This is a spoiler-free review! You can read my review of The Raven King on my blog, now! Please read trigger warnings - reader discretion is advised.
I love this group of idiots like they are my own children. There is nothing bad I could say about a single one of them, and that includes the murder they allegedly committed. This series is so absolutely absurd and I love every second of it. It truly has taken me this long to continue on with this series because I frankly do not want it to end, so I continue to prolong the inevitable ending by waiting an excessive amount of time between books. Sakavic's content intensity can feel overwhelming at times, and considering I feel as though I am the one being hunted and tortured alongside these characters, I need to have them spaced out.
I was literally sick to my stomach yet again when Neil's plot took a turn for the worst. As if my boy has not suffered enough, we see him literally go through the most insane horrors known to man after already having to suffer at the hands of Riko in The Raven King. That being said, I have never seen a character so resilient when it comes to self-sacrificing in order to protect those he sees as family. He takes everything like a champ and even when you would think something would be the driving force that would finally kill him, he perseveres. His attitude problem is truly charming and I love the way that no matter how many times Wymack asks him to rein it in, Neil will up the ante by any means necessary. He is the world's number one rage-baiter at heart and will never not be stepping on someone's neck.
"Did you know I've never been skiing? I'd like to try it some time." Kevin Day I will always love you. These characters are consistently put through the ringer on and off the page, and they deserve to be able to defend themselves - either with fighting words or on the court. I will say, some of these characters definitely like to test out how far they can take it when it comes to pushing buttons and seeing if they can get someone to crack. Aaron and Nicky certainly take the cake when it comes to provoking Neil, and I am surprised that their remarks have not landed either of them in the hospital with the way they speak. Neil and Andrew are the most volatile yet unbothered individuals I have ever come across, yet they are most readily on standby to put fighting words to the test.
Jean, my poor little boy - I wish I could say that his suffering will end but I fear this is just the end of the slow beginning of him healing and likely going through another Saw-trap level horror before being able to live a life as normal as he could dream. Same thing with Kevin - he has revealed to the world information he has known for years and will now be subject to every journalist's inquiries, stories, and invasions until the novelty wears off. Nicky stands on thin ice with me for a number of reasons, but I consider him lucky that Andrew did not make it his personal mission to send that boy to the hospital for everything he has done and said to Neil over the past three books.
Andrew's commitment to being the diva of the team and yet the most tortured of all is inspiring - he could be getting beaten to a pulp and still have time to read everyone to filth just for his own enjoyment. He truly will wait months or years to carry out revenge plans just to ensure they occur exactly when they will benefit him at the most opportune times. His duality of being incredibly closed off but willing to reveal information to only Neil speaks to his character and how guarded he will be, on and off the court. I could read one hundred books about Neil and Andrew's relationship and never get tired of reading about them. I am simply begging Sakavic to give them some peace in the future because these boys deserves to be left alone for the rest of their lives after everything they have been through.
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