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Check & Mate
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i don’t like mallory, i don’t like her ungrateful sisters, i don’t like genz references which was obviously written by someone who never met a genz. i don’t like endless chess facts which is somehow boring than other scientific informations in her books. i don’t like how at least %40 of the book didn’t even involve nolan. i don’t like the ending because what kind of ending is that????? never been more unsatisfied with an ending🤚🏻
i love nolan🩷💗😍💋 precious baby. you deserve 5 stars but i’m giving 2 for your little role in this romance. he was sweet, caring and honestly a really good boyfriend. i don’t want to discuss if mallory deserves him because it’s 3am and i spent unnecessary time reading this book.
so that’s all. i’m just gonna leave three cute quotes from nolan for your suffering through this dumb review 😔
“Because when I’m with you, Mallory, everything is different. When I’m with you, I want to play more than I want to win.�
“I’ve got you, Mallory. Nothing bad is going to happen. You can let yourself want this, because you already have it. You have me.�
“Touch- take rule,� he murmurs. He stands, too. Every step back I take is one forward for him.
“I� What?�
“You touched me. Can’t stop now. Touch- take rule.�
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a YA??? okay ali hazelwood thanks for writing something different and making me wrong
August 23,2022
okay hit me with another guy falls first woman in stem book i'm ready💅🏽
i love nolan🩷💗😍💋 precious baby. you deserve 5 stars but i’m giving 2 for your little role in this romance. he was sweet, caring and honestly a really good boyfriend. i don’t want to discuss if mallory deserves him because it’s 3am and i spent unnecessary time reading this book.
so that’s all. i’m just gonna leave three cute quotes from nolan for your suffering through this dumb review 😔
“Because when I’m with you, Mallory, everything is different. When I’m with you, I want to play more than I want to win.�
“I’ve got you, Mallory. Nothing bad is going to happen. You can let yourself want this, because you already have it. You have me.�
“Touch- take rule,� he murmurs. He stands, too. Every step back I take is one forward for him.
“I� What?�
“You touched me. Can’t stop now. Touch- take rule.�
pre review
edit:
a YA??? okay ali hazelwood thanks for writing something different and making me wrong
August 23,2022
okay hit me with another guy falls first woman in stem book i'm ready💅🏽
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Reading Progress
August 23, 2022
– Shelved
August 23, 2022
– Shelved as:
to-read
January 2, 2024
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Started Reading
January 2, 2024
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12.0%
" “I’m Defne. Defne Bubikoğlu� but unless you speak Turkish, I wouldn’t try to pronounce it. �
lmao i wouldn’t try pronouncing it either 🤚🏻😭"
lmao i wouldn’t try pronouncing it either 🤚🏻😭"
January 2, 2024
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42.0%
" I’m going bananapants?
miss hazelwood i love you but don’t ever write YA again, it’s painful to read 😩"
miss hazelwood i love you but don’t ever write YA again, it’s painful to read 😩"
January 2, 2024
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53.0%
" “Stay.� He leans into me, breath warm, chapped lips against my temple. “You never stay.�
ok he’s cute🥹"
ok he’s cute🥹"
January 2, 2024
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72.0%
" “Why did you keep it?�
“It made me think of you.�
“Why would you keep something that makes you think of me?�
“Because I think of you anyway, Mallory.�
i don’t know what my rating will be but i’m giving 5stars to him😭🥹😍🩷💗💋"
“It made me think of you.�
“Why would you keep something that makes you think of me?�
“Because I think of you anyway, Mallory.�
i don’t know what my rating will be but i’m giving 5stars to him😭🥹😍🩷💗💋"
January 2, 2024
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Finished Reading
January 3, 2024
– Shelved as:
virgin-hero
January 3, 2024
– Shelved as:
waste-of-time
January 3, 2024
– Shelved as:
what-was-this
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Omg 2 stars??? 🙈 off my tbr it goes lol. Can’t wait for your thoughts babe! ❤️🫶🏻
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Vivian it was sadly disappointing 😔
Oh noooo and I love AH but stayed away because I can’t do YA
god i’m not even done with the book and i agree with all of this 😭
Ugh sorry this crashed and burned for you. I always hear a lot of good things about Ali’s heroes so at least she’s consistent there. 😬
Divinity we should stick with her usual content✋�
this has to be her worst book yet. i really liked love hypothesis and love on the brain
bee i wish i had choose to dnf when i read bananapants😔
Kristina thank you, at least we can always trust on her writing he falls harder trope 🤝🏼
realll i agree with all of this - i thought i was the only one who HATED her sisters 😭😭 like be GRATEFUL JESUS. the only person in this book who was likable was nolan. the references were CRAZY 😭
I’m reading this right now and I’m tempted to DNF because her sisters make me sooo upset and tbh I’m not a chess person and nothing is making sense😭
simra i’m sure her grocery list is more entertaining than this
meg nah her sisters were really ungrateful you can’t just say they’re going through puberty and let them act that way✋🏻nolan💗🩷💋
*removes from tbr* TY for saving me the time lol
kaleigh save yourself from this while you still have time😔
Courtney happy to be helpful😌
As an elder sister of two sisters, I feel that first sentence in my SOUL😤
Christina as a little sister i’m apologizing from all the eldest sisters on behalf of these brats😔
I’m sorry this was such a disappointment 😭 every review I read gets my hype lower and lower and lower 💀 her genz references are so cringe specially bc she is not a genz 💀💀, you deserves 100000 stars books 😌🤍
the italicized ‘romance� tells me enough 😭
shei honestly i should’ve trust other reviews and never bother reading this😩 especially tiktok references😬 thank my baby😔🩷
Yet another review making me want to stay away but I already bought the book 😭 Nolan is the only redeeming part in this book and I’ve heard about her ungrateful sisters ugh the pain those genz references must’ve been 😣 I hope your next read is far better 💖
Nolan sounds great 🫶🏻 but if he's the only good thing in the book, then I might not really want to read it lmao... 🫠 sorry this was a miss, hope your next read is better 🤞🏻💞
I’m sorry this was such a disappointment for you! Idk if I’ll be reading this now. Too many genz references will annoy me 😆 I hope your next read is better my love ❤️🫶🏻
seems more like he was putting all the effort in the relationship and we don't like that 🤚🏻 we like having an equal footing in the romance. hope you enjoy your next read more love 💘
nooo omg 😭🩷 i’m so sorry you didn’t like this one bb. i hope your next read is so much better
Nolan was the best part of the book 😌 sorry it didn’t work out for you!
Sabrina Nolan might be worth reading this and i can’t wait to see what you’ll think about this when you read it. genz references were really bad😩 thank you!🩷
purrr nolan was the saving grace!!! i hated her sisters so much omg, the reasoning for being bratty/rude was so stupid 😭 is being grateful too hard?
line he was so sweet, i’m not completely regret reading this because i got to meet him🥹 and thank you! 💗
Vivian you wouldn’t miss much if you don’t read it😔 thanks babe!🩷
lila the things she said to my baby Nolan✋� actually Mallory might be as ungrateful as her sisters🫣 thanks my baby🩷
megan thanks my love🩷 i’m curious to see what you’ll think about it when you read🫣
aleksandra he was amazing! 🥹 thank you🫶🏼
jess nolan was the only reason i could finish this😩 and her sisters🤚🏻 ungrateful brats the way they were talking to her made me so angry
I just know I will hate this book too
Damn not this one disappointing too 🤧 AH is such a hit or miss and I’m not overly fond of YA so I stayed away from this and now I’m actually glad I did bc we have similar taste in books 😭 hope ur next turns out wayyyy better 🤞❤️�
oh no i'm sorry this was such a disappointment babe .those gen z terms would've really get on my nerves. definitely steering clear from this one. hoping that your next read will be so much better🤞🏽🧡�
I'm sorry this disappointed 😞 another review as a reminder to stay away from this. Hope your next read is better lovely 🩷
Ali Hazelwood can write MMCs but she’s pretty inconsistent with everything else I guess. Sorry this was so frustrating!
THIS BOOK SUCKED and i’m so glad u agree with me 😌 her sisters were so bratty like if i told my mom to “unclench her butthole� i would be kicked out of the house faster than u could say “rude ass kid� 😭😭 but this review is so much better than the book sooooo 🤭💝 THE ENDING WAS SO BAD TOO OMFG anyways so glad u hate this book bcuz i hate it too mwah 🤞
Paige it was so painful to read
Iqra i feel like i’m having a bad streak but i’ll fix it😭 i suffered for both of us bestie never bother reading this🫂 i hope so bby thank you! 🩷
daniella i don’t think i’ll read another genz after this😩 definitely stay away from this😭 thank you baby i hope so!🩷
April i’m glad at least my review was helpful😭 thank you!! 🩷
RLbooks i’ll read her any other classic books but never YA again😂 but yeah at least the mmc was loveable as always
mitra nothing could’ve prepared me for “unclench your butthole”😩🤚🏻those little brats if i ever see them👊🏻THE ENDING!!!! i was like that’s it?🤔 anyways at least we both hated this ml😋💅🏻 🩷
Why did you even read the damn book in the first place?
Devon because i wanted to?
