Hannah's Reviews > Check & Mate

I know that we keep talking about the Ali HazelWood formula and with every book I'm like THIS IS MY LAST BOOK her stuff is repetitive it's all the same BUT I ALWAYS GO BACK! I just can't. the truth is that she has a damn good formula and sometimes I just love the simplicity of the world, the characters are set up so well, and we know who our MCs are, it's just a safe space where I can get immersed. I know the not having enough romance, or I guess spice, wasn't what people wanted, but honestly, I didn't mind the subtly. And as someone who has a mild interest in chess because of their partner, it's safe to say I enjoyed this book haha. HOW DOES NOLAN MANAGE TO BE SO COOL YET SO NICE IDK! You know at some point Mallory really was so obnoxious both with family and friends and then it was literally like resolved in a couple of pages? That was a bit meh but again the type of things I justify for 18 year old ya's in their clown prime, just trying to figure everything out.

Honestly after Bride's release, I'm a bit worried that I'm losing Hazelwood to romantasy, like idc give me 7 stem romances with different MC names just don't start writing 600-page novels with fantasy world-building and whatnot. But maybe I'll just start liking romantic who knows...

4.75 STARS ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟