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

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

5.0

Please look up content warnings at https://booktriggerwarnings.com/The_King%27s_Men_by_Nora_Sakavic

“The Foxes would be okay, at least, and that was more than enough.”

Now how the heck am I supposed to get over this and just start a new series. So far, this has been my favourite found-family series.  Six of Crows is a close second, maybe even shared first-place, followed by  ACOTAR and  The Raven Cycle .

“I'm not trying to die," Neil said. "This is how I stay alive. When I'm playing, I feel like I have control over something. I feel like I have the power to change things. I feel more real out there than I do anywhere else. The court doesn't care what my name is or where I'm from or where I'll be tomorrow. It lets me exist as I am.”

It was an absolute treat to experience Neil's character development and reading how the Foxes learned to live and play together. Immediately checked if I could order these in paperback, but The Netherlands disappointingly doesn't have them at the moment and I don't trust international shipping enough yet to order them from Amazon.

 “If a bone isn't healing straight, you have no choice but to break it. ”

The writing style and plot development was better in  The Raven King , but I loved the characters in this final instalment too much to rate this anything below four stars. Will reread in the (near) future. No complaints about this being my first 2022-book.

 Neil built his life around Exy after his mother died because he needed something to live for, but Neil wasn't alone anymore. 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings