A review by owlbereading
Checkmate by R.L. Mathewson

3.0

I guess I may be alone in this review, however I really did not think this is one of RL's best. After finishing PFK, Perfection and reading the first two books in the Pyte and Sentenial series, I found myself in love with RL's playful and witty writing style. I had highly anticipated the release of Checkmate and constantly checked her Facebook page for information on release. On Oct 30th it was released early and I bought it and immediately began reading, but much to my surprise I just couldn't get into this book. It took me 4 days to read a 248 page book, as I would just stop reading. I felt like the feud between was not developed very well and the flashbacks were sometimes very random. I quickly became sick of her "hot cocoa" fix and their constant highs and lows. Sometimes the situations in this book were drawn out to long and I quickly lost interest in the description and skipped over their dispute. Oh and I really just need to get this out.. I'm SO tired of reading "I'm going to take you over my knee" every one of her books that I have read says that even when it isn't appropriate nor matches the character, I just roll my eyes and move on.

Although I love the Bradford family, their first appearance in this novel was really awkward. I found myself unsure about why she had even incorporated them. However because I love them, I'm glad to see them pop in for a little while.

This book wasn't over all horrible, I liked Rory, she was displayed as a beautiful tomboy who didn't take shit from anyone and the change in feelings Connor had for her over the book had me swooning at times ie: when he told her she deserves more.