Checkmate by R.L. Mathewson My rating: 4 of 5 stars 4.5 Funny as Hell Stars!!!I LOVED this book right from the beginning, it's simply HILARIOUS!This is the story of Rory James and Connor O'Neil; they've been enemies since kindergarten, but it's not just a simple rivalry, it's more like they TRULY hate each other and want to ruin each others life. They rivalry is so intense that the whole town have rules for them, not being able to be in the same place at the same time and they're banned from most of the stablishments in town. They end up working together and they want to kill each other, and the process is super funny!.If you read the previous books in the series you're gonna love that Jason and Trevor Bradford appear in this book as well, since they're Rory's cousins and you know the Bradford family is very tight.I don't want to spoil the reading, so I'm not going to post quotes of this book, but like I said, I was laughing from the beginning, so here's how everything started: Twenty-five years earlier........."Rory's a boy's name," the mean little boy who'd pushed her off the swing only seconds earlier, announced as he glared down at her accusingly.Never taking her eyes away from the bully, Rory slowly got up as she wiped dirt off her shirt and jeans. When she finally stood up all the way she was forced to tilt her head back slightly so that she could continue to glare at him the way her older brothers had taught her."It's a girl's name," she said, taking a deep breath and shoving him back.One thing she'd learned, thanks to having five older brothers, was never to let anyone push her around. Once you did, you'd have to sleep with one eye open and keep an eye out for snakes in your bed, spit in your cereal, and toe nails in your mac and cheese. She might have to put up with five big bullies at home, but that didn't mean that she was going to put up with it at preschool, she decided as she gave the boy that had all the girls giggling and calling cute, another shove."You're ugly!" he practically sneered as he reached over and pulled one of her pigtails, hard. "Well, you smell like my brother's butt!" she said, shoving him hard, cause she really couldn't call him ugly since he was kind of cute with honey blonde hair and green eyes."Well, you look like my uncle's butt!" he said, yanking the other pigtail hard enough to make her eyes sting."Well, you-""That's enough of that!" Mrs. Fitzpatrick, the mean woman her father left her with, said as she grabbed them each by the arm. With a firm tug, she dragged them towards the large multicolored building that her father said looked like a rainbow took a shit on. She wasn't sure what shit was exactly, but she knew that no matter what shit was, her father was probably right."She started it!" the boy pointed out as they were dragged to the small table in the far corner with the scary clown painted on it."That's enough of that, Connor," Mrs.Fitzpatrick said sternly as she planted them on wobbly, red blotched stools. "You will both sit here and think about what you did while the rest of the children enjoy free play."Rory narrowed her eyes on the little boy that had cost her a turn on the swings as he narrowed his eyes on her."You'll pay for this," he promised tightly."No, you will," she said, knowing the second, the very second, Mrs. Fitzpatrick turned her back on them that the large jar of pink glitter by the window was going to find its way into Connor's hair. View all my reviews