A satisfactory conclusion to this Hunger Games-inspired duology.

I enjoyed the magical system and setting of this book almost as much as I did in the first novel in the duology, but this installment was really overlong and almost tedious at times. Either there really wasn’t enough material and the editing needed to be tighter or it should have been split into three books instead of two.

A lot of the issue here is the pacing. This was a hugely successful element of the first book, but here it was really uneven. There were parts of the novel where I was riveted and other parts where I’m sure I could have skipped 50 or so pages and missed nothing important. All the endless “I trust you…no I don’t…yes I do…no I don’t” was obnoxious and thematically useless after it happened 20 or 30 times between the same sets of characters.

The magic gets a touch convoluted toward the end of this one as well, though overall the setup was still good in this respect. In all, it’s certainly worth a read to see how the story ends, but this is a significant step down in quality and entertainment value from the first book in the series.

Audiobook readers: This book was a good fit for the format, and listening rather than reading by sight helps with the fact that the book is overlong and uneven in pace. The narrators do a good job, evocative without getting hammy or overwrought.

I need to start this review by saying that I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED THIS BOOK!! I started All of Us Villains about a year ago expecting an out of this world epic enemies to lovers’ story and this conclusion DELIVERED! I think this duology contains one of the best enemies to lovers’ stories and there is that.

In All of Our Demise we follow our heroes (or, well, villains) as they compete in the second part of this death tournament - their initial alliances broken, all of them left to fend for themselelves That is, until new alliances emerge, some of them unwilling but necessary. I loved how the authors managed to write two completely opposite sides, one of them trying to break this terrible curse, the other trying to win it by killing their opponents, but you somehow root for them both? Despite not both of them being able to win? Magic.

I loved learning more about these characters - Alistair is still hands down my favourite. His motivations, his past, everything he does just makes sense when you know his whole story and I know I'd have done a lot of the things he did in his position. I obviously also adore how he and Gavin really understood each other - how Gavin never had people rooting for him and loving him unconditionally and then perfectly understood Alistair's actions BECAUSE Alistair felt that for his brother, Hendry. And how Alistair saw there was more to Gavin than his terrible reputation had to say. I just really, really loved their dynamic okay!
This quote says it all: The Grieves had raised Gavin to die. The Lowes had raised Alistair to kill.
I hoped from the get-go that we'd learn more about Reid since he was also a very wicked but endlessly interesting character and we GOT it in this sequel as well! His dynamic with Isabel was another amazing kinda enemies to lovers’ story and I rooted for it loads more than I did for Isabel and Alistair in the first book. Basically, I am whipped for great and gritty enemies to lovers, okay.
I also liked how Briony went from a self-proclaimed hero of sorts to actually realising her mistakes, her faults, and trying to help everyone without pretending to be perfect about it. While her and Finley's story was my least favourite (just because it was a second chance and we didn't really see a lot of them dealing with their feelings and falling back in love, it all kinda happened during duress), they were still amazing to read about and I loved how they went from allies to lovers to lowkey heroes for everyone, in a way.

The plot flowed easily without any snags, there were constant twists and surprises that kept me on the edge of my seat – let’s not talk about that finale that was somehow both heart-wrenching (I somehow saw a death coming but not THAT death), heavy (because these characters have been through so much together), and hopeful. I love how Foody and Herman didn’t stray away from the uglier and grittier parts for the sake of a traditional “happy” ending. These characters went through something horrible and traumatic – the consequences would be there for years to come (if not forever) and while they are learning to move forward, everything is not suddenly peachy. They remember and still try to live on.

Another thing I loved was how the authors tackled the very present casual sexism so often present in every day news and papers - while Gavin and Alistair were praised and seen as broken bad boys of the tournament despite doing some terrible things, the girls, Briony and Isabel, were not shown the same courtesy, going as far as being seen as manipulating, conniving, and downright despicable. Despite, ya know, not really doing anything worse than Gavin and Alistair. I loved seeing that and it rang so true to the double standard we see so often in our world as well.

All in all, All of Our Demise was an explosive and epic conclusion to the Villains duology! I already know I'll be going back to this story again and again - both for the deliciously wonky moral compass, morally grey - if not at times downright villainous characters, and the love stories that won me over! SPOILERS AHEAD!! Be it the guys (who I had a FEELING might end up together from book one onwards AND I am so happy I wasn't wrong, because they make one of the best enemies to lovers’ stories I've ever read) to Finley and Briony and Isabel and Reid (I was SO rooting for them ahh!!). Also can we talk about how Gavin and Alistair went from "I hate you and I will kill you" to "I will still kill you, but I hope you admire the skill with which I do it" to "mutual understanding", "maybe I actually like him", "oh god did I ever hate him or was I just attracted to him", "OH GOD HE BETRAYED ME, it was all a hoax" to "nah, I actually adore and love him so much" in the end. It made me so soooo happy!!

All of Our Demise - and the Villains duology in general - is an amazing, dark, and bloody YA duology that will capture your heart and not let it go till the very last page and onwards. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys morally grey characters who would do anything to the people they love and fans of GREAT enemies to lovers’ stories! You won't be disappointed!

I have been waiting extremely impatiently for All of Our Demise even since I finished All of Us Villains a year ago. I reread the first one before I started the second, which was helpful but the authors do a great job getting you caught up to speed, so you definitely do not have to. All of Our Demise starts off right where All of Us Villains left off, which I also loved. (Have you ever started a sequel that started in a weird place and you are just so baffled it completely takes you out of the story? Ew, I hate it.)

Read this series if you love
✨Fast paced fantasy
✨LGBTQ+ representation
✨Stories about how families tell stories - I think you could argue that this duology is about breaking generational trauma

The audiobook is beautifully narrated, and really adds to the story. I wish that the @netgalley audiobook player could speed up without creating an echo sound. I think I might have liked this book even more if I had read it or could have spead it up a little!

Thank you to Netgalley and @macmillanaudio for my review audiobook!

"The Blood Moon rises. The Blood Veil falls. The tournament begins."

I listened to All of our Demise right after I finished reading All of Us Villains, and I am just... wow! The city of Ilvernath was incredibly atmospheric, the characters (and the families' back stories) were so interesting, and the magick system was so fun to read about!

"May the best villain win."

This book, along with the first one, was well written, kept me hooked from beginning to end, and once again, made me love the villain(s) in the story! Buckle up, because this is one fast-paced, heavily detailed, and incredible world you're about to dive into!

4.5⭐️

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

How he’d kept looking over his shoulder, feeling like he was in a dream, or a. monster story. But in those stories, the monsters always won.

We are back in Ilvernath during one of the most unique stories ever. The tournament placed during every Blood moon is breaking apart. The champions remaining are struggling to survive it all. Loyalties are tested, a new champion is named, and they have to decide to finally end this bloodbath, or play the game after all.

Wow, this sequel was incredibly heartfelt. I’m awe of the character development, and each champion’s struggles & actions/consequences. From Briony & Isobel’s need to feel more like a hero/good than the villains they are framed to be- and Gavin’s pursuit of whether to play the game or help break the curse.

I really enjoyed learning the stories of each champion, especially Alistair. Alistair was my favorite since the first novel & his morals being tested were one of my favorite scenes. Whether or not he was the monster in his family’s story.

I felt like I wasn’t sure every champions true intentions & didn’t expect what transpired at certain times. The pace in the first half of the book was slower than I expected but progressed quite well once each landmark trial was activated. I cried, laughed, and raged—shivers at the last line.

Overall I cannot wait to reread this Duology, and suggest anyone who’s a fan of magic, death games, and fantasy to read this too!


Thank you to Macmillan Audio, and Netgalley for this Audiobook arc in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you so much, NetGalley, Macmillan Audio and Macmillan Young Listeners, for the chance to listen to this audiobook in exchange of an honest review.

All of our demise is the amazing and captivating sequel of All of us villains, written by Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman and starts right away, picking up from the cliffhanger ending of the first book. The rules in the tournament are changed, the Blood Veil is fallen, Alistair and Isobel are cursed, Briony and Finley are trying to save everyone by bringing down the curse and Gavin finding new allies, everything is turned upside down. With a new champion entering the tournament, the city getting more and more involved, nothing is safe and predictable. Between new alliances, attempted murders and real ones, each character has to pick a side: dismantle the tournament or fight to death like it was intended. But nothing is simple with lives and hearts at the stake.

Brutal, gory, fascinating and thrilling, this book is, if even possible, even better than the first! I loved everything and I adored having the chance to know more and more about these brilliant, complex and morally grey characters, from their bonds with their families and each other, to their alliances and feelings, to what they would to save themselves and their loved ones. I truly loved the bond between Alistair and Hendry and with Gavin, too and how each character has to fight their families' desires, expectations and wills to be their own persons and to do the right thing. All of them are subjected to the city's invasive questions and since the world is now invading the tournament, headlines, interviews and people's expected narrative of them are complicating things more and more.
It was such a pleasure listening to this audiobook, narrated by Billie Fulford-Brown; Raphael Corkhill. I felt so wonderfully involved in the story, following the characters and twists after twists untilt the satisfying, but heartwrenching ending. A perfect conclusion. I loved everything in this saga.

I think I messed up. I read this without realizing it's the 2nd in the series. I felt a little lost at parts without the back story of the first book. Overall though, this book was great and kept me interested. I wish I would've read the first one first though, as now I know how the duology ends. Lol But such a great read. Do not be like me, read the first one first!! Such a great fantasy book with interesting premise plus great twists and turns!

I received ARC book from NetGalley and the publishers to read and review. All opinions above are my true opinions after fully reading this book. This book released August 30th (2022). However I highly suggest you snag the first one before you dive into this!

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the audiobook ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I loved the first book (All of Us Villains) and so I was worried I was going to hype myself up too much for this book and not enjoy it as much....I did not overhype myself and I loved this one just as much! It wraps up really well and there aren't any loose ends but I don't want to be done with this world and these characters, I am so sad it is over! I am so so glad that these two authors are collaborating on another series together even if we do have to wait 2 years....

I was also worried that since I read the first book and I was listening to the second it wouldn't be the same but both of the narrators were amazing! They added so much to this book from their speaking speed and volume to really get you in the mood the scene is portraying. The male narrator really brought out the sound of the villain for the guys POV chapters he did and they were both excellent at the different tones of voice the characters were speaking in.

I haven't had a book hangover in a long time...but this one got me. Maybe I will have to listen to the first book now as well....and read the second book...just to make sure I get the full experience....

Thank you to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for an ALC of this one.

In this sequel to All of Us Villains, the teens still standing work against each other as one group continues to try and win the trial, and the other group wants to end it all for good. Meanwhile, the blood veil has fallen and the rest of the city is eager to get their hands on the competitors.

I really enjoyed this! Oh my gosh Alistair is definitely my favorite character---no one is surprised. I'm trying not to give anything away for those who didn't read the first book yet, but this duology is dark and bloody and hopeful and gay. Which is like, everything I want in a book.

I really love the competition elements and how all of the kids end up dividing and coming together at different times. I like the struggle of wanting to win, wanting to stop the competition, and overall just wanting to survive. I really enjoyed it!

Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, Injury/injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Murder

A STUNNING conclusion to this brilliant duology that brings us a dark, villainous story about families that fight for rights to high magic every twenty years… and yes that’s a fight to the death!

As we saw in the first book of this duology, when the authors say villain they truly mean villain! A darker version of the hunger games if you will, but in my opinion SO MUCH BETTER!

I didn’t think the authors could make this story any better but they blew me away! The character development throughout this duology is *chef’s kiss* It was a total roller coaster of emotions… from being aghast, to disgusted, to scared, to furious, and even some smiles here and there this duology did the most and you have to read it ASAP! Good thing both books are our now so that you can binge read them just like I did!

Thank you to the publishers! I enjoyed All of Us Villains but liked this so much better. After the last book I was on edge with how this would end. The tournament is falling apart and the curse is as well. I loved the turns this book took me on and I loved the world building AND dive into these characters back story! A GREAT CONCLUSION

Bloody Brilliant. I loved everything about this book and series. It's dark, twisted and magical. All of Our Demise starts where All of Us Villains ends. I really enjoyed the over pace of this series. The multiple POVs were a lot to get used to but now I believe it was for the best. The audio books were fantastic, with some of the best narrators I've listened to, they brought the story and magic to life. I do wish this was an adult fantasy. Some of the themes seemed too dark from a YA book but overall this was fantastic duology.

All of Our Demise by Amanda Foody & Christine Lynn Herman
Narrated by Billie Fulford-Brown & Raphael Corkhill
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Genre: Fantasy, Teens & YA
Publication Date: August 30, 2022

All of Our Demise is the 2nd and final book in the All of Us Villains duology by Amanda Foody & Christine Lynn Herman. This book was incredible! I loved seeing how things played out.

All of Our Demise was captivating and had me from the start! I could not get enough of this book! It is fast paced and filled with so much depth! Absolutely brilliant! The character development was incredible! I loved watching them come into their own.

The narration by Billie Fulford-Brown & Raphael Corkhill is absolutely amazing! I was captivated by their voices and how they brought the story to life.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

“In a different story, would we still have been enemies?”

I absolutely loved All of us Villains. It is one of the most inventive YA novels I’ve read since The Hunger Games. I was so excited to read All of Our Demise. When I was given an advance copy of the audiobook on Net Galley, I was beyond stoked. When I started reading, I was immediately immersed back into the crazy, homicidal world of our champions.

The book picks up right where Villains left off. And Foody doesn’t hold back on giving her readers what we want. Allister’s reaction to Isobel’s betrayal. Am I the only one who’s favorite character is Allister? He is the most well-crafted, dynamic, rawly sympathetic characters I’ve ever read in YA. He is also the only person I cared about in this novel. My second interest was the curse itself. The machinations of the rest of the cast were tertiary at best, with Gavin Grieve leading that list.

I admit, I didn’t particularly care about all of the characters in Villains, but I was interested in their jealousy, treachery and ruthlessness towards each other. Most of the action of Demise is mental. The champions are still attempting to survive the cursed competition, but they are all attempting to survive by breaking curses and finding relics. The stakes are low. The feeling of dread is near non-existent. The primary element of suspense that made Villains so great drains Demise. I found myself wishing a couple of characters would die, the biggest phonies, just to streamline my narrative concerns.

At nineteen hours long on audio and 480 pages long in the physical copy, there is a lot of information superfluous to my interests. And with the action pickings so slim, I felt bogged down in the minutiae of negotiations and hearsay. One surprising addition to the novel was a new romance. I was absolutely surprised and frenetic with joy. It very well may be my favorite thing. All in all, I was satisfied with the ending of the book.

Thanks to @netgalley and @torteen for the advance release copy.

Well. The author quote didn't lie. Don't expect a purely happy ending. But I also don't think it's typical to HAVE purely happy endings in fantasy literature. And certainly not in a "battle royale" type book.

I found the politics of this second book more interesting than the character romances. The champions that remain are (mostly) set on destroying the tournament itself, saving future generations of their family from having to sacrifice their children for the sake of possible power. Ending the tournament should free high magic upon the world. A prospect that terrifies some and tempts many, many others. And now that the champions can drift into the "outside" world, and the outside world can influence them, a whole new facet of danger is revealed.

Now, as I said, there is romance, and I'm glad that this book actually had some time to focus on the series' promised queer characters. But, like with most death tournament books, it's a bit hard to take any of the romances seriously. Really, I'd have rather the book focused on their personal development, like it did with book 1. Book 1 let us see what the champions thought of the tournament, being chosen, and their likely impending deaths, and it was great character study. Book 2's romance isn't bad, it's just doesn't feel quite right, in the setting.

But, overall, the book was enjoyable, and I think the ending for Alistair will be the most satisfying for fans. It's a bit poetic, and just right.

I did the audiobook version, and there was some difficulty telling the large cast apart. However, the story is otherwise crisp and well-paces, aurally.

Advanced copy provided by the publisher.

All of our Demise is one of the sequels that I was most excited for this year! The tournament has always taken place in Ilvernath, to determine which family will control the majority of the magic in the city. Yet this year, the tournament has gone horribly wrong. While relationships have blossomed and broken, there are now two factions within the competition. One side is committed to ending the tournament forever; while the other side seeks to gain personal power. As reporters encroach on competitors, a mysterious figure joins the fray, and the champions must choose who and what they will fight for.

One of the things that stands out to me the most in the writing is the outstanding portrayal of character growth. All of the competitors have undergone immense growth and change since the beginning of the tournament, which I love to see. My favorite characters remain Isobel and Alistair. Both of them are complex characters who have been raised with serious expectations about who they will be and what they will do for power- yet only they can truly decide. I also really enjoyed seeing more from Gavin’s point of view and learning about what he values. I loved the twist that Foody and Herman pulled off romantically, it felt realistic and earned. The narrators for the audiobook did an excellent job with the multiple characters that they embodied.

I already can’t wait to reread this story; I didn’t want it to end. Isobel, Alistair, Gavin, and many of the other characters will live on long after the last page for me. This is a heartbreaking and hopeful ending to the duology and I would highly recommend it to anyone. If you wanted more LGBTQ+ rep in the Hunger Games, enjoy magical tournaments, and seek magic that comes with a price then you need to read All of Our Demise.

Thank you to Amanda Foody, Christine Lynn Herman, Macmillan Audio, and Netgalley for a free audiobook ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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Wow, what an ending! The All of Us Villains duology has been one hell of a ride and I'm very satisfied with how Amanda Foody & Christine Lynn Herman have chosen to conclude this chaotic story. I've had a really good time getting to know all of our imperfect characters and getting to know them and their hopes, dreams, flaws, highs and lows, and so much more. I think this second book really allowed us to dive deeper into each character's mind and allowed me to really connect with them more than the first book. I felt that this sequel flowed a little smoother and was easier for me to keep track of things, although there are a still a lot of moving parts to keep track and plot lines and subplots to keep track of. My biggest struggle remains with the world-building, as there was still a bit lacking that left me feeling somewhat confused, but overall I really enjoyed how everything was developed and described,
I listened to the audiobook format of All of Our Demise and I absolutely loved both narrators. I felt that they really captured the emotions and personalities of each character they voiced, and it was a very smooth and enjoyable experience!

Overall, I've given All of Our Demise four stars! I can't wait to see what's next from Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman.

Amazing conclusion to the series! I loved it and highly recommend it. Perfect for fans of action packed stories with dark characters with redeeming qualities. Trust me, you’ll enjoy this series!

I got through 50% of this one and just couldn’t go anymore. I’m so sad, because I gave the All Us Villains 5 stars. The reason I gave this 3 stars is because I do understand that sometimes YA might not be my targeted audience, though I do love reading YA. I’m sure I’m going to be in the minority in this one. I hope others enjoy.

I enjoyed the different narrators. I felt like it added to the overall effect of the story.

A strong sequel to All of Us Villains. I did feel like it was a little on the long side, but I also didn't really feel like it lagged. I like the four different POVs and I think it keeps the storyline going. I liked the added plot that the mysterious murders happening in Ilvernath and the spell makers contributed to the overall story.