Get Your Copy All Of Us Villains (All Of Us Villains, #1) Brought To You By Amanda Foody Distributed In Hardbound

Hell yeah! Million times yes for GOT style bloodier version of Hunger Games meets Maze Runner with merciless violence and darkness with Tarantino meets V, E. Schwab vibes and lets put a little Inheritance Games resemblances into the equation, . . voila! This book is too delicious and too terrifying to absorb in one bite or consume in one sit!

World building centered on power of MagicK is amazing! Seven families send one of their selected member to a suicide mission: a vicious blood sucking competition for fighting to the death every twenty years.
The victor would award their family exclusive claim over Ilvernarths high magick, a claim that expired upon the beginning of next cycle, when the tournament began anew, Historically Lowe family dominated: for every three tournaments, they won two,

Alistair is the one who will represent the Lowe family, who is one of the narrators of the story, a true cold blooded, calculated villain who already got fooled by his rival Isobel at the bar before the entire madness had a start!

Isobel,Gavin and Briony are other voices telling their own complex, bleak, blood thirsty adventures.
Their different family histories, quiet opposite approaches to the competition, their motives, the pressure they carry to learn the best hunter for not being a miserable victim were attention worthy, picking your entire interest!

The character driven story telling and so many jaw dropping twists, too many OMG, WTH moments and screams later you find yourself nailed to your couch! No freaking way! You cannot put it down!

Overall: exciting, wild, gory, head spinning, entertaining and highly disturbing but also recommended novel for the genre fans!

Special thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Tor/ Forge for sharing this digital reviewer copy with me in exchange my honest thoughts.
The Blood Moon rises. The Blood Veil falls. The Tournament begins.

Every generation, at the coming of the Blood Moon, seven families in the remote city of Ilvernath each name a champion to compete in a tournament to the death.


The prize Exclusive control over a secret wellspring of high magick, the most powerful resource in the worldone thought long depleted,

But this year a scandalous tellall book has exposed the tournament and thrust the seven new champions into the worldwide spotlight, The book also granted them valuable information previous champions never hadinsight into the other families strategies, secrets, and weaknesses, And most important, it gave them a choice: accept their fate or rewrite their legacy,

Either way, this is a story that must be penned in blood, Oh god, you guys. What a travesty this doesnt come out in time for Halloween, All of Us Villains is exactly the scheming, twisted fantasy book that I didnt even know I needed, Think evil magic Hunger Gamessmaller in scale but twice as sitelinkVicious,



Every generation there is a tournament, Marked by the Blood Moon over the secluded town of Ilvernath, seven families come together and offer a champion from their bloodlines to compete for a chance at immense power.
High magick has long since left the world, used up recklessly thousands of years ago, or so it was thought, The only remaining source of this longlost resource resides in Ilvernath, tied to the seven families and their generational curse, Only one family line may claim the magick, and only after defeating the other six competitors by winning the tournament in a fight to the death, And in order to protect this bloody legacy, all involved have kept the event a secret,

Up until now, Word has gotten out about this brutal practice and the world has descended on Ilvernath, ready to observe and judge the participants, With unprecedented scrutiny, will centuries of tradition finally snap under the pressure Will champions from underestimated houses have better odds with this new wrench thrown into the chaos


“Our families kept this secret for centuries.
Seems to me that means, on some level, we all know what weve been doing is wrong, ”


Thorburn, Payne. Grieve. Blair. Macaslan. Darrow. Lowe.

Let the games begin,



This book was allconsuming, I could not pick up another thing while I was still reading it, Theres something completely mesmerizing and addictive about the characters in All of Us Villains, They all commit some truly heinous acts, and for a wide range of reasons, but still youre rooting for them to succeed,

Part of that is probably based in their struggle for survival, Like sitelinkThe Hunger Games, each competitors own success is dependent on the misfortune of those around them, But the comparison would probably be more apt if instead of Katniss and Peeta the champions exclusively had the personalities of tributes from Districtsamp, Some are proud to be there, others are resigned to it, but they all are more than willing and capable of killing one another,

While there are seven champions, theres only four perspectives in the book, Youll probably be more invested in them than the other three, but that doesnt mean you wont be involved in everyones stories, Or that youll end up liking those four any better, In fact, getting inside their heads might be more of a turn off than observing them from a distance, I was so impressed with the way Amanda Foody and Christine Herman wrote these characters, They can be despicable one moment and endearing underdogs the nextyoure never quite sure which version youre going to get, Expect your own loyalties to shift just as often as the characters do,



At this point I do have to issue a warning to potential readers: this book ends on a massive cliffhanger, Honestly its

such a big cliffhanger that it almost feels like they just chopped the lastof it off and sent it out that way, I guess I wont be able to judge whether or not the sequel is a natural continuation of the story or not until its out its not close to coming out, but I was totally caught off guard with how this ended.
Okay, even more than that, I was M A D, Like, big mad. Honestly Im still a little mad I cant read the rest right this second,

I know thats probably a testament to the writing and how compelling this story was, but Im sorry Tor Teenyouve created a monster, I am going to be lurking around, tapping on walls and rattling chains until you release the followup, As of now the page for it sitelinkUntitled just says ””, but I will be haunting you all until I have the resolution in hand, You have been warned!!


Thank you to lovely angelcherub Lizzie the Tor Intern who sent me a widget and whoever at Tor Teen sent me a physical arc as well! And sorry that youre probably going to regret giving this mouse her proverbial cookie!!!!!!!!

For more book talk amp reviews, sitelinkfollow me on Instagram at ellementbooks!



“Monsters couldnt harm you if you were a monster too.
” A tournament of Terror!

Calling all villains, its time for the TriWizard contest, Oops. Not the triwizard contest but the tournament for all the magick,

So, when I started this, I thought is this a mash up of Harry Potter and The Hunger Games Well, it gave me the vibes of H, P. initially if H. P. is a Villain from a villainous family who is fighting for all the magick, but this one is dark, and check out that cover, and grab yourself a copy!

The Blood Moon rises.
The Blood Veil falls. The Tournament begins.

Every generation in the remote city of Ilvernath, seven families name one of their own as a champion to compete in a tournament to the death.
Nothing says I love you like sending one of your children out to fight and potentially die, The odds are not in their favor see what I did there but the payoff is huge, If you win you win BIG, You get control over a secret wellspring of magick, But is it worth your life

This was a delightfully/wickedly magical tale, and I cant stop fangirling over it, There are quite a few characters, but I found it was easy to tell them apart, I had a favorite Alistair, but there are others, and you may find yourself rooting for one of them!

The authors did a good job setting the stage, giving the characters distinct personalities and backstories.
By the end of the book, I was anxious and a little well, upset, That goes to show just how well the authors did with making characters you root for, feel for, and want to boo and hiss at, There is going to be another book and I am looking forward to it as this one ends with things left hanging,

I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this book, It had me from the start and I was busy trying to find excuses to listen to the audio,

A great book which had me wanting more!

Dark, magical, and deadly, Monsters aren't always what or who you think they are, or are they

Thank you to Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Young Listeners and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
All the thoughts and opinions are my own,

Read more of my reviews at sitelinkwww, openbookposts. com
First of all, don't be disappointed if you find that, . . 'No one here is a hero, . . ', but, by extension, no one is a villain, Although the book is essentially about the power of stories, legends and patterns, it is also about how we make choices, good and bad, cruel and wellintentioned and live with their consequences.
All of the protagonists go through selfdiscovery and development in deliciously unpredictable ways,

The protagonists are seven teenagers thrown into a death tournament by their families bound by a powerful ancient curse, Every twenty years seven families must choose a champion to fight in the tournament until only one is left to bring the glory to their family and power to weild rare high magick which has almost disappeared from this world.
The tournament used to be Ilvernath's bestkept shameful secret until a book called A Tradition of Tragedy allegedly written by someone from one of the seven families came out and exposed the history of this merciless practice.


There are seven champions Grieve, Payne, Macaslan, Thorburn, Blaire, Lowe, Darrow and four main points of view:
Gavin Grieve, from the least respected, least powerful family watch out for this one as he is desperate to fight for his dignity
Isobel Macaslan another champion from an underdog family who collects their raw magick in less than savoury ways her father calls her a princess, but she herself knows she is a survivor.
. . once she really commits to participating in this brutal ordeal
Briony Thorburn Isobel's exBFF and a selfproclaimed hero she is fast and strong, both physically and mentally, and no wonder all her life she has been preparing for this tournament, but does she have enough selfawareness to see the impact of her actions
and last but not least The Villain Alistair Lowe his family has won the most tournaments and all his life he's been told he doesn't have to be afraid of monsters because he is one of them.
His family has their despicable secret to ensure a Lowe is more often than not the last one standing,
I loved the way the perspectives changed as the story raced forward, The length of the chapters was perfect and, to be honest, I didn't have a favourite, although you might choose who out of all of these morally gray, flawed characters you want to root for.


It is difficult to avoid tcomparison with Hunger Games well, impossible really, since it was marketed as Hunger Games with blood, gore, and magic, But once you start reading the book, you quickly notice the differences the tone is different HG is all about social justice, AOUV is about the power of stories, there are fewer characters and they have been taught and trained all their life to devise strategies, make and cast curses and spells in order to survive and claim the victory fro their family they are not tragically random tributes.
There are alliances, but no romance sorry, not really at least not in book,

The worldbuilding and storytelling here are fantastic, . . One of those books that totally absorbs and grips you to make sure you put everything aside and focus on it from the beginning to the end,

Like many other readers I went into the book thinking it's a standalone and realised towards themark, it can't be there's still too much of a story to explore.
Can't wait to find out who survives this wild, wild ride!

Update:reread still good : I'm off to disappear into my copy of All of Our Demise, Fantastic reread. I'm so happy I refreshed my memory prior to picking up the sequel, which I will be starting this week,

There were a lot of details regarding the traits and histories of the seven families that I had forgotten, I'm super excited to continue on after this KILLER ending!!



Earlier:

It's time for my reread of All of Us Villains prior to picking up the second book, sitelinkAll of Our Demise, which releases later this month on Augustth.




I'm so excited to revisit this Dark Fantasy world, which I previously described as the love child of Draco Malfoy and Katniss Everdeen!!! Let's do this!

Original:

Once every generation, in the city of Ilvernath, seven families must choose a champion who will represent them in a tournament where the contestants fight to the death.




The prize is an inexhaustible supply of high magick, the most powerful resource in the world, The winner gains control over that magick for their family until the next tournament,

Obviously, this is extremely important and puts a whole load of pressure onto the teenage contestants,



With this particular tournament, thanks to a recently released tellall book, the contestants are thrust into the spotlight like never before,

Will the contestants be able to use this difference to their advantage, or will it distract them to the point of death Can anything ever change the cycle of the Tournament Does their world have to be this way



All of Us Villains is basically The Hunger Games if it were fought exclusively by members of Slytherin House.


Well, Slytherins and maybe one Gryffindor,



If you read this statement and you're thinking, why would I want to read that I've read those stories, I want something new. I will just stress, this is something new!

Even though it channels those vibes, Cue up an image of Knockturn Alley at night in the midst of a thunderstorm, this is its own thing,



I loved how the authors formatted this, with the Reader finding out who the champion of each house would be along with the rest of the citizens of Ilvernath.


Following some of the contestants perspectives, we get to know each one of them and the challenges they face in pursuit of their goals, There's plotting, scheming, strategizing and like a good season of Survivor, a lot of alliances,



The writing in this story is just beautiful, It's exceptionally detailed, lush and dramatic,

I could definitely feel both Foody and Herman within these pages the darkness, monsters, violence, despair, but also highly developed and likable characters, even in all their antiheroness.




Honestly, these two authors working together is everything I have ever wanted, I feel like they have created something truly memorable here,

You may be wondering after all of my gushing, why I only gave thisstars, as opposed to, For me, I don't think I ever truly understood the magic system,

I am not sure if it is because I was so distracted by the characters themselves, that perhaps I missed out on some details, but I feel like there was something missing.




With this being said, I still really enjoyed this story and would love to read it again actually, Most likely, before the next book is released, I will do so,

Basically, this book is the love child of Draco Malfoy and Katniss Everdeen, It's amazing and feels like a dark fantasy reader's dreams come true, Yep, that's right.



Thank you so much to the publishers, Tor Teen and Macmillan Audio, for providing me with copies to read and review,

This was one of my most anticipated books of the year and it did not disappoint, I cannot wait for more collaborative efforts from these authors!!!