![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() To start off with, there are so many characters in this book, who, when I read their introductions, instantly went, “I want to punch this person!” with gritted teeth. How he adjusts to being in the midst of so many people after years of being alone, how he learns to live with having friends who care for him, how he learns to stand up to his past, which is bloodier than one can imagine, and how these people he has found have finally given him something to fight for, forms this story. At Palmetto, Neil meets other people like him, with baggage of their own. Exy is a court game which I felt was a cross between hockey and lacrosse, which holds him up and ties him to life in its own way. This starts off with Neil Josten transferring schools to join the Palmetto State Foxes, an Exy team that’s at the bottom of the league. Trigger warnings: rape, violence, abuse, drug and alcohol abuse, murder, homophobia. ![]()
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