If you are of the precious, smol bean variety, and have a pure heart of fluff and a soul of happiness, then you won’t survive this book, and its MANY, MANY tragedies.īut as for me, whose emotions have died and whose soul was a void from birth, I took all that ANGSTY PAIN in stride and relish! The ending of the last book is heart-melting and beautiful, and it really wraps up the series in a way that satisfies the reader.This books wins the Great Emo Prize for having the most angst. There aren’t many sports fiction books that go into as much depth as “ All For The Game Does ”. I promise that you will fall in love with this series once you read it. There are quotes that will stick with you like glue after you read them. It makes you feel like you’re watching a movie with how much detail is in each chapter. The amount of detail and description in the books is honestly unreal. The only reason I docked a point is because those books were already so emotionally traumatizing to read once, it would be near impossible for me to read them again for fun. Overall, this series gets a 9/10 from me. The books also have plenty of LGBT+ representation and POC. There are horrid plot twists that will have you on the edge of your seat, and chapters that fill you with unstable levels of anxiety, wondering what will happen next. “ All For The Game ” is such a gut twisting series to read. He has to start taking more precautions though, for his father is after him, and looking for revenge. Neil is starting to trust his teammates more and finally believes he has found his family. “ The King’s Men ” focuses on all The Foxes victories, and their inevitable game against The Ravens coming up. The Ravens have won every single game they’ve ever played, but Neil is about to change that. They are now up against Riko Moriyama and his team, The Ravens. “ The Raven King ” focuses on The Foxes and all the other teams. He now has to teach his teammates that his secrets don’t come without a scarring price. He has just gotten out of a hellish situation and is in need of hiding from his Mafia boss father, who is out to kill him. “ The Foxhole Court ” focuses on Neil and his fractured teammates, the Foxes. All while anxiety stalks you at the end of each chapter. It’s an intricate web of loving relationships and betrayal. There are plot twists that take your breath away, and one liners that will have you laughing until you can’t breathe. You really get invested in the way the story changes and grows. It is a slow burn, and a bit difficult to understand at first, but after the first book ends, it starts to make more sense. Nora Sakavic did an incredible job at creating the plotline. There are characters that you wish were real, just so you could punch them in the face. There are characters you read about that you think you wouldn’t like, but end up loving. The harsh thing about the story is that it’s very emotional to read. Each of them has their own respectable amount of character development as the series goes on. Many of the characters in the book deal with drug abuse, family problems, child abuse, and more. The trilogy sheds a lot of light on the dark side of life. There he learns to trust his teammates, all while trying to lead his team to victory against the cruel Riko Moriyama, the king of Exy. He ends up signing a contract to play on an Exy team full of college kids, all with disturbing issues of their own. The books center on the main character, Neil Josten a guy on the run from his mafia boss father. The books describe it as “…an evolved sort of lacrosse on a soccer-sized court with the violence of ice hockey…” It will take a while to understand it, but once you do, it makes the rest of the series so much easier to read. The series revolves around the fictional sport called Exy. Those books are: “ The Foxhole Court ”, “ The Raven King ”, and “ The King’s Men ”. “ All For The Game ” is an elaborate series composed of three books. It’s a sports fiction series called “ All For The Game. However, there is one book series that I can guarantee anyone would want to read if they knew about it. It’s a universal truth we all know by now. Students usually don’t like being forced to read. Ellie Mitchell, First Year Journalism Student
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