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Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood
3.0
hopeful


Thank you @prhaudio @berkleyromance for a copy of this book. I thought it was an interesting premise to center this book on the chess competition. The MC, Mallory, struggles to work and help pay the bills while talking care of her sisters and sick mom. She learns about a chess internship and quickly goes deep into this world. She meets the world's top player, Nolan. They form an unlikely friendship turned relationship. There's parts of the story that I didn't really get, like her keeping her chess playing a secret. I would also say this was more NA then YA.