They found the parts of him no disguise could change.” - Nora Sakavic, “The Raven King” What I Liked: They were piecing Neil together and building a real person around all of his lies. They were things Neil understood only in terms of survival, but his teammates hoarded these insights like gold. They knew he hated vegetables but loved fruit, that his favorite color was gray, and that he didn’t like movies or loud music. They didn’t ask for secrets they settled for the breadcrumb truths of day to day life. They never pried, but it took him weeks to realize they didn’t have to. Neil’s days are numbered, but he’s learning the hard way to go down fighting for what he believes in, and Neil believes in Andrew even if Andrew won’t believe in himself. Riko is intent on destroying Neil’s fragile new life, and the Foxes have just become collateral damage. The two don’t have much time to come to terms with their situation before outside forces start tearing them apart. #Read the foxhole court online free for freeThe one person standing in their way is Andrew, and the only one who can break through his personal barriers is Neil.Įxcept Andrew doesn’t give up anything for free and Neil is terrible at trusting anyone but himself. The Foxes are a fractured mess, but their latest disaster might be the miracle they’ve always needed to come together as a team. Andrew certainly has a traumatic past, to put it mildly! What It’s About: The main highlight was learning more about the past of a lot of the characters, and it makes you really start to understand their methods, actions, and just the way they are in general. I admit I kind of had similar feelings to the first book, but it felt like everything was even more elevated, but unfortunately that also was apparent with my lack of interest in the slower moments. I just have to say that the first large chunk of the book was just so BORING for me! I actually almost DNF’d this book because it was so hard to get through and I felt such little interest. If anything, it’s shown me the importance of compassion and trying to look through the eyes of someone else and make sure they’re validated too. With recent events in my home state of Minnesota and even all over the United States, I do have to point out that this may be my privilege talking because I haven’t experienced any of these traumatic situations in my life, so I know I need to watch how I scoff at people who take the trigger warnings in books more seriously. #Read the foxhole court online free tvmakes it feel surprisingly achingly real, but also mixed with some over-the-top vibes that remind me somewhat of the ridiculousness that the CW’s Riverdale tv show has become lately. I can also appreciate the heavier, trigger heavy material that these books have to offer because lately it just feels like a lot of the mainstream literature is what I deem too “safe,” and the fact that these books have material like assault, rape, drugs and alcohol, violence, torture, etc. Literally, give me any works of fiction like that and I am HERE for it! I’m a total sucker for those “found family” stories, especially the ones with a group of outcasts that all come from tragic backgrounds, believe they’ll never have anyone else care one bit about them, but then they form a family with others just like them and show vulnerability because they finally feel safe enough to reveal that side of them! It wasn’t a completely negative experience at least I can say I did notice quite a bit in this book that many others can appreciate: The author’s writing has improved quite a bit, and leaves you feeling much more emotionally involved with the characters because let me tell you… the characters are the saviors of these books! The plot moves slow, excessively slow in my opinion, but what really drives the story and gives it so much life are the characters and witnessing them slowly but surely becoming closer to each other, Neil Josten being a catalyst to make it happen. I wish so much that I loved this sequel like so many other fans do, and maybe this is just another case of the (self diagnosed) ADD I’ve formed during the stay at home with COVID since mid-March that’s made even enjoying a book a major chore because my anxiety and depression have made motivation almost nonexistent for mostly everything but mindlessly binge-watching Netflix and/or Hulu, but I couldn’t get into this book I’m afraid to say! They were worth every cut and bruise and scream.” - Nora Sakavic, “The Raven King” To see my Fancast/Dreamcast for the trilogy – click HERE! Total Star Rating: 2.5 Stars To see my review of book #1 – The Foxhole Court – Click HERE! ***Warning!! This review contains spoilers from the previous book in the trilogy! Continue reading at your own risk, you’ve officially been warned!!*** Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing
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