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emiliehomme's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual content
Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
bisquii's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
READ TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE READING!
WARNING:
Unrealistic depiction of medication/prescription drugs (antipsychotics)
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence
The book does not pull any punches or sugarcoat traumatic events, please be careful. If you have any doubt about being okay with reading about any of the trigger warnings, do know that the depictions of them are very graphic!impeachnixon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Some things I liked:
- THAT LAST EXY GAME!! The Exy scenes are always some of my favorites, but there were so many little things (Neil's past on defense, Kevin changing his hand) that finally paid off and it was so good!!
- I loved the found family really coming out in this story!!
- I think the writing and general pacing were best in this book!
- While I have issues with the relationship between Andrew and Neil in this story, I'm a sucker for any romance ever. Plus, Neil and Andrew's relationship really grew on me, both how we got to see their feelings slowly develop and how their trust in each other developed (I especially loved their conversations about and attention to consent).
Some things I didn't love:
- The two antagonists being a mafia/gang and a sports team felt a little unbalanced. Neil being nearly killed by his father around the 250-260 page mark made the rest of the pacing strange. Also, at some point I feel like the story got too big for its breeches and it was hard to believe that Neil can make it out of all of this alive.
- Andrew and Neil's relationship felt kind of rushed? Like within the confines of this book only, their relationship developed at a reasonable to slow pace over the course of the 400 pages. But in the context of the whole series, it just kind of came out of nowhere.
- Andrew had a lot of... flaws that made him fairly annoying. His violence was concerning and made him not really a character I wanted to follow? It's one thing when he gets into violent arguments with his teammates who know him, put up with him, and can handle him. But when he's threatening, like, Katelyn? Also, his whole agreement that his brother can't date anyone that Andrew breaks when he starts seeing Neil? Wasn't always a fan of Andrew, and I feel like I could have been if his character was developed and explored further and if his flaws were treated as flaws.
- Stuart's whole character kind of came out of nowhere, and felt like he came out of convenience. There were a few other things that felt like they were big plot conveniences, but that was the biggest one that I remember.
There are a lot more things that I thought, but that's just some things. I definitely enjoyed my reading experience overall!
Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Cursing, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual violence
jenarae's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Minor: Homophobia and Grief
fanboyriot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Slow Burn
Found Family
Hurt/Comfort
Angst with a Happy Ending
Mutual Pining (though they don’t know it)
This is obviously my favorite of the series. I love the character development in this last book. The relationships between the foxes getting stronger, Neil finally clueing in on the thing him and Andrew have and being literally the last person to know.
It was an emotional roller coaster for sure, with Neil’s life going bad to worse to okay again to having hope for the first time in his life. Of having a chance of a future. It was absolutely amazing.
I think this book did a good job with taking care of any loose ends. It is the perfect example of angst with a happy ending and I don’t see myself getting over it anytime soon. Here’s to another re-read.
POV: Third Person
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Rep: Demisexual (MC), Gay (LI), Gay (SCs), BIPOC (SCs), Mental Illness
Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Death, Torture, Blood, Body horror, and Violence
Moderate: Gaslighting, Alcohol, Cursing, Mental illness, Murder, and Sexual content
Minor: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Addiction, Animal death, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Physical abuse
memorable's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, and Violence
jupytwo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Also, there’s a surprising amount of one-liners that make me laugh out loud or make me gasp too loudly. Love writing like that!!
If you thought the first and second book was fucked up and evil, this one will be a treat!
Honestly, I didn’t expect to love this series so much. (Maybe if I didn’t use it as a distraction during finals it wouldn’t be that way but whatever). I don’t know how to explain how captivating it was. From what I’d heard online, I definitely underestimated how good it actually would be, and I’m presently surprised.
also. i have no idea how i ended up loving andrew so much. when did that happen.
Graphic: Murder, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual content, Mental illness, and Sexual violence
Minor: Homophobia
otbval's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, and Violence
galpalkirk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Important: Do NOT take this as me recommending the series. Unless you’re my friend and you’re funny.
Graphic: Homophobia, Fatphobia, Police brutality, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Outing, Drug abuse, Gore, Murder, and Torture
miamcmillan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Torture, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Violence
Minor: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia