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I love Ali Hazelwood's works, and was looking forward to reading her newest book, and first young adult novel. I found the plot interesting and compelling, especially since I have never really been interested in chess before. The characters were well-developed as well. I found Mallory's character to be a bit too woe-is-me, why can no one understand that because of me their lives are so much better which was frustrating at times, but I guess that was the point of her character? Nolan was an interesting foil to her, especially since they are more similar to each other than they may want to admit. Hazelwood definitely tried to make this book relevant for current teens, since there were so many pop culture references (almost too many). Overall, I found this to be an enjoyable, fun read.