Series: All for the Game #1
Goodreads: The Foxhole Court
Publisher: Self Published
Amazon: UK|US
Synopsis: Neil Josten is the newest addition to the Palmetto State University Exy team. He’s short, he’s fast, he’s got a ton of potential—and he’s the runaway son of the murderous crime lord known as The Butcher.
Signing a contract with the PSU Foxes is the last thing a guy like Neil should do. The team is high profile and he doesn’t need sports crews broadcasting pictures of his face around the nation. His lies will hold up only so long under this kind of scrutiny and the truth will get him killed.
But Neil’s not the only one with secrets on the team. One of Neil’s new teammates is a friend from his old life, and Neil can’t walk away from him a second time. Neil has survived the last eight years by running. Maybe he’s finally found someone and something worth fighting for.
Review: I honestly can’t believe how much I love this book, it has managed to completely take over my life; I’m reading fanfiction about this series, and I don’t think I’ve ever done that for a novel before. Its just managed to capture me, but I’m here to break down the good and bad points, so I’ll try not to yell to loudly about my love for this book.
Okay so firstly this book contains a whole lot of violence, abuse, and manipulation so if that’s not your cup of tea please put this book down. Much like The Captive Prince it’s a dark twisted book, and a lot of bad things have and will happen to the characters.
The book reads a little like fanfiction it’s intoxicating and drags you in, but isn’t necessarily the best written nor the most complex novel. I read all three books in three days; I was reading this in the staff room at work, in the bath, and while sitting in the car waiting for my mum. I just couldn’t put it down, it’s a book that focuses on the characters, and the relationships between them. There’s a fairly large cast of characters, but you’ll feel like you know them all because so much time is spent developing them. I think it’s this that really caught me, as I do prefer character driven narratives.
Neil is such a wonderful character. He has been through so much, and risks everything to play with Kevin again; he becomes the lynch pin of the team, and grows so much in this novel. He’s nervous, suffering from awful ptsd, and doesn’t know how to trust anyone so I obviously found myself desperately wishing for his happiness. I felt the same way about Andrew, the books angry, overly suspicious psycho; he’s a character you’re either going to love or hate, he does some awful things to Neil to test him but I promise he’ll grow on you like a fungus.
The books main focus is Exy it’s decribed in the book as “a bastard sport, an evolved sort of lacrosse on a soccer-sized court with the violence of ice hockey.” and honestly this is so accurate. I am in no way a sports fan but I did actually enjoy the focus on Exy, especially when the team started to come together. It’s a book about a group of misfits on a sports team becoming one big beautiful family, and I loved watching them grow.
Recommend: Much like Captive Prince this is a book that is only going to work for certain people, but if you’d like to give it a try The Foxhole Court is currently FREE on amazon.
Stars: ★★★★★
