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annasrnk's review
4.0
This book I finished in two days. I actually really enjoyed it. Lots of smut and the story was better than the first book. Its any easy read I think. Not too deep but I enjoyed that War and Miriam get to spend a lot of time together. Not five stars because the book felt quite a bit long, the ending could have been shorter in my opinion, bored me a little.
stephparker's review
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
heartscontent's review against another edition
5.0
Laura Thalassa has been an all-time favourite author and really can you blame me, after Desmond Flynn, Sir. Wicked Lite? No. You can't. I'm a die-hard fan of anti-heroes done well, because it takes real skill to write a hero with darker shades and no one is better at it than Laura Thalassa.
Which is exactly why the The Four Horsemen Series went straight into my TBR the moment I heard about it. Honestly, the speed with which I had pounced on the book when it released was a little scary even for my own braveheart reader soul. I was blown away by Pestilence. I'm so glad no one can see all the highlighting and notes that I've got tucked away with that book. I kept wondering after Pestilence endedWHEN DEATH'S BOOK WOULD COME about how she could possible top this?
Then, I read War. And I can say, LT has kicked this out of the park for good. The book is BIG (oh, but thank you God) and it is glorious.
War is nothing like Pestilence and Miriam isn't anything like Sara. War is all gore and guts and glory in battle and Miriam is fight and claws and anger and resilience. But when they're together, they're softer, kinder, angrier too most times but it bleeds away because there's something greater than them at work and neither of them know anything but the strength of their fate sweeping them along. In many ways, this book was more intricate than Pestilence. It's as if LT has grown in her own understanding of her characters and their purpose. Though there weren't as many questions about God and the purpose of life in this as there was in Pestilence, there were subtle but profound moments about what God actually means. What it is to believe in him. I believe that word that truly represents him is etched onto both the protagonists' skin and it has been repeated a multitude of times.
I loved this book so very many times more than I did Pestilence and I didn't think I could like another Horsemen after Pestilence so this is a real feat. All the seconds and minutes and hours that LT has put into this book was WORTH it. Our wait was WORTH it, IT WAS ALL WORTH IT GO READ THE BOOK.
Which is exactly why the The Four Horsemen Series went straight into my TBR the moment I heard about it. Honestly, the speed with which I had pounced on the book when it released was a little scary even for my own braveheart reader soul. I was blown away by Pestilence. I'm so glad no one can see all the highlighting and notes that I've got tucked away with that book. I kept wondering after Pestilence ended
Then, I read War. And I can say, LT has kicked this out of the park for good. The book is BIG (oh, but thank you God) and it is glorious.
War is nothing like Pestilence and Miriam isn't anything like Sara. War is all gore and guts and glory in battle and Miriam is fight and claws and anger and resilience. But when they're together, they're softer, kinder, angrier too most times but it bleeds away because there's something greater than them at work and neither of them know anything but the strength of their fate sweeping them along. In many ways, this book was more intricate than Pestilence. It's as if LT has grown in her own understanding of her characters and their purpose. Though there weren't as many questions about God and the purpose of life in this as there was in Pestilence, there were subtle but profound moments about what God actually means. What it is to believe in him. I believe that word that truly represents him is etched onto both the protagonists' skin and it has been repeated a multitude of times.
I loved this book so very many times more than I did Pestilence and I didn't think I could like another Horsemen after Pestilence so this is a real feat. All the seconds and minutes and hours that LT has put into this book was WORTH it. Our wait was WORTH it, IT WAS ALL WORTH IT GO READ THE BOOK.
alana_reads25's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
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
3.0
eyoung19's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
mandyisreading_'s review
5.0
Laura Thalassa has a knack for writing men that for a moment there we’re like “he can’t come back from that, right?” and then he DOES!
Like this a four horseman of the apocalypse. He’s war. He’s literally pillaging cities and killing EVERYONE. She’s only spared because he noticed a mark on her and knew that she was his heaven sent wife. How can a man like that be saved?
But that’s the thing. He’s not a man. But as War goes on, he finds faults in his purpose as it hurts his wife, Miriam. He finds he cannot have both his love and war and must make a choice.
Miriam herself is a little firecracker. She fights him at every turn, desperately trying to save humanity from War himself. She knows the sway she has over him, and utilizes it, but finds herself surrendering too as with each plea from her, she sees War changing.
Pestilence was stopped before because of his love for a woman. Will the same happen to War?
Miriam is desperate enough to die trying.
kdeleo's review
5.0
Would go to war for War, no questions asked. Will never stop thinking about this book.
siren4smut's review
5.0
This book was so good & kept my interest from page one .. this series really is so good !! Can’t wait to hop into the next book
mrsbooknerd's review
3.0
I definitely enjoyed this book more than the first in the series. War was more engaging than Pestilence, who had been too naive for me to get into. War had an edgier, darker, bantery, sexy thing going on.
I did enjoy War's development and how it ended. I loved the tension as Miriam sought revenge and that whole section.
There was also a humour in this book that I don't remember from the first. Even War had some bants.
I thought though there was this instant something between them, it wasn't love or chemistry. I can't put my finger on it. They were together, but I didn't see the evidence of why they both felt connected. I'm not sure if it is because we spent so much time with Miriam hating War and then being like ahhh but I slept with him anyway!
Despite the length, I didn't want to stop or lose interest at any point, which is odd because it wasn't a plot driven novel as such, it was heavy on the character development.
I did enjoy War's development and how it ended. I loved the tension as Miriam sought revenge and that whole section.
There was also a humour in this book that I don't remember from the first. Even War had some bants.
I thought though there was this instant something between them, it wasn't love or chemistry. I can't put my finger on it. They were together, but I didn't see the evidence of why they both felt connected. I'm not sure if it is because we spent so much time with Miriam hating War and then being like ahhh but I slept with him anyway!
Despite the length, I didn't want to stop or lose interest at any point, which is odd because it wasn't a plot driven novel as such, it was heavy on the character development.