Week 2 Review: All of Our Demise

From Goodreads:

The epic conclusion to Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman's New York Times bestselling All of Us Villains duology that's The Hunger Games with magic.

"I feel like I should warn you: this is going to be absolutely brutal."

For the first time in this ancient, bloodstained story, the tournament is breaking. The boundaries between the city of Ilvernath and the arena have fallen. Reporters swarm the historic battlegrounds. A dead boy now lives again. And a new champion has entered the fray, one who seeks to break the curse for good... no matter how many lives are sacrificed in the process.

As 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.

Long-held alliances will be severed. Hearts will break. Lives will end. Because a tale as wicked as this one was never destined for happily ever after.

My Review:
This was such a great book! I loved the first book in the series, and was really looking forward to what this one had in store! And boy, was it a ride, it's almost 500 pages, of competition, of morals and monsters, and oh, it was so good! 

I was dying to read this book, after the ending of the first one. Isabel was in the most precarious of positions, because only one person knew, and he was the one doing that to her. And Alistair, between what he did and the curse, oh, I felt so badly for all of them!

One thing that changed the dynamics from this first book, is that the barrier between the competitors and the town was gone. Which was utilized in a few ways, but a big one was using the media, to get help with taking down the tournament. Which played out in a few different ways! 

There were so many developments, all of the characters that had narration chapters had some significant reveals or happenings. Alistair had the curse, as well as Hendry. Gavin had his tattoo that had him using his life magic instead of common magic. Briony learned of some things that were going on in the city that were pretty devastating. And Isabel, she's the one who is the least sure of the plan. It was all so excellent to read! 

Man there were a lot of heartbreaking moments! I mean, that's to be expected, this is a tournament where all but one are supposed to die. But they still hurt, and with everything going on with the high magic, and breaking the tournament, I loved how things ended! It hurt, but it was amazing! 

This was a really fantastic read, and if Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman write anymore books together, I'll read them, and I'll read their books that they write separately! 

Authors: Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman 
Series: All of Us Villians #2
Read: January 13th, 2023
Source: Library 
Reason Why: Loved the first book, and it's a End of Series 2023 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Tor Teen
Published: August 30th 2022

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars