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Five prodigies, one dead father, a mansion full of suspects…
Octavius the Maestro.
Fola the Brain.
Bilal the Olympian.
Perdita the Artist.
Romeo the Failure.
These are the five heirs of the illustrious billionaire Leontes Button. Adopted and viciously trained with their father’s infamous “Button Method” to prove his hypothesis for creating prodigies—child geniuses—the Button siblings have had no choice but to be brilliant according to their father's impossibly high standards.
Until he is murdered at his annual Prodigy Ball.
Now, all who attended the ball are required to stay in the Button Manor while the police investigate. But the officers have their work cut out for them—each of the Button siblings has something to hide, but The Heirs aren't the only ones with secrets. After all, Leontes Button was especially good at making enemies. . .
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While the book is entertaining enough, and managed to get me out of a reading slump, it still wasn't what I expected.Don't get me wrong, I love teen mysteries and family drama (this reminded me of Knives Out a little), but it felt like most of it happened off-page, all we get to see is the murder day and the day after, we are told very little about their struggles, emotions and world-view (because the book has had to accommodate 5+ POVs).We hardly see the way any of the siblings feel about their "chosen specialty" and are mostly told what they feel towards each other, their father, their life and even their romantic partners in an off handed way that adds little to no depth to their characters nor to the story.<spoiler>Also the terrible night/accident/death plotline bothered me a little, I overlook cliches but this is one I particularly dislike. And also how it kept being mentioned 2 to 3 times per page in the first third of the book, which shocked me cause I didn't even knew what any of them looked at that point. Also the whole Adam and Evie thing felt like a little unnecessary, with too many characters in the mix, their relation to the Buttons, felt underdeveloped, and again, added little to the story, we already had five traumatized children to the mix, we didn't need two more, specially Adam.</spoiler>For a mystery book. I think it failed to "set the vibe" for it, specially for one that takes place in such lavish displays of wealth. Again, most of the bonds between the characters were flimsy, and nothing ever felt real, or like any of them cared, so I didn't either. The author's note felt more honest and emotional than the whole book.