Foody and Herman’s collaboration offers a fun yet brutal tale of sacrifice, betrayal, and ever-shifting loyalties. Overall, “All of Our Demise” is a thrilling and satisfying conclusion to the “All of Us Villains” duology. That, and I do enjoy Reid/Isobel and think that all the couples that formed in the end, were definitely more suitable for each other/complimented each other more. Can he save his brother and work out his feelings for Gavin, or will he let the legacy of his family turn him into the monster the world believes he is? She was tall and muscular from a life spent in motion, her hands adorned with an arsenal of crystal spellrings whose power few others could wield.

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And Reid was an unexpected and interesting element, the curse maker who seemed to be more at the forefront than anyone would have expected…. When reading All of us Villains, I quickly came to realise that the story wasn't going to go as expected and that I couldn't guess what would happen next. Every single character in this book is morally grey, and sometimes downright villainous, but when you are doing wrong for what could ultimately be a good reason, how wrong can it be.I enjoyed the Alistair-Gavin-Hendry side of the story most of all, followed closely by the Isobel chapters. The characters split into two groups — those who want to break the curse by dismantling Overall, it was delightfully and heartachingly addictive to follow the journey of Ilvernath´s Slaughter Seven. I loved this series and will, at some point, go back and read them back to back as I think this will make the experience even better. If you loved the Alistair/Gavin romance and your response was a delighted I can’t believe it’s not queerbait!

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I’m sure there are people who will be angry about Alistair and Isobel not being endgame, but I kind of love that they aren’t. She’d believed it so strongly that she’d cut off Innes’s finger so she could steal her champion’s ring and claim her spot in the tournament.

Each champion goes on one heck of a journey through the duology and so we’re afforded a better insight into who they are and the motivations behind their choices. Briony had thought she’d feel right at home here, but instead she felt stuck inside a bizarre time capsule of her childhood fantasies. In the first book, “All of Us Villains,” readers were introduced to the six remaining contestants vying for the position of Archmage.

All of Our Demise: The epic conclusion to All of Us Villains

We re-join the champions right where the events of the last book left off - which admittedly at first had me confused as I'd forgotten a lot more than I thought I had!They’re all villains in a way, but we understand them, even when they’re making choices that are undeniably wrong. Plotwise, All of Our Demise is a truly ripping and captivating story full of twists, turns, and revelations. AOOD is written in the same way as AOUV with each chapter being from one of the four main champions’ perspectives. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Immediately pulled into the red veil and the amazing world building that conjured up Ilvernath, and the stunningly intricate and complex magic system, I was caught like an insect in a spider web, caught up in the ever increasing layers of story and magical system.

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He has found a way to siphon life magic from others, which puts him in the morally dangerous position of causing pain to others to relieve his own. All of Our Demise is the epic conclusion to Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman’s New York Times bestselling All of Us Villains duology. I'm not going to say much about the actual story as I don't want to spoil anything but this sequel definitely lived up to the high standard set by the first book.In fact, Gavin and Alistair are my favorites (honestly, by a wide margin, although I do still like Isobel and Briony), and that’s a testament to how well these books are written: I love these characters even at their worst. The victor won their family exclusive claim to Ilvernath’s high magick for twenty years, until the next Blood Moon rose red in the sky, signaling that the cycle had ended and the tournament would begin anew.