Name: The King's Men
Rating: 4.58109756097561 (410 reviews)
ISBN: 9781310839696

Nora Sakavic

Neil Josten is out of time. He knew when he came to PSU he wouldn't survive the year, but with his death right around the corner he's got more reasons than ever to live. Befriending the Foxes was inadvisable. Kissing one is unthinkable. Neil should know better than to get involved with anyone this close to the end, but Andrew's never been the easiest person to walk away from. If they both say it doesn't mean anything, maybe Neil won't regret losing it, but the one person Neil can't lie to is himself. He's got promises to keep and a team to get to championships if he can just outrun Riko a little longer, but Riko's not the only monster in Neil's life. The truth might get them all killed--or be Neil's one shot at getting out of this alive.

All for the Game, Book 3

The King's Men

The fate of being the one who looks out for everyone else. 

Stephanie 

"You spend all this time watching our backs," Neil said. "Who's watching yours? Don't say you are, because you and I both know you take shit care of yourself."

Leonie

"Is your learning curve a horizontal line?"

"I've never had friends before. I don't know how this works. I'm trying, but it's going to take time."

"Trying to remember fear, or trying to remember how to feel anything at all?"

Can this book please stop breaking my heart? Hear me out, I reached the level of desperation where even I started to crave some romance and cute moments 🥺

"Ninety percent of the time the very sight of you makes me want to commit murder. I think about carving the skin from your body and hanging it out as a warning to every other fool who thinks he can stand in my way."

Why waste time and energy, right? 🤷🏻‍♀️ 

Neil weighed all the possible responses to that and settled on the simplest: "Fuck you."

Disguising threats as jokes always works 🌝

"A clear shot at [him] and no witnesses," Neil said. 

Matt grinned like he thought Neil was joking and left.

No one could let go of that much rage that easily; Andrew had simply buried it where it could hurt only him.

"I care about who you are right now and who you can be going forward. I'm not asking you to forget your past, but I am telling you to overcome it."

"A man can only have so many issues," Andrew said. "It is just a key." 

"You're a foster child. You know it isn't."

But was this peace or cowardice, and was this survival or avoidance?

Guys stop it or I‘ll turn into a sobbing mess. 

"It's always been 'lie' and 'hide' and 'disappear'. I've never belonged anywhere or had the right to call anything my own. But Coach gave me keys to the court, and you told me to stay. You gave me a key and called it home."

The last sixty seconds of the game were a blur of violence and threats.

Do you ever get so attached to a character you’re able to feel what he feels? Because I do. Maybe I should start to pick more comforting characters. 

For a moment Neil felt trapped, stuck between what he wanted and what he needed, what he'd never have or be and what he had but couldn't keep.

That lack of brain-to-mouth filter would be the death of him one of these days.

This is the quote that got me hooked on the series without context and managed to break my heart with its context. 

"Who said 'please' that made you hate the word so much?" [he] gazed at him in silence for a minute. 

"All eyes are on you. It's time to show them what you're made of. This is your night. This is your game. This is your moment. Fight because you don't know how to die quietly. Win because you don't know how to lose. 

This king's ruled long enough—it's time to tear his castle down."

"Don't dismiss me for lying to you then ignore me when I tell the truth." 

"This is not truth," Andrew said. "Truth is irrefutable and untainted by bias. Sunrise, Abram, death: these are truths. You cannot judge a problem with your obsession goggles on and call it truth. You aren't fooling either of us."

"You've lost the right to call me difficult," Neil said. Andrew shrugged that off, so Neil said, "Make a new deal with me."

Andrew tipped his head to one side, considering that. "What would you take for it?"

"Don't ask questions you already know the answer to."

"Because I made you a promise," Andrew said. "I did not forget it just because you chose not to believe me. I did what I said I would do, and fuck you for expecting anything else."

Steph

Well, well, well. Look who survived all three books. This is by far the best in the series—and my very first five-star read of 2025. The suspense is through the roof. So much is at stake. Relationships are formed and broken. And baby Neil? All grown up and exploring his sexuality. I’m so proud of him and Andrew for finally being honest about their feelings. That little flirtatious game they kept playing? I ATE IT UP. And the ending? Perfect. Their final game was phenomenal—kudos to Nora Sakavic for writing it so brilliantly. Her prose is so vivid, I could see it all playing out in my mind. That’s what I love about Nora’s writing. She doesn’t just tell you what you need to know—she shows you. She guides you. There’s so much subtlety in her storytelling, making every scene feel even more real. I love this trilogy and cannot wait to be tortured all over again with The Sunshine Court.

mona

THANKS GOD THE SUFFERING OF NEIL IS OVER. BUT THE EPILOGUE, WHAT THE FUCK?!?!

Naomi 

It was about dang time to get a new hyperfixation with an book series. Best start into 2025! <3

Nate Mason

Cici Pearson

ang 

i will never let them go. i just can't let them go.

luca

kelsey

“Thank you,” he finally said. He couldn’t say he meant thanks for all of it: the keys, the trust, the honesty, and the kisses. Hopefully Andrew would figure it out eventually. “You were amazing.” 

GODDDD the foxes will always have me in a chokehold

i have no idea what i’m supposed to do with myself now. i’m never going to move on. i’m gonna be stuck here forever. 

sarah ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

i love my traumatized murder lacrosse gay boys 

Clara Gauthier

karo

this is a 6⭐️ book and idc what anyone says. andrew and neil are my roman empire

i hate you but that doesn't mean i won't blow you.
weird way to confess but okay !

akynn 

I read this whole trilogy and I'm still not completely sure what cracker dust is.

FIRST OF ALL i love andrew so baddd he's everythingg and also neil aaa seeing him think of the foxes as people he can trust, his family, is something that can be so personal to me... 

but ok. i think nora tried to fit a loooot of things into this book and it's like a new revelation followed by another new revelation without any room for the audience to catch up with what has happened, or at least to me. because of all the new stuff she included i feel like a lot of details were glossed over. even after the book has ended, i realise i still don't know much about the moriyamas? everything about them is kind of just vaguely insinuated. why did ichirou let him off the hook way too easily? (that being said there is something very intriguing about ichirou's character i wanna know everything about this mafia bossman) 

most importantly the riot scene HELLOOO how did the team react nora GIVE ME THE REACTIONS????? we know absolutely nothing about what went down on their side/how they reacted when they found out he was missing? tbh she could have separated this into two books to give herself more room to be more detailed... oh i can only dream... 

also nora on her tumblr acting like aaron is her favourite character but giving him no character growth at all throughout the entire series he's just.. there.. no thoughts head empty just always on the dance floor 

tldr obsessed with andreil and nora is a freak

Julia Moran 

trixie

don’t look at me like that i’m not your answer and you sure as fuck aren’t mine

ariadna

honour

minute one and a half without the foxes: considering painting my walls orange and joining a lacrosse team because i miss my BABIES

roro

gjajcjakd i don’t want this series to end :((

Maddison 

PLEASE TELL ME WHERE CAN I FIND A WYMACK OF MY OWN!?! 

between coach’s witty comebacks, the immaculate pacing throughout the series, and everyone’s favourite sociopath, i think i found my new favourite series 🧡

I don’t think I’ll ever be okay again after this one. 

Kat 

OH MY GOD WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME

I don’t think I’ll ever be okay again after this one. 

this series is like if you were to splice the two main guys from riverdale together… like it simultaneously exudes “epic highs and lows of high school football” energy and  “have you ever seen me without this stupid hat on? that’s weird” vibes. anyway, was fun ig… this one was the best of the three for sure. 

The King's Men All for the Game, Book 3

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