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Pestilence by Laura Thalassa

61 reviews

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I have mixed feelings about this book. This is a dark romance about Sara, a firefighter, and Pestilence, a horseman of the apocalypse. Sara is tasked by her squad to stay behind and kill Pestilence to prevent the spread of the Plague. When this fails, Pestilence kidnaps her and keeps her prisoner. The concept of this book is cool. Falling in love with a physical manifestation of a biblical plague? Awesome! The issue is the execution. Sara is a little young for me, their "romance" feels a little forced, and Pestilence knowing nothing about humans feels wrong. It wasn't bad at all just a little off for me. I will probably eventually read War and the sequels but not now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

chelbelle122's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

smartcookiesca's review

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

marirene's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Oscillating between a 4 or 5 here. Will decide when finishing the series. I started reading it more as a joke, you have got to be kidding me, Pestilence as a romantic interest? But then I ended up getting all caught up in that story. The blend of an inhuman character, a badass FMC, a story that highlights both how horrible and how wonderful we can be toward each other as humans, and some christian mythology old testament was a mix that somehow worked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual harassment

bunnybaby_hop04's review

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Absolutely obsessed with this series! 
Pestilence's development is emotional and thrilling, and emotions are high throughout.
A true enemies to lovers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Genocide, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Chronic illness, Confinement, Rape, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

chocokinoko's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

arruiz's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

faith99's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol

smuttymcbookface's review

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Although I occasionally found Sara's dialogue cringy, I still absolutely adored this book. Sara's strength, and Pestilence's steadfast love & longing makes this a wonderful read. It still held up just as well the second time around.

Laura Thalassa also did a wonderful job of portraying all the other types of people: those who forgive endlessly, those who fight cruelly, those who continue to care for others when they know it will kill them too. It was wonderful reading about them, and how mercy might be applied to them or from them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Vomit