A review by charmel
The King's Men by Nora Sakavic

5.0

This book owned me.
This book made my heart thump, skip a beat, and break bit by bit.
This book. No. This series killed me.

TW: violence, mild assault, drug use, alcohol abuse, etc.. (check out this list)

When I said the previous books ate half my heart, this book ate it whole. be prepared for some high pitched screaming hehe

AAAAAAAHHHHH AKSKKSAFGJJS AAAHH AASDGAH
I'll love this series 'till my last breath. I love these foxes with my whole heart.


The King's Men is the last book in the series, All For The Game. This picked up after everything nail-biting that happened in the previous two books. Neil is out of time, it's too late for him to run away, he couldn't keep all his secrets any longer, and with him being in danger, he's got more reasons than ever to live. He and his teammates, the Foxes, promised to get to the championships but before that, they should face every hurdle coming in their way and fight as a team.

"Fight because you don't know how to die quietly. Win because you don't know how to lose. This king's ruled long enough—it's time to tear his castle down."


I tried my best giving a vague and understandable lil summary for this book because I don't wanna spoil some stuff. But if you're looking for a one-sentence overview about this, then here is it muehehe:



I've never read a sports contemporary before so this is really my first time, although I've watched numerous sports anime. I also don't like sports in real life but I sure am adding some more sports books to my tbr.

I love Exy, a made-up sport, "an evolved sort of lacrosse on a soccer-sized court with the violence of ice-hockey." I never expected to be fascinated by it and now I would die just to play this game.

I like Nora Sakavic's writing style. it's so simple but there's definitely something unique about it. What more can I say? about the plot, ehm it just gets better and better. Actually, everything improves throughout the books. I planned to read this book slowly and surely but oh boy, I didn't want it to end yet I didn't want to stop turning the pages.

This series also had a lot of trigger warnings. Before reading, it's important to get a heads up about the long list of it. Though, the fact that this violence-heavy series became one of my greatest comfort books is kinda funny hihi.

Now enough of my yappin, I wanna scream for my foxes now. aaaaahhh

"Wymack clapped his hands at them and said, "Let's go!"
"Foxes!" they roared in response, and the starting line-up headed for the door."


These damaged, ruthless, broken, beautiful foxes. I love them with my whole being that I literally had a breakdown because they're only fictional.