Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme to spotlight a future release that you’re excited about. It’s hosted by Wishful Endings and was previously hosted by Breaking the Spine.
This week’s anticipated book is:
Check & Mate
About the Book:
Title: Check & Mate
Author: Ali Hazelwood
Page Length: 368
Publication Date: Nov. 7, 2023
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Synopsis: 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…)
Are you looking forward to Check & Mate? Which other books are you excited for? Comment below!
I read an ARC of this one and LOVED it. It might be my new favorite of hers. I hope you love it just as much.
I’m in the middle of it and am loving it!! So glad to hear you did too! 🙂
Just recently finished this one. It was so good!
I’m loving it so far!
I’ll have to give this a read!