Check & Mate -

Ali Hazelwood

G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers

2023

368 páginas

12h 16m

ISBN-10: B0BV5X9VB8

In this clever and swoonworthy YA debut from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis, life’s moving pieces bring rival chess players together in a match for the heart.

Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. Every move counts nowadays; after the sport led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory’s focus is on her mom, her sisters, and the dead-end job that keeps the lights on. That is, until she begrudgingly agrees to play in one last charity tournament and inadvertently wipes the board with notorious “Kingkiller” Nolan Sawyer: current world champion and reigning Bad Boy of chess.

Nolan’s loss to an unknown rook-ie shocks everyone. What’s even more confusing? His desire to cross pawns again. What kind of gambit is Nolan playing? The smart move would be to walk away. Resign. Game over. But Mallory’s victory opens the door to sorely needed cash-prizes and despite everything, she can’t help feeling drawn to the enigmatic strategist....

As she rockets up the ranks, Mallory struggles to keep her family safely separated from the game that wrecked it in the first place. And as her love for the sport she so desperately wanted to hate begins to rekindle, Mallory quickly realizes that the games aren’t only on the board, the spotlight is brighter than she imagined, and the competition can be fierce (-ly attractive. And intelligent…and infuriating…)

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4 (Muito bom)

Demorei para pegar esse livro por que, por se tratar de xadrez, que é um jogo que acho chato, achei que o livro seria igualmente chato, mas adorei tanto a questão da competição, assim como em Carrie Soto Está de Volta, que até fiquei com vontade de assistir O Gambito da Rainha. Para mim, o grande problema desse livro é que novamente se trata de uma menina que é um gênio, mas tem a vida toda ferrada, e o cara é um milionário inicialmente arrogante, o que não seria um problema se a autora não variasse o plot de vez em quando. Enfim, os personagens são legais, as situações são engraçadas, mas o que me encantou aqui foram as competições de xadrez, que eu não entendia nada das peças se movimentando, mas adorei mesmo assim.