A review by keysmashhh
The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Plot: 3/5
Character: 3.5/5
Relationships: 3/5
World-Building: 3/5
Genre: 3.5/5

cannot for the life of me work out if i liked this book or not - genuinly i cant actually wokrk it out. like the charecters were so unbelieivable amoral but that was the fun of it. even the ones you assume are kind of good just aren't so idk what to think about them. ngl i thought they'd be at least one relationship in the book but i got two thirds of the way into it and still didn't actually know who liked who, like kevin and andrew, or andrew and neil, or neil and kevin - I don't even know what to think. that being said, there were some moments that geuinely had me gasping out loud like when riko and kevin reuinited live on tv and neil had a go at riko i was like "oh yeah this is where the book is getting goooooood" and the random death at the end omg I didn't see that coming. upon reading other people's reviews i seem to be the only one who liked kevin, to me him and neil were the only complex charecters, andrew read as a charecter twelve year old me would have written into a fanfic to be cool and edgy and the rest of the team got like no time to shine at all. but neil was interesting and a likable protagonist, i enjoyed the book from his eyes.  but kevin omg there is so much complexity and depth idk why people are hating on him in their reviews. the idea of a guy who loves the sport so much to the point of death was fascinating and much more intesting than 90% of the other people. like when Seth died and kevins first thought was "what about the line up" made me laugh out loud, he's just a guy who loves the sport to his detriment which was cool to see. the line "you've got kevin's attention. You're as freakishly obsessed with Exy as he is" that was funny because its so true, in a book of broken charecters this sport is just about holding them together. hmmmm i still don't know if im going to read the next one, I got this one for free so I dont know if i want to pay for the next one but maybe if it ever goes onto kindle unlimited i'd get it because im sort of invested but i wouldnt be devistated if i couldnt finish the series. i was kind of annoyed we only got like one real exy match in the whole book becausue I actually liked the sports bits when everyone isnt trying to tourture each other for once. what a morally dubious book but also kind of intreaguing. the writing wasn't anything special but there were a few quotes that were like woah thats cool. on the whole im glad i finally read this book to see what the hype is about :)