I thought the worldbuilding was seamlessly integrated into the tale. Usually with fantasies, the narrative can get bogged down with the worldbuilding, which sucks a lot of the momentum out of it.
When you put it all together, it makes for a riveting read, one I couldn't look away from. Even when they are forced to do morally gray things, you can't help but cheer for them. The magical system is fun, the unfolding of the tournament fascinating, and the characters compelling. Even though it uses a trope previously done before, there's enough newness in here that it still feels fresh.
This story grabbed me from the very first moment. Who will emerge victorious, when victory carries such a high cost? And so for the current seven champions, thus begins the battle of their lives. During the Blood Moon, each family must offer a champion to fight to the death, with the winner gaining control over the highly sought-after resource. In a world greedy for high magick, seven families in Ilvernath are bound to a powerful secret. All this time, I'd just been waiting for a captivating tale to reel me in and All of Us Villains does just that.
But here is definitive proof to the contrary. We decided it was ours to claim.It's been so long since I've felt the magnetic pull of YA fantasy, I wondered if I'd outgrown the genre altogether. Because a tale as wicked as this one was never destined for happily ever after.High magick fell from the stars, and when we found it, we did what humans always do. no matter how many lives are sacrificed in the process.Īs the curse teeters closer and closer to collapse, the surviving champions each face a choice: dismantle the tournament piece by piece, or fight to the death as this story was always intended. And a new champion has entered the fray, one who seeks to break the curse for good. Reporters swarm the historic battlegrounds. The boundaries between the city of Ilvernath and the arena have fallen. “I feel like I should warn you: this is going to be absolutely brutal.”įor the first time in this ancient, bloodstained story, the tournament is breaking. All of Our Demise is the second book in Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman's All of Us Villains duology.
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