A review by readitcourt
A Game of Fox & Squirrels by Jenn Reese

3.0

There were parts of this book that I really liked. I loved the characters of Aunt Vicky and Hannah. I mean how great is it to have a married lesbian take in these girls? I liked the idea of the anthropomorphic squirrels and the fox. But... I just didn’t love this book like I thought I would. I wish it had been one thing or the other. I wish it had either been a fantastical adventure story with talking squirrels and a charming but evil fox or that it had been a story about kids leaving a physically and emotionally abusive home. But the way that the fox was meant to be a stand in for the abusive father just felt kind of heavy-handed. Like I couldn’t have missed that if I tried. And honestly in the end I’m not sure if the fox and the squirrels were really real and that bothers me.