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War by Laura Thalassa
5.0
I went into this book a little worried that I wouldn't enjoy it. It's been a while since I read the first book in this series and I know from experience that, with the passage of time, comes a shift, change, and elevation if you will, in taste. I wasn't sure if I would still be interested in, enjoy it even buy into the type of love story this book would depict. You have a main character falling in love with 1 of the 4 literal incarnates of evil. You have to be a special kind of writer to get me to buy into that kind of thing. But Laura has proven twice now, that she is a special kind of writer because I bought in, 100%
War picks up 10 years after the 4 horseman make their initial appearance. It takes place in the middle East and follows the main character, Miriam who is a 21 year old Jewish/Muslim woman trying to survive in an apocalyptic world after losing her entire family, much like the rest of the world's population. After trying to kill her and then deciding that instead of killing her, she will be his wife, War takes Miriam prisoner and adds her to his camp as he travels from city to city, completely decimating everything and everyone in his path.
We follow Miriam on what seems to be an impossible journey of trying to convince War of humanities worth and War on his journey to prove just how worthless humanity really is.
I liked that this story took place somewhere other than America. I find in movies, TV shows and in the books that I read, that we are very self centered. The world revolves around The US and in particular, NY and CA and the rest of the world just doesn't exist. So it was interesting and refreshing reading about different cities on another side of the world, even though those cities were enduring horrendous atrocities. It's time for is to share the wealth! Or in this case, the destruction.
I was surprised at how ruthless War was in this book. In a good way of course. You go into these novels expecting the redemption story, expecting the antagonist to change for the better and evolve into someone worthy of being loved and rooted for, and that happens, obviously. This IS a paranormal romance for crying out loud. But for 80% of this book, War was a real motherfucker and there was even a point where I thought he wasnt going to change at all. And I LIKED that, because it surprised me. I wasn't expecting it and that doesn't happen very often anymore.
I loved the pacing of this book and the flow of Laura's writing. The book is ~430 pages but I flew through it. 1, because her writing is so fluid, you can literally fly through the pages and 2, because the story moves fast when it should and pulls back when it should. I never felt, while I was reading, like I wanted to move on to the next scene or part of the book. There are ~430 pages and Laura made good use of every single one.
Just like the last time, I'm leaving this story hungry for more and excited for the next in the series. There's an overarching theme about punishment vs redemption and im interested to see how that theme will play out in the next 2 books as we knock down these horseman one by one.
Don't leave me hanging Laura! Let's get this next book poppin'
Recommendation: Read these books, some may see them as a guilty pleasure but you know what, TREAT YOSELF, you deserve it and life is too short to be stuck up about the kind of entertainment you indulge in.
War picks up 10 years after the 4 horseman make their initial appearance. It takes place in the middle East and follows the main character, Miriam who is a 21 year old Jewish/Muslim woman trying to survive in an apocalyptic world after losing her entire family, much like the rest of the world's population. After trying to kill her and then deciding that instead of killing her, she will be his wife, War takes Miriam prisoner and adds her to his camp as he travels from city to city, completely decimating everything and everyone in his path.
We follow Miriam on what seems to be an impossible journey of trying to convince War of humanities worth and War on his journey to prove just how worthless humanity really is.
I liked that this story took place somewhere other than America. I find in movies, TV shows and in the books that I read, that we are very self centered. The world revolves around The US and in particular, NY and CA and the rest of the world just doesn't exist. So it was interesting and refreshing reading about different cities on another side of the world, even though those cities were enduring horrendous atrocities. It's time for is to share the wealth! Or in this case, the destruction.
I was surprised at how ruthless War was in this book. In a good way of course. You go into these novels expecting the redemption story, expecting the antagonist to change for the better and evolve into someone worthy of being loved and rooted for, and that happens, obviously. This IS a paranormal romance for crying out loud. But for 80% of this book, War was a real motherfucker and there was even a point where I thought he wasnt going to change at all. And I LIKED that, because it surprised me. I wasn't expecting it and that doesn't happen very often anymore.
I loved the pacing of this book and the flow of Laura's writing. The book is ~430 pages but I flew through it. 1, because her writing is so fluid, you can literally fly through the pages and 2, because the story moves fast when it should and pulls back when it should. I never felt, while I was reading, like I wanted to move on to the next scene or part of the book. There are ~430 pages and Laura made good use of every single one.
Just like the last time, I'm leaving this story hungry for more and excited for the next in the series. There's an overarching theme about punishment vs redemption and im interested to see how that theme will play out in the next 2 books as we knock down these horseman one by one.
Don't leave me hanging Laura! Let's get this next book poppin'
Recommendation: Read these books, some may see them as a guilty pleasure but you know what, TREAT YOSELF, you deserve it and life is too short to be stuck up about the kind of entertainment you indulge in.