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I love Mallory’s inner musings and dynamic; a love-hate for the character yet gripping much to see how she overcame and rekindled her feeling towards chess as well to deal with the alarming and heart-clutching pain and regret in between her father’s accident and relationship with both of her mother and sisters. It slightly peek into one’s emotional health, of dealing with anxiety and hatred, and reading the author’s note at the end has reflectively brought me into another thoughtful perspective on the highly observed threat and gender stereotypes during chess competitions that factually happened in real life. \n\nLovely subplot on friendship; I like Oz a lot (he was so wickedly charming) also Defne (fancy her character too much!) and Easton. Love Nolan although I could only see him from Mallory’s POV; their earliest tension intrigued me and I like how it flowed from a rival to a friend and spicing up with a love story later; minimal romance yet still swoon-worthy much. 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