Charmel's Reviews > The Foxhole Court

reread: This series had me in a mind-bending time warp, and rereading it just made my life better.


UD: I HAVE THIS STRONG URGE TO REREAD. PLS NOT NOW IT'S OUR EXAMS


I have no idea why I'm obsessing over this book right now. Seriously. All I know is that I am in love with these aggressive, violent, damaged, ruthless, crazy, and cute foxes.


TW : violence, murder, drug use, alcohol abuse, etc.. (check out this list)


okay. 4.20 stars. okay wait. AAAAAHHH ASDFGHJKSK.

"It's not the world that's cruel," Neil said. "It's the people in it."

The Foxhole Court follows Neil Josten who has survived his last eight years running away from his father, a crime lord known as The Butcher. Now, he joins the Palmetto State University Exy team and now, things are different and maybe it's time for him to stop being a runaway. Go read the book my friends, because that's all I can say.

There was no real plot and I am not complaining. This was more likely a character-driven book but other than the amazing complex characterization, it was so much more.

The pace and the writing style were actually easy to follow. I didn't mind the long chapters at all, which was surprising. It was so gripping. The setting sort of gave me TEOTF vibes, bad things were always bound to happen courtesy of these messed up teenagers, and Stranger Things vibes, without the demogorgons and supernatural stuff obviously. And yes, also Haikyuu vibes because of the sport.

Some parts of this book were completely unrealistic. Like a problematic thing happened and no one's concerned and stuff and i was "what?" "really?" "how?". Except all these questions came down to "wow". I mean, WOW.

*inhales*

Now, about my ruthless foxes who all needed a hug but i swear don't do it or else you'll get punched in the gut.
I adore how Nora Sakavic made the backgrounds of these diverse characters all deeply complex, that just made me love love love them more. They are troubled people living in a troubling world.

"We're Foxes. Something is always going wrong,"

Neil, asdfghjks he's just a soft-badass runaway mc who has hidden talents and reading from his past literally made me wanna hug him.

Andrew whom I loved not understanding is a psychotic complicated baby. He's a 5ft cinnamon roll but he's a bitter, morally grey cinnamon so don't belittle him. ( *coughs in Andreil* )

Kevin is Exy's wife. Exy x Kevin is canon.

Aaron is kinda a quiet-secretive type for me, but his character is still vague so can't wait to find out more of him.

Nicky is a hot gay af. Period.

Matt, the nicest cinnamon bun who deserves the world.

Dan is a queen for being the captain of her exy team! (that rhymes lmao)

Renee seems suspicious, she's like a goody-goody who's hiding something but she's no trouble, yet. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Allison and Seth could be a definition of a "what-the-hell-relationship-but-its-cute"

And the best coach of the decade, Coach Wymack! Seriously guys, are y'all done wasting his oxygen?

Probably the frequently used sentence in my head while reading this was: "Whoa whoa, chile! No need to be aggressive."

But of course, these resilient guys can't hear me.

"Hope was a dangerous, disquieting thing, but he thought perhaps he liked it."

The ending was "OH MY GOODNESS" that made me want to read the next books asap. Right now, my favorite sport is probably Exy. I don't play sports anymore but I'd die just to play this game, thank you.

I think I'm going to have a strange and maybe unhealthy addiction with this book. Also, thanks to Lucyyy for hyping me up to read this series aaa skkskssjsjja.

Y'all must read this!!
4.20 starssss <3

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The Raven King
The King's Men