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The King's Men by Nora Sakavic
5.0
“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.”
So!! I finally reread the All For the Game series, and honestly? It was probably one of the smartest decisions I've made all year because I forgot how much I LOVE these books.
Objectively, these books aren't the best, they definitely have issues and are a little problematic at times, but they are just so much fun to read?
What makes this series great is the characters, and their growth, and their relationships. Even though this is my third reread, I still started the first book disliking everyone, but by the end of the third book, I would die for all of the Foxes. I love the character development that everyone, but especially Neil, goes through in these books.
While yes, this series is about the mafia and sports that don’t exist, it's more about how a group of misfits band together, despite their traumas, and choose to work together. It's about friendship and family and believing in yourself.
Also, these books made me care about sports?? I am not an athletic/sports person at all. I don't care about them, but reading The Foxhole Court made me understand people that care so much about sports. Reading the Exy matches had me at the edge of my seat.
I really forgot how much this series made me FEEL and how much I love the final book. The King's Men is not only one of my favorite books of all time but definitely one of the best series finales I've read. It just concludes everything perfectly.
Even though I wouldn't mind if there were more because I would love to see the Foxes just being happy and not having to suffer because they go through so much in these books.
(Also, I totally counted how many times Neil said I'm fine while he was, in fact, not fine at all, and it was a total of about 30 times over the three books)
If you've never read this series before, I do really recommend them, but it's important to check all of the trigger warnings because there are LOTS of them.
So!! I finally reread the All For the Game series, and honestly? It was probably one of the smartest decisions I've made all year because I forgot how much I LOVE these books.
Objectively, these books aren't the best, they definitely have issues and are a little problematic at times, but they are just so much fun to read?
What makes this series great is the characters, and their growth, and their relationships. Even though this is my third reread, I still started the first book disliking everyone, but by the end of the third book, I would die for all of the Foxes. I love the character development that everyone, but especially Neil, goes through in these books.
While yes, this series is about the mafia and sports that don’t exist, it's more about how a group of misfits band together, despite their traumas, and choose to work together. It's about friendship and family and believing in yourself.
Also, these books made me care about sports?? I am not an athletic/sports person at all. I don't care about them, but reading The Foxhole Court made me understand people that care so much about sports. Reading the Exy matches had me at the edge of my seat.
I really forgot how much this series made me FEEL and how much I love the final book. The King's Men is not only one of my favorite books of all time but definitely one of the best series finales I've read. It just concludes everything perfectly.
Even though I wouldn't mind if there were more because I would love to see the Foxes just being happy and not having to suffer because they go through so much in these books.
(Also, I totally counted how many times Neil said I'm fine while he was, in fact, not fine at all, and it was a total of about 30 times over the three books)
If you've never read this series before, I do really recommend them, but it's important to check all of the trigger warnings because there are LOTS of them.