Neal As The Protagonist! He is an incredibly withdrawn, anti-social and distrusting person, and with good reason.Neal quickly begins to learn that he’s not the only one keeping secrets, it’s just pretty stressful when those secrets could get out and get him killed… What I Liked: Neal remembers him from his past, and worries that if Kevin recognizes him that his cover would be blown and he’d have to once again run away and start over somewhere far from there. While they try to not come to blows, Neal also has to be careful around another teammate and star athlete, Kevin Day. Andrew Minyard in particular is a real piece of work, and Neal doesn’t get along with him at all. They are a bunch of rejects and junkies I mean seriously, they are some pretty shady people, and they are all allowed to play a contact sport against other teams. Of course, he does eventually go to Palmetto and meets the rest of the team who are basically a college sports team version of the Suicide Squad. Anyways, it’s an opportunity that others would kill for, but for someone like Neal who’s on the run because of his father being a murderous Mob Boss nicknamed “The Butcher,” he has his reservations about the exposure it’d bring. Exy is a fictional sport the author created that looks like a kit-bashed version of Lacrosse and Soccer with the same level of aggression as Hockey or Football. The Story Revolves around Neil Josten as he gets hand-selected by the Head Coach of (fictional) Palmetto State University to play on their Division 1 “Exy” team. It’s a lesser known, self-published set of books that has indeed gotten some small hype for being an LGBTQ centric YA fiction, but with it being a top 10 seller on Amazon, that makes it pretty hard to ignore. Upon my epic quest to find more LGBTQ literature, particularly of the Male-Male variety, I saw this trilogy pop up on several lists I’d seen on Tumblr that implied that it would be a great addition to that line of fiction. Genre(s): YA, Contemporary, Sports Total Star Rating: 3.75 Stars Now I really want to go on Amazon.Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Funny thing is, I actually don’t bother with sports in real life, but somehow I was on the edge of my seat reading the sports-related scenes in this one. Well that needs additional work, but I’m excited to see them play some more. That’s the point… bringing together a group of misfits that both hate and love each other and train them to become one single family on the field. They are messed up in their own respective ways. And they all have such a huge presence in the story that it’s hard to not notice them or pay them no mind. This story is crazy, as are the majority of the characters. First time I tried reading it two years ago, I gave it a one-star-rating, so it could only go up from there. Going into a book having no expectations whatsoever means that there’s no way you can be crushed with disappointment. It takes time for it to appear, and even now I have no idea if it’s going where I think it is.īut seeing how popular this series is, I decided to give a second chance, with my friend Yusra, this time without expecting anything.īoy was that the way to go. The first time I picked it up, two years ago, I did so because I saw the theme ‘‘lgbt’’ in its book description, and I was desperately in need of a sexy gay ship.Īnd so when I read the first chapters and realized that no romance seemed to be developing between the main character and another guy, I started to lost interest. Not yet, anyway, though the author teases you here and there. One thing you do not have, however, is this: romance. Who needs a TV drama when you have The Foxhole Court?ĭanger, intensity, sports, addiction, illegal activity, reckless characters… You have it all. Maybe he’s finally found someone and something worth fighting for. Neil has survived the last eight years by running. One of Neil’s new teammates is a friend from his old life, and Neil can’t walk away from him a second time. But Neil’s not the only one with secrets on the team. His lies will hold up only so long under this kind of scrutiny and the truth will get him killed. The team is high profile and he doesn’t need sports crews broadcasting pictures of his face around the nation. Signing a contract with the PSU Foxes is the last thing a guy like Neil should do. 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. Neil Josten is the newest addition to the Palmetto State University Exy team. Genres & Themes: Young Adult, Sports, Drama, College, Survival, Friendship
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