Book Review #136: Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood
After chess destroyed her family four years earlier, Mallory Greenleaf decided to never play again. But when helping out a friend in a charity tournament, she wins against Nolan Sawyer, the current world champion. And suddenly Mallory finds her chess skills in demand - in exchange for desperately needed cash prizes. But can she keep her family separate from the game she vowed never to play again? I'm a big fan of Ali Hazelwood's books. Even when I'm going through a romance slump, I always know that I'll like whatever she writes. So while I didn't love the plot of this one, I knew that I'd probably still like it. And that's true for this book. I liked it, but because I didn't love the plot, it definitely wasn't one of my favourites of Hazelwood's. The book gives us a good first impression of Mallory. We like her instantly which makes her a good protagonist to follow throughout the story. It took a while to really get into the story. There was a lo...