The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

I had very mixed feelings about this book after reading it and had to think for quite a while until I had sorted them out enough to write a review. I think the main problem is that it’s so unclear what kind of book this is? I was expecting something of a cute YA story about a sports team made up a bunch of high school misfits and also some m/m romance going on. Instead, this book turned out to be a dark, twisted mafia story with abuse, drug use, completely crazy characters and weird group dynamics. 

There are so many buried secrets, hidden plot agendas, background stories I don’t understand and a new completely invented sports called ‘exy’.

I did root for the main character, Neil, and my heart broke for his awful upbringing and sad situation, but he wasn’t always the most likeable person in the world. I also kept waiting for him to be involved in an m/m romance, but he “did not swing any way” as he put it himself when it came to romance, as all his life was focused on survival, so that left me disappointed in the end.

Plot wise, there is a lot going on, with many unexpected situations occurring, but despite that, the book still felt slow and many of the situations were also unrealistic and didn’t make sense in the overall plot. But you couldn’t stop being intrigued by it and enjoying it nevertheless. All in all, I think this is one of the weirdest yet interesting storylines I’ve ever read, but I didn’t feel invested enough to continue the series. But then I saw all reviews saying that the next book is so much better and that so much in this first book will make sense then, so maybe I need to stay in the Foxhole Court a little while longer after all...? We’ll see, I’m not convinced, but this book got me intrigued enough to deserve a three-star rating at least!

Rating:
3 stars

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