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Checkmate by R.L. Mathewson
1.0

Did not care for this. Part of it was the hammering to death of every single element - is Rory's only defining characteristic that she likes cocoa? But mostly because the two protagonists are deeply unpleasant people and I don't care if they're happy. Their decades-long prank war is neither cute nor funny, especially as both parties don't give a single damn about the collateral damage they cause to other people, and the giant side-helping of misogyny in the hero doesn't help.

The only reason for these awful people to be together is so they're not inflicted on anyone else.