Like massive arms and massive hands, which is how you know he is packing a massive…rook to knight combo. I think Ali Hazelwood would like me to begin by reminding you the love interest in this book is quite hulking and fit. Original: No description, no release date, no question about whether or not I’ll read this book. Give us some variety to match the real world, please!Įdit 1: we’ve got a cover, description and a release date, November 7, 2023! I will likely continue to read her books because they’re fun, typically light reads, but I wish she would mix up her character body types. Paraphrased examples: “His hands are massive” and “I couldn’t miss him because he stands a head everyone else in the room” Hazelwood remains consistent in her writing. In case you are wondering if there is any variety in the character descriptions from her other books, I feel I should point out that Ms. It made me wish we had gotten more of the same with Sawyer’s found family outside of the interactions with Mallory so I could see him as more than an obscenely tall, love interest and chess machine. The character dynamics among the MC’s family felt really interesting and made Mallory feel much more like a real person. Though, if you are familiar with the pattern followed in Ali Hazelwood’s other books, you can probably guess the “twist” that comes towards the end. Overall, I really enjoyed the storyline and setting of this book. If you know nothing about chess but enjoyed watching The Queen’s Gambit and want something far less tragic, you would probably like Check & Mate. My favorite scene is when she takes care of him when he’s sick because he’s so delirious thinking that he’s in a dream and there’s no possible way that the girl of his dreams is nursing him back to life. wants her to be his □□ this man would move mountains for his girl before she was even his girl. Nolan GOODNESS GRACIOUS! romance is ALIVE! he is so effortlessly down BAD for mallory. at some points i was asking myself “is the author writing for me? or about ME?!” ⁉️ If you are the burnt out older sibling, this book is for you □□ mallory is such a relatable character. Ughh the souls of these main characters are cosmically intertwined and are forever bound to be with one another in any universe‼️ I don’t even like chess but now i wanna play (to fall in love with my tall, dark, and handsome rival) □ When you haven’t played chess in years, randomly play a tournament for your friend, accidentally beat the #1 champion in the world, and now he’s obsessed with you □ And as her love for the sport she so desperately wanted to hate begins to rekindle, Mallory quickly realizes that the games aren't only on the board, the spotlight is brighter than she imagined, and the competition can be fierce (-ly attractive. But Mallory's victory opens the door to sorely needed cash-prizes and despite everything, she can't help feeling drawn to the enigmatic strategist.Īs she rockets up the ranks, Mallory struggles to keep her family safely separated from the game that wrecked it in the first place. What kind of gambit is Nolan playing? The smart move would be to walk away. What's even more confusing? His desire to cross pawns again. Nolan's loss to an unknown rook-ie shocks everyone. That is, until she begrudgingly agrees to play in one last charity tournament and inadvertently wipes the board with notorious "Kingkiller" Nolan Sawyer: current world champion and reigning Bad Boy of chess. Every move counts nowadays after the sport led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory's focus is on her mom, her sisters, and the dead-end job that keeps the lights on. In this clever and swoonworthy YA debut from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis, life's moving pieces bring rival chess players together in a match for the heart.
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