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A review by allygator
The King's Men by Nora Sakavic
adventurous
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
4.5
boy howdy was this a book. tumblr darling all for the game continues to get more bonkers with every installment and this finale (kind of! now there's the sunshine court!) is no exception. if i had a nickel for every time i opened a conversation with one of my roommates with "you'll never guess what happened in the book today" i would have so many nickels. i would be wealthy. every time i thought that we had reached peak bonkers it showed itself up. and it kept showing itself up until 3 PAGES until the end. wild shit, truly.
but seriously i am shocked by how much i loved this series, and this book in particular. the king's men finally allows us to see into andrew's mind a little bit and it just cemented him as my favorite character. he's so complicated and secretly caring and violent that i ate up every scene he was in as if it was my last meal. he's starting to break down his walls just a little bit to let people in and i hope with everything in me that he heals the way he deserves. and neil! sweet sweet neil. terror of the press neil. he's precious to me because he gets put through the ringer in this book but he still is so in love with his friends. the only times he lets himself be selfish is when he allows himself to bond with the foxes and if that isn't found family at its peak i don't know what is.
the foxes really truly become a family in this and it's exactly what i needed. like give me 500 more pages of nicky dragging an oblivious kevin out of their dorm so that neil and andrew can hook up. give me allison calling up the travel agent she isn't supposed to be in contact with so that the foxes can have a nice vacation. give me the team going to late night practices together for the first time. give me matt caring so deeply for neil because they've become brothers. give me aaron and katelyn finally getting to be together in front of all their friends. give me everything and then some because you know i'll read every bit of it. the joy i felt whenthe foxes won the championship was so all-consuming that i was giggling and kicking my feet in my place of work and i wasn't even embarrassed by it. this terrible new adult sports drama somehow is my new favorite thing.
the only thing that keeps this from perfection is the pacing. it's a little off compared to the other two books, probably because it's longer but it still made it drag in some places and run at full speed in others. not the biggest problem, but still.
tldr: the foxes are everything to me no pacing issues can keep me from eating this book up
but seriously i am shocked by how much i loved this series, and this book in particular. the king's men finally allows us to see into andrew's mind a little bit and it just cemented him as my favorite character. he's so complicated and secretly caring and violent that i ate up every scene he was in as if it was my last meal. he's starting to break down his walls just a little bit to let people in and i hope with everything in me that he heals the way he deserves. and neil! sweet sweet neil. terror of the press neil. he's precious to me because he gets put through the ringer in this book but he still is so in love with his friends. the only times he lets himself be selfish is when he allows himself to bond with the foxes and if that isn't found family at its peak i don't know what is.
the foxes really truly become a family in this and it's exactly what i needed. like give me 500 more pages of nicky dragging an oblivious kevin out of their dorm so that neil and andrew can hook up. give me allison calling up the travel agent she isn't supposed to be in contact with so that the foxes can have a nice vacation. give me the team going to late night practices together for the first time. give me matt caring so deeply for neil because they've become brothers. give me aaron and katelyn finally getting to be together in front of all their friends. give me everything and then some because you know i'll read every bit of it. the joy i felt when
the only thing that keeps this from perfection is the pacing. it's a little off compared to the other two books, probably because it's longer but it still made it drag in some places and run at full speed in others. not the biggest problem, but still.
tldr: the foxes are everything to me no pacing issues can keep me from eating this book up