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The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic
4.0

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 4 stars
The Foxhole Court is a story about Neil Josten, the newest member of the Palmetto Exy team, and someone who has been on the run for the past eight years.

Before last year, I had never heard of this book and this series. Coming to Bookstagram, connecting to other readers all around the world, really opened up my eyes to all the amazing books out there. This book was no exception. Seeing friends rave about how amazing these books are, naturally I had to find out for myself.

Let’s say I was hooked from the very start of reading this book. The writing style, while it seems rather simple and not much, has so much dept to it. It gives such a whole feeling to this book. it was almost as if watching a movie and seeing it all happening. I especially loved the way the games were written. While Exy is a made-up sport, it was very easy to follow that was happening from the way it was written. I would’ve liked a bit more explanation though, as some rules weren’t really clear to me hahaha.

The characters are all very interesting and I can’t wait to find out more about them. All are very unique and distinguishable and have their own trauma they’re working through. Seeing such struggles on page is really something I admire, as most authors shy away from those topics. The characters get so much more dept when not shying away from it and these characters really were amazing. So much dept, so much emotions and I fell for every one of them and rooted for all of them. They made me feel a lot of things, from heartbreak to heartwarming moments.

It did feel like the book felt a bit short. It almost seemed like it somehow wasn’t finished or there should’ve been more said. It came a bit across as one big introduction and set up for what was to come in the rest of the series.

Overall, I absolutely loved this book. it is a great introduction to a series that must have much more in store.