All of Our Demise

All of Us Villains, Book 2

By: Amanda Foody, C. L. Herman

Narrated by: Billie Fulford-Brown, Raphael Corkhill

"Fulford-Brown performs the chapters told by Briony and Isobel with a tight vocal timbre, while Corkhill handles those of Alistair and Gavin with a feverish intensity. Together, they skillfully imbue this story with plenty of heart and a few moments of tenderness." - AudioFile Magazine

All of Our Demise is the epic conclusion to Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman’s New York Times bestselling All of Us Villains duology.

“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.

The All of Us Villains Duology:
#1) All of Us Villains
#2) All of Our Demise

©2022 Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman (P)2022 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

"Expanded tensions help keep the story fresh and the action inventive, but it’s the characters that shine. A high-stakes conclusion with satisfying finality." —Kirkus Reviews

severely disappointed

it really felt like there were multiple books squished into this one. I adored the first book but this one was all over the place. character choices were cyclical so there growth wasn't very evident. voice actors did great though!

Wasn’t what I expected

The first book was solid in my opinion with adequate narration. I left a raving in depth review. Unfortunately, the sequel wasn’t what I imagined and didn’t hit the mark for me. I will try other books by the authors though.

It’s still teen angsty (not my preference) like the first but I felt the first had the intrigue, development, urgency, tension, gore for adults to be hooked and balance out the teen angst. The second book was a YA through and through without those more adult parts.

I agree with other reviewers some story parts were confusing, disjointed, rushed; a third book would have been fantastic if the adult aspects were there and the story threads were explored. The character development seemed to stop or the development didn’t follow through. There were missed opportunities; those great threads to be pulled and explored. Those story threads were alluded, referenced, and lightly touched upon such as tournament preparation & backstories, rebels, the mystery behind the curse, the new normal, the family stories which never intersected, the spell society & government, what is a villain, sexuality/relationships, and briony’s magic at the end etc…

One pet peeve was the repeated dialogue throughout the book and the conflicting dialogue within 1-2 sentences.

So good!

This is a wonderful dark story that I will read over and over again multiple times in my life. All Of Us Villians and All Of Our Denise will be forever treasured in my household. Brilliant.

NOT WHAT I EXPECTED OMG

did not see that coming. I bet I've read/listened to this more than 10 times and the ending still gets me lol. I've cried more reading this book than any other I've ever read. absolutely loved it! if you've read the first, I highly recommend you read this one too!

Dark Survival, magic and romance. Yes. PLEASE.

I personally loved both of these books, with the twists in the romance that really I was happy with. So much so that I want more books like this and will probably reread them because of it.

The pain the characters went through and thought process felt real to me at least. I really cared for them in their own ways.

Of all the books I’ve read so far, this one had a chokehold on me. I need more of Isabelle’s relationship please!