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Get ready to explore Glorious Rivals and its meaning. Our full analysis and study guide provides an even deeper dive with character analysis and quotes explained to help you discover the complexity and beauty of this book.

Glorious Rivals Overview

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Background

Glorious Rivals Background

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Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of child abuse and death by suicide. Glorious Rivals begins where the first book in the trilogy, The Grandest Game, left off. Seven participants either earned their way or were chosen to compete by the game’s designers, Avery Grambs and her brothers, Jameson, Nash, Grayson, and Xander, to participate in a game of puzzles on Hawthorne Island for a prize of $26 million. The eighth participant, Grayson, was chosen by his family to participate, without his knowledge. Alliances form amongst the competitors: Lyra Kane, Grayson Hawthorne, and Odette Morales; Gigi Grayson, Brady Daniels, and Knox Landry; and Rohan and Savannah Grayson. By the end of the first book, Gigi and Knox have been eliminated, but Odette has offered her spot to Gigi, keeping her in the game. However, in the final chapter of the book, Gigi was kidnapped by a mysterious man.

Prologue-Chapter 17

Glorious Rivals Prologue-Chapter 17

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Chapters 18-35

Glorious Rivals Chapters 18-35

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Chapters 36-53

Glorious Rivals Chapters 36-53

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Chapters 54-71

Glorious Rivals Chapters 54-71

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Chapter 72-Epilogue

Glorious Rivals Chapter 72-Epilogue

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Character Analysis

Glorious Rivals Character Analysis

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Themes

Glorious Rivals Themes

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Book Club Questions

Glorious Rivals Book Club Questions