All of Us Villains (Sneak Peek)
By Amanda Foody
I just finished reading a sneak peek of All Of Us Villains, and my first thought is that I have to read the rest of the book. It’s also my second thought, my third, and well, you get the idea.
I’m not craving the rest of the book because authors Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman finished the sample with a cliffhanger. I know what will be happening next. I just have to come to terms with what just happened.
I just finished reading a sneak peek of All Of Us Villains, and my first thought is that I have to read the rest of the book. It’s also my second thought, my third, and well, you get the idea. @AmandaFoody Tom Doherty/Macmillan Click To Tweet
All Of Us Villains offers a cross between Harry Potter and Hunger Games, introducing seven magickal families who hold a tournament each Blood Moon to determine who will control high magick for the next 20 years. Each family picks a young member of their family to compete. The goal is to be the last champion standing. If more than one is still alive once the Blood Moon leaves, then the winner is the person who has spilled the most of their opponents’ blood. Kill or be killed.
We meet the families and their champions. Each has their own personal strengths and morbid strategies for grooming their champion. There’s no cookie-cutter champion, but individuals with family pride and different plans for bringing power to their family. Each chapter focuses on a different family/champion and paints a vivid picture of how these children have been trained to murder the other six. Dirty secrets are exposed to show just how much each family will sacrifice to win. Those sacrifices are deep and ruthless.
The sneak peek shows the preparations have been completed for the tournament. Yes, one reason I want to read the rest is so that I can read about the tournament events and find out the ultimate winner. The authors introduced their characters so deftly that there’s not one sticking out as a readers’ favorite. I don’t know which one I want to win because of how well these characters have been fleshed out. Each chapter unlocked a reason to support a different champion, which is delightfully unnerving. I’m eager to see who wins and how all of the families handle the aftermath.
Fans of magick and deadly competitions will breeze through the book.
Thanks to NetGalley and MacMillan-Tom Doherty Associates for providing the sample of this book.
