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All of Us Villains by Amanda Foody & Christine Lynn Herman (Review #246)

 

The Blood Moon rises.

The Blood Veil falls.

The Tournament begins.

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

The prize? Exclusive control over a hidden wellspring of high magick, the most powerful resource in the world - one thought long depleted.

But this year, a scandalous tell-all 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 had - insight into the other families’ strategies and weaknesses. And most important, it gave them a choice: except their fate or rewrite their legacy.

Either way, this is a story that must be penned in blood.” 

Review:

We back and betta than eva!!! Okay listen, I’m a busy gal! So this took me 2 months to read. But listen, I don’t think that should be a reflection of the book itself. 

It was a slow, slow pace, I will say. I think maybe a third of the book was before the tournament itself and then once the tournament did start, everyone refused to make moves!!!! When they were like “it’s a week into the tournament” I was like EXCUSE ME????? NO ONE HAD DONE ANYTHING!!!!

Other than the pace, I was so invested in these characters, Alistair was by far my fav, but I was so down with how murky these kids morals were! The villains were winning me over! 

Alistair was the monster under your bed in the best way, and I’m trying to coax him out going pspspspsps. Briony is desperate to break the curse, but is she doing it because she actually cares about them, or because she wants the glory of being the hero? Isobel I feel like is the tried-and-true hero at heart, but trauma and betrayal have turned her ice cold, maybe making her more ruthless than any her enemies or friends are prepared for. And then Gavin is trying so friggin hard to be the villain no one thinks he can be and honestly, it’s not really his shade; but a curse unlike all the rest are turning him into new shades and he may end up to be the most vicious of them all.



Overall, I really enjoyed this book, but I wanted MOREEEE!!! The second book better bring all the smoke, cus we have a lot to get done! We got unfinished business and yall are taking too damn long!


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