Check & Mate

I didn???t like Mallory. Nolan was great but not much more than a side character.

Also, I may be old fashioned but I found Mallory???s use of hookup apps and casual sex (no need to remember their names) to be out of place in a ya romance.

The book was closed door, so there wasn???t really much difference when she slept with Nolan than the guys in earlier chapters.

Feel like this would???ve been better as NA including some steamy scenes with the main love interest. As it was, they didn???t have much chemistry and I had no idea why he liked her.

The chess plot was okay, but all very unrealistic. I struggled to believe someone who hadn???t played chess for a long time would so easily beat the best in the world.