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“With some people, it’s not about winning or losing, That with some people, it’s just about playing.

Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood

December 22, 2023 by Malin 2 Comments

Eighteen-year-old Mallory “Mal” Greenleaf used to love chess and showed great potential, but hasn’t played for four years because it reminds her of her father, and the less said or thought about him the better. While her friends are headed for college, Mallory is trying to earn as much money as possible working as a mechanic. Her mother suffers from rheumatoid arthritis and can’t really work anymore, and Mallory isn’t about to let her sisters Darcy (twelve) and Sabrina (fourteen) suffer and miss out on […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Ali Hazelwood, CBR15, Check & Mate, chess, Contemporary Romance, LGBTQIA, Young Adult

Malin's CBR15 Review No:72 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Ali Hazelwood, CBR15, Check & Mate, chess, Contemporary Romance, LGBTQIA, Young Adult ·
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