The First Move
$22.02
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
25 April 2023
Summary
THE FIRST MOVE is an enemies to lovers commercial YA romance that is the perfect blend of Emily Henry’s Book Lovers, Alice Oseman’s Solitaire and Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit.
Juliet believes girls like her - girls with arthritis - don’t get their own love stories. She exists at the edges of her friends’ social lives, skipping parties to play online chess under a pseudonym with strangers around the world. There, she isn’t just ‘the girl with crutches’.
…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241591826 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241591821 |
| Author: | Jenny Ireland |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 25 April 2023 |
| Weight: | 315g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
This is romance with substance * Irish Times *
A teenage love story that is both romantic and believable * Bookseller *
A thrilling will-they-won’t-they rollercoaster ride of a plot … The First Move is that story that’ll move readers while putting great big grins on their faces. * LoveReading *
Everything a YA contemporary novel should be: full of warmth, growth, and romance … beautifully relatable and a powerful reminder of the importance of empathy. * Paper Lanterns *
About The Author
Jenny Ireland
Jenny Ireland is a Young Adult writer who lives outside Belfast with her husband, two children and border collie. She is a Law and French Law graduate and former paralegal. In 2019 she underwent emergency brain surgery. While this experience was relatively traumatic, the close encounter with death has given her the gift of seeing what truly matters in life: writing books.
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