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All of Our Demise (All of Us Villains, #2)
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bookshelves: advanced-reader-copy, audiobook, fantasy, first-reads, magic, netgalley, received-from-publisher, special-powers, 5-stars, lgbtqiap, obsessively-awesome, read-in-2022, recommended-by-me, witch-wizard-warlock
Sep 10, 2022
bookshelves: advanced-reader-copy, audiobook, fantasy, first-reads, magic, netgalley, received-from-publisher, special-powers, 5-stars, lgbtqiap, obsessively-awesome, read-in-2022, recommended-by-me, witch-wizard-warlock
**An ALC of this book was given to me by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**
All of Our Demise is the epic conclusion to All of Us Villains, a fantasy duology and a 2021 favorite of mine. Long story short, it did NOT disappoint.
All of Our Demise picks up pretty much right where All of Us Villains ended: the familial champions of each house are caught in a tournament curse, destined to fight to the death. But what if the curse could be broken? The novel opens up with newly drawn and fragile alliances being formed between those who want to break the curse and those who want to win the tournament the old-fashioned way (i.e. by killing all of the champions).
With the tournament’s curse weakened from the events of book one, our champions find themselves faced with new benefits and new challenges. The tournament boundary has effectively dissolved, allowing the champions to re-enter town to gain information and new spells while non-champions can enter the arena and complicate matters to their hearts content. This evolves into news and PR quotes at the beginning of each chapter, conveying what the public is seeing and hearing as the tournament continues. It makes for a fascinating and compelling development to book one’s world-building foundation, to be sure!
My favorite aspect? The multiple POV’s! As I gushed about in my review of book one, there are multiple POV’s that are all well-developed! The audiobook narrators did a fantastic job individualizing the voices as well. I connected with each tournament champion, and loved seeing events from each of their eyes, especially Isobel and Alistair. They are each so unique and complex, and they each brought something to the table as the narrative developed. Without getting to spoiler-y, a character has been resurrected and a new champion unexpectedly joins the tournament, allowing for even crazier dynamics across the board. Plus, we get budding romances and we get to see how it develops from both sides!
As both a character- and plot-driven narrative, you’ll be rooting alongside all these morally grey narrators as this fast-paced and action-packed tournament of death comes to a close. Isobel, Briony, Finley, Alistair and Gavin will take you on a dark, atmospheric, adventure in this latest and final installment!
All of Our Demise is the epic conclusion to All of Us Villains, a fantasy duology and a 2021 favorite of mine. Long story short, it did NOT disappoint.
All of Our Demise picks up pretty much right where All of Us Villains ended: the familial champions of each house are caught in a tournament curse, destined to fight to the death. But what if the curse could be broken? The novel opens up with newly drawn and fragile alliances being formed between those who want to break the curse and those who want to win the tournament the old-fashioned way (i.e. by killing all of the champions).
With the tournament’s curse weakened from the events of book one, our champions find themselves faced with new benefits and new challenges. The tournament boundary has effectively dissolved, allowing the champions to re-enter town to gain information and new spells while non-champions can enter the arena and complicate matters to their hearts content. This evolves into news and PR quotes at the beginning of each chapter, conveying what the public is seeing and hearing as the tournament continues. It makes for a fascinating and compelling development to book one’s world-building foundation, to be sure!
My favorite aspect? The multiple POV’s! As I gushed about in my review of book one, there are multiple POV’s that are all well-developed! The audiobook narrators did a fantastic job individualizing the voices as well. I connected with each tournament champion, and loved seeing events from each of their eyes, especially Isobel and Alistair. They are each so unique and complex, and they each brought something to the table as the narrative developed. Without getting to spoiler-y, a character has been resurrected and a new champion unexpectedly joins the tournament, allowing for even crazier dynamics across the board. Plus, we get budding romances and we get to see how it develops from both sides!
As both a character- and plot-driven narrative, you’ll be rooting alongside all these morally grey narrators as this fast-paced and action-packed tournament of death comes to a close. Isobel, Briony, Finley, Alistair and Gavin will take you on a dark, atmospheric, adventure in this latest and final installment!
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Reading Progress
August 17, 2022
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August 17, 2022
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to-read
August 24, 2022
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advanced-reader-copy
August 24, 2022
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audiobook
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fantasy
August 24, 2022
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first-reads
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magic
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netgalley
August 24, 2022
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received-from-publisher
August 24, 2022
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special-powers
September 5, 2022
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September 5, 2022
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September 10, 2022
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Finished Reading
September 12, 2022
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5-stars
September 12, 2022
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witch-wizard-warlock
September 12, 2022
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recommended-by-me
September 12, 2022
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read-in-2022
September 12, 2022
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obsessively-awesome
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lgbtqiap