A review by cakepoplover
Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood

4.25

i am livid. i am irate. i am screaming. i loved this book and i need more! the ending was soooo rushed. the fact that the whole book has been hyping up how amazing it will be when mal and nolan play together… and then we never got to see it. i feel like i was being edged the whole fucking time. and why was the epilogue a freaking article?? i want to see more of mal and nolan’s relationship firsthand 😭😭 i could easily read another whole book just about them with no plot just cuteness and chess. i feel like this book had so much potential and it just didn’t give me enough. i am desperate for more. also why did all of the conflict get blamed on mal. literally no one else was held accountable for their actions 🙄