Hal was just...there.

Truthfully I was skimming the last few chapters since her 'friends' were obviously never friends with her, and it's insane to see how she didn't know that. They're also hardly in it! The book is 99% Annie and Maeve.

Overall, it was just very boring, somewhat predictable, and a huge step down from the excitement of Rewitched