The Raven King

All for the Game Series, Book 2

By: Nora Sakavic

Narrated by: Alexander Cendese

Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's summary

The Foxes are a fractured mess, but their latest disaster might be the miracle they've always needed to come together as a team. The one person standing in their way is Andrew, and the only one who can break through his personal barriers is Neil.

Except Andrew doesn't give up anything for free, and Neil is terrible at trusting anyone but himself. The two don't have much time to come to terms with their situation before outside forces start tearing them apart. Riko is intent on destroying Neil's fragile new life, and the Foxes have just become collateral damage.

Neil's days are numbered, but he's learning the hard way to go down fighting for what he believes in, and Neil believes in Andrew even if Andrew won't believe in himself.

©2013 Nora Sakavic (P)2018 Tantor

Heads up

i really enjoyed this story but i don't see any of the reviews give trigger warnings so I'll do the honors. Beware of graphic depictions of rape, abuse and torture.

pretty good!!!!

I'm really into the story but it can drag at times!!!!!!!! still very excited to read the next book!

Not what I was expecting

First let me start off by saying, if you’re looking for romance, don’t bother reading this book. I wish someone mentioned the SA that nearly takes place in this book. The self harm mentioned in here didn’t really surprise me, seeing as most of the cast of characters are misfits for whatever reason.

This book made me feel uncomfortable, which suck cause I enjoyed the sports part of it, the mafia aspect wasn’t that great, and I feel like there isn’t really a full plot amongst the first and second book.

This book disappointed me so much, and made me uncomfortable to the point I refuse to read the last book.

Please, if you’re looking for “romance “ or something fun, this book isn’t it

even better than the first

I adore this series and I was so excited when I found it in Audible. the narration is excellent and I can't wait for the next (and final) book.

I love this series too much

This is my second favorite book series of all time. I've listed to each book four times and I don't regret a minute. It has a lot of angst and the romance is very slow which I typically hate. It just feels right.

One of my Favorites

I've re-read this series more times than I can count. I'm obsessed with the characters and the desperate hope that clings to each page. The hope for healing. The hope for a found family. Even through the darkest of battles and trauma.

Sexual assault trigger warning

Occurs halfway through chapter 11 so this is that TW. Took me some time to come down from my own panic attack from it so please be weary. There’s no warning in either audible or the e-book so I didn’t know it was there. <3 Still a good series though.

Listening...

Listening to this on audio reminded me of how much I enjoy these stories.
This one was so good.
Chaos always seems to happen around Neil.

Remarkably disturbing. Too many spoilers.

Again, a book I can't stop listening to. This has so many elements that make me cringe, still with the characters I don't like, ones I would back out of a room to avoid turning my back on. Still, I didn't want to stop listening to the story. Not even when the MC ended up tortured by more characters I strongly disliked. They were terrible. Oh, and then another character goes through SA, a character that was supposed to be very strong and impossible to sneak up on.

Why am I moving on to volume #3?

Good Story

A lot of ups and downs twist and turns but good Story. Great 2nd book cannot Waite to listen to the third. Was very sad story to find out what Andrew went through but answered a lot of questions. I love Neil and Andrew's thing they got. right now it's a little Love and a lot of Hate but we know better..

A captivating story

I adore these characters! Listened to these books over and over again. The narration is perfect with each character having a distinct voice and personality. This series has become a favourite.

Book 2 of 3

reread 09/04/2022 Raising the rating on this one too. Most of my original review stands true. I dunno how to get this series out my head and I really don't wanna. Leave me to my problematic children.

TRIGGER WARNINGS IN THIS BOOK; everything. (Abuse, rape, self harm, assault, blood, murder, use of the "R" word) I didn't like The Foxhole Court at all. In fact I was close to DNF-ing it. And for a time I was feeling this was going to be the same. But I actually enjoyed it way more than the first book.

Some parts of this book were brutal. I actually felt sorry for Andrew, who hitherto been an actual malfunctioning sociopath. You even feel bad for Kevin Day and possibly find out why he went to the Foxhole Court in the first place.

I feel like the third book could go one of two ways. But I'll try to read it anyway to see which it is.

Interesting

I enjoyed this book. The whole revelation with Andrew just broke my heart. I really like how the story feel like it was progressing naturally. The only thing that I would say was a downside was the lack of time spent on Neil's experience with the Ravens but I suppose that'll be explored in the next book. Overall, enjoyable listen.

This book is BANGING

Love it love it love it love it love it I would die for these characters ngl

Nora Sakavic doesn’t get enough hype this is my absolute favourite series thank you

I wish I skipped this book

There should be a trigger warning. I was not ready for the rape scene neither all the abuse. There was also still no romance. and the story still felt uneventful although so much happened.
And for some reason it was so so so repetitive. Especially in the first chapters. I haven't felt so silly since reading picture books. They re introduced all the characters constantly and it felt like this was a stand alone book instead the second part of a trilogy. Like If the first book did not matter at all.
In my opinion this book should not exist. This whole trilogy could be just a single book. It feels so episodic and so much like a sick fanfiction.
I finished within a day.
Up until the rape scene the book was fine. After that it because too overwhelming. I wish I'd never read it. I'm so sure that the next one will recup everything that happened in the previous ones anyway. like the writer does not trust their readers to remember.
I feel sick to my stomach.
Do not read this unless you are over 18.
Too much drama for no reason. So sick.
The performance and writing somewhat improved though. But it was unforgivably repetitive.

uwu💖💖💖

the Best book series. some of the voices are perhaps borderline offensive but other than that... i love. cried so much. nora is the best.