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Synopsis:

Leah Baxter is a genius. She’s a few wins away from becoming a junior chess grandmaster, and her life is on course to achieve everything her mom and coach want for her.
But Leah is at stalemate – grieving for her father, and feeling suffocated. She decides to make the ultimate sacrifice and quit chess. But chess doesn’t want to quit her. Soon Leah discovers her new gambit: chessboxing, a dangerous hybrid sport which will test her body and mind to their limits. Can the pawn become the queen?

Review:

I wasn’t a fan of the story.

Straight off the bat, I thought the characters or shall I say the main character Leah maybe should have had discipline growing up?! I know that her father had died and it was all starting to build up. But I am not a fan of taking out your hurt and pain on other people which pretty much was all that happened at the beginning of the book and it turned Leah into an annoying brat for me. Due to the fact I found her annoying, the plot overall wasn’t interesting as I know that our main character wouldn’t be written off by stepping in front of a bus. However Leah did slowly redeem herself when she took up boxing.

Characters and plot aside. I REALLY enjoyed how this book was written in blog post perspective. It’s creative and a modern way of looking at books since nearly every human and their dog consider themselves a writer across many different platforms. Davies has a really unique style and I would be keen beans to see what else he produces over time.

Rating: 3/5

Publisher: Walker Books

ISBN: 9781783448401