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The Foxhole Court
by Nora Sakavic
What did I just read?
I had no idea what to expect going into this. All I knew was that people’s opinions on this are extremely mixed, and it had been on my TBR for some time. I knew this was a sport book and I’m not a sport person, so keeping up with the details of Exy was sometimes a struggle. I didn’t expect it to be as brutal as it was or for the story to eventually become a convoluted mafia mess. I didn’t understand like a third of it but....I was still intrigued.
The pacing was rather slow, but I didn’t mind. It gives readers a chance to get to know the characters, and that was much needed. I didn’t love any of them, although Danielle—aka Dan, the captain of the Foxes—was great. She was the leader the team needed, and not in the mood for anyone’s crap. Brilliant. I liked Coach Wymack for similar reasons, though not as much. His tough love attitude for the team was amusing and occasionally sweet as well.
As for Neil? He was fine. Very snarky. I approve. I didn’t care much about him otherwise. As for the other characters, well...I don’t think any of them are mentally stable. I don’t know what’s going on with Andrew; that explanation went over my head. I do know he and his friends had some disturbing tendencies, and were even abusive at times. I didn’t expect that. At one point, they invite Neil to a club and drug him, and one of them—Nicky—kissed Neil without Neil’s consent. That’s absolutely not okay and while it was never condoned, it wasn’t really addressed either? So that left a bad taste in my mouth. By the end of the book Andrew, and thus his friends, decided to treat Neil decently, but the whole situation is still a mess.
My thoughts are jumbled at the moment and I can’t think of much else worth saying. I’m planning to continue the series for one (1) reason: I want to know how in the freaking world the romance everyone loves in these books ever happens. Make it make sense.
CW: death of a side character, mention of drug overdose, substance abuse, drugging, sexual assault, violence, homophobic slurs, ableist language
I had no idea what to expect going into this. All I knew was that people’s opinions on this are extremely mixed, and it had been on my TBR for some time. I knew this was a sport book and I’m not a sport person, so keeping up with the details of Exy was sometimes a struggle. I didn’t expect it to be as brutal as it was or for the story to eventually become a convoluted mafia mess. I didn’t understand like a third of it but....I was still intrigued.
The pacing was rather slow, but I didn’t mind. It gives readers a chance to get to know the characters, and that was much needed. I didn’t love any of them, although Danielle—aka Dan, the captain of the Foxes—was great. She was the leader the team needed, and not in the mood for anyone’s crap. Brilliant. I liked Coach Wymack for similar reasons, though not as much. His tough love attitude for the team was amusing and occasionally sweet as well.
As for Neil? He was fine. Very snarky. I approve. I didn’t care much about him otherwise. As for the other characters, well...I don’t think any of them are mentally stable. I don’t know what’s going on with Andrew; that explanation went over my head. I do know he and his friends had some disturbing tendencies, and were even abusive at times. I didn’t expect that. At one point, they invite Neil to a club and drug him, and one of them—Nicky—kissed Neil without Neil’s consent. That’s absolutely not okay and while it was never condoned, it wasn’t really addressed either? So that left a bad taste in my mouth. By the end of the book Andrew, and thus his friends, decided to treat Neil decently, but the whole situation is still a mess.
My thoughts are jumbled at the moment and I can’t think of much else worth saying. I’m planning to continue the series for one (1) reason: I want to know how in the freaking world the romance everyone loves in these books ever happens. Make it make sense.
CW: death of a side character, mention of drug overdose, substance abuse, drugging, sexual assault, violence, homophobic slurs, ableist language