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The King's Men by Nora Sakavic

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dark tense medium-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

A good sports read. The main team members have very traumatic lives. The Main Character's love interest is /interesting/ and everything just seemed too unrealistic to me. To be fair, I am not a member of a gang or mafia and my life has been nice . . . so maybe I'm just biased towards nonviolence & being drug/alcohol free. The excessive drama pull the focus away from the sport (Exy: some sort of indoor extra aggressive lacrosse?). However, it was still a very enjoyable read and I did end up talking to the characters like they could hear me.

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challenging dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Tw: violence, drug use, alcohol, sexual assault/violence 

Hello I LOVE this series, I read it in like 3 days between uni and work, lost so much sleep over it that I felt sick for a while but man, was it worth it. Every thought in my pea sized brain is Andrew Minyard and I wouldn’t have it any other way. (Can’t really understand people who say it’s written like a fanfiction as if that’s a bad thing - as far as I understood, the author is self-published so how can you not support that, especially when the characters are so fleshed out. Believability of the story is arguable but that’s not the reason I read it) I have nothing bad to say. Nothing. Effective immediately, one of my all time favourite series. 

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challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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

I loved it. So, 5 stars. *Disclaimer* My reviews are based on how much I loved it, how they made me feel and if I would go back to the book again, not on them being the best book ever written. 

I started this book because of fan art and since is Pride Month, I thought that it would be a good start! This trilogy did not disappoint. The first book grabbed my attention enough for me to keep going with the rest and I loved this one. You can see the author improving by the book. A lot of bad things happen to the characters but you can see how much they grow and pushing thru advertising, finding love and family. 

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Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
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Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced
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Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

2024 Reread: This is still one of the best books that I think I’ve ever read. It was such a roller coaster of emotions and just when you think it can’t get any more dramatic, it does. I loved how Neil and Andrew weren’t subtle in the least and yet people were still shocked by them being together. It just made me giggle. I also loved how the Foxes rallied around Neil after everything that he had been through. It was so sweet to see them bonding and really cementing the rag-tag found family thing that they had going on. Honestly, this is just such a good book and it’s getting a solid five stars.

Original 2020 review: The Kings Men was an absolutely wild ride from start to finish. This one really came after my feelings with a vengeance. It’s pulled me in so many different directions emotionally that I’m almost speechless over it.

I really loved all the angst that this book had to offer. This book hit hard and kept hitting right until the end. I also just loved how casually Andrew and Neil’s relationship comes up at the most inopportune time. They weren’t necessarily hiding it, but it was so funny to see the whole team’s reaction to finding out about them. It was just the right amount of fluff to counterbalance all the trauma and angst of the rest of the book.

I think the only things that I would have liked a little more of in this book was Ichirou and Neil’s uncle Stuart. I feel like they could have been a little more involved with the story rather than just a background kinda thing. I also would have loved a little more of Jean. But I’m not gonna be picky.

There was just so much going on in The Kings Men. I desperately wish that this wasn’t the end of the series. This book put me through the wringer and I loved every minute of it. This one is getting a solid five stars.

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