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The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

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mkw1lson's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Look - these books are absolutely soap operas, but I don't mean that in a bad way. I mean that in the best way, which is that the plot and the characters are unhinged and addicting. Just embrace the ridiculousness and move on - it'll be worth it. Like the first book, there are issues with the book structurally - the pacing is a bit off and there's quite a bit left unexplained that maybe could have used more details (ie. wtf is Andrew medicated for and why exactly is everyone like - yeah, just go into withdrawal to play goalie). However, I think that the rest of the book makes up for that.

The games are exciting, Neil is coming into his own and accepting that he wants to be with the Foxes, that this life is something he wants and will fight for, for as long as he can. We get to know the team much better than we did in the first book, we get to know more about the enemies in the Raven's, Riko, and the Moriyama's. We also learn much more about Andrew and see how his relationship with Neil slowly grows

to the point that Andrew actually trusts Neil and Neil happily hands himself over to Riko to protect Andrew.

We also get much more Kevin and the dynamic between Neil and Kevin, and their shared past. The book doesn't exactly end on a cliffhanger, but enough of one that I was starting the third book immediately after finishing this one.

Like the last book, heed the warnings - there are a lot of heavy topics.

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meowllyn's review against another edition

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dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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jennybugg's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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witheringcarnelians's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is why reading foxhole was worth it holy hell. Foxhole is good but mostly building blocks that fall into place to leave me sobbing at 2 am.
Heed tw for this one and I am screaming

5 stars for the found family and aggressive c!Tommy vibes Neal brings to the table lmao

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sammy357's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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okays1331's review against another edition

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4.0

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violetlunablossom's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I can't say that I wasn't expecting the series to get darker but good lord did this book get gruesome. I could definitely feel more of a story structure here and I couldn't put it down once the plot really started to kick in. The growing relationships between Neil and the rest of the Foxes was sweet to see but of course, it's his slow and almost sweet development with Andrew that really makes The Raven King a good read for me. I'll definitely be holding onto my wits with the last book.

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