The Sunshine Court is the fourth novel in the All for the Game series by Nora Sakavic. It follows Jean Moreau during the events of The King's Men and their aftermath, primarily surrounding his transfer to the real life University of Southern California. This marks a significant change from the original trilogy, which were all from Neil Josten's perspective and followed the fictional Palmetto State University Foxes. It was published April 12, 2024.
After attempting to make peace with the series, Nora Sakavic found that she had to write a future for Jean, who never had one as he had died in every previous draft. As a result, she began to work on a new book and announced The Sunshine Court on X (formerly Twitter) on November 4, 2023.
This page will contain unmarked spoilers for the original trilogy. Proceed with caution!
The Sunshine Court contains examples of:
- Ascended Extra: Basically every character except the original Foxes. Even the protagonist, Jean, only appeared in a handful of scenes in the original trilogy.
- Badass Pacifist: The USC Trojans are notable for their sportsmanship and nonviolence, despite exy being a notoriously brutal sport. Even without fighting or taking penalties, the Trojans are consistently one of the top three teams in the NCAA.
- Cross-Referenced Titles: The Foxhole Court and The Sunshine Court, which both mark the start of the main characters' time with each team (the Palmetto State Foxes and the USC Trojans, respectively).
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Enforced. Jeremy Knox is actually a natural brunette, but he bleaches his hair blonde in a rare moment of
Pandering to the Base after Nora Sakavic found out a large portion of the fanbase imagined him blonde because of this very trope. - Mental Health Recovery Arc: What the entire book is for Jean, who spent nearly a decade being tortured and abused at the hands of Riko before being saved from Evermore. And that's not to mention whatever happened beforehand
. - Motorcycle on the Coast Road: Cat takes Jean for a ride on her motorcycle down the famous Pacific Coast Highway.
- Polyamory: Between Cody, Ananya, and Pat.
- Rescue Romance: Averted. Renee, who saves Jean in The King's Men, is actually explicitly not Jean's real romantic interest. She actually never has been, despite mutual attraction, because Nora Sakavic had planned a semi-extensive future for her while writing the all drafts where Jean had died.
- Trilogy Creep: The late, fourth installment to the series (though the books about the Foxes remain capped at three).
