All of us Villains is written by Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Hermen. I want to first say a big thank you to them, the publisher Gollancz, and Netgalley for providing me a free copy to review!
So let's get into it.
I was not fully prepared on just how much I would grow to care about the characters. Even though these characters are not nice people (trust me they are not), the writers still ensure that they come across as human which I think is really important when writing these types of characters as it gives them an element of depth. This also allowed them to do great character development throughout the novel which also made sense to the characters. I really enjoyed the way the character development was done and I would say it's the novel's biggest strength.
Another element I really enjoyed was the world development, I thought it was really fleshed out whilst still leaving some intrigue that makes me want to find out more. I really loved learning about all of the different families and their histories that are linked to them retrospectively. I also felt like each character in the village had their own voices and personality which was done really well.
One thing I was not very keen on was the pacing as I felt at times that the pacing was too fast and I wished it was slowed down a bit because there was too much going on and then other times it was a bit slow although that tended to happen more at the beginning. However, the plot in this story definitely keeps you on the edge of trying to work out where it was going to go as there were a lot of twists. I really loved the plot development in this story, I think it was handled really well!
Overall, I really enjoyed reading All of Us Villains and I cannot wait for the sequel! I definitely recommend giving this story a read if you are unsure!
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