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All of Us Villains by C.L. Herman, Amanda Foody
5.0

*Thank you to Tor and netgalley for a copy in exchange for an honest review.*

First off, Amanda Foody is one of my all time favourite authors, so I had high expectations for this. And I’m happy to say, IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT!

All of Us Villains follows 7 teenagers, from 7 different families who are all champions forced to compete in a tournament to the death. It’s The Hunger Games but with magic.

There are four POVs out of the 7 champions, and I loved each of their POVs. I really hope we get more in the sequel! I also hope there is going to be some LGBTQ relationships in the sequel, since there are LGBTQ characters.

I loved how dark this was, it’s a perfect read for fall/Halloween time. The magic system is so cool, with curses, high magic, and common magic. It’s all woven together throughout the story, which is what I love about magic systems when it isn’t dumped at the beginning, and rather talked about throughout the story.