A review by sueread2030
War by Laura Thalassa
4.0
Just imagine!
Pride and Prejudice but in an apocalyptic world.
Mr. Darcy would be War
and Elizebath would be Miriam
I enjoyed reading this book as much as I did book 1
and I will repeat what I said. If you are reading this book thinking that it is another smutty dark romance, then stop.
This is a psychological Dark paranormal with a romance base.
it touches on themes such as Choice and acceptance
Tropes:
- instant love/destined mate
- one bed (well, pallet)
- touch her and you're dead
- you are mine
- Grumpy/ sunshine (believe it or not, War is not the grumpy one ehheeheh)
so back to the pride and prejudice theme
War is too proud to realize that it is not all about him and the task he was enlisted to
and Miriam was too prejudiced to understand that WAR was created with a purpose
both of them navigate through the story trying to change the other
but it is when they both "surrender" to each other that their HEA is their
there are some really hard moments to accept while reading, so please heed the TW. A lot of violence happens
The world was left without technology ever since the horsemen's arrival. People are back using carrier pigeons and horses and swords. War has risen with the purpose to annihliate humankind. Miriam has been living alone making weapons. Their path cross, and immediately War knows that she was ment for him.
Things I loved about the book
1- it is set in the Middle East. YAY! So many of the settings and cities were not strange to me to read
2- how War was so devoted to Miriam in his own twisted way, and how Miriam was not consumed by lust immediately. It took time
3- That War was different than his brother Pestilence. I love it when there is a series and the main characters are not copycats of each other. Where Pestilence was a Virgin, War was a manwhore. Pestilence was Grumpy, War was carefree and more outgoing
5- the delve into human nature. War explains that he was the result of humans. "I exist solely in the hearts of men"
6- That Miriam fought for human existence till the end
Things I did not like
1- How long the book is!. I don't think we needed 485 pages of Miriam going "stop killing people, War", War stomping his feat "NO" then proceeding to kill people. 3 or 4 times was enough
2- the sudden flip of the POV at the end. Book one was all from the FL POV and this was going in the same direction and I was at peace with that even though this book needed War's POV. but suddenly at the very end, we get 2 short chapters from his?! I know it was crucial to the story, but if you included his POV, you could have given it to him throughout the book
3- The sudden flip in Miriam's emotions. She was very resilient up until 80% and suddenly she is madly in love???
4- some geographical inaccuracies. They were in Jerusalem then went to Egypt where they were near the "OCEAN"! What ocean??????
But it was a good book and I am on to read the next.
Pride and Prejudice but in an apocalyptic world.
Mr. Darcy would be War
and Elizebath would be Miriam
I enjoyed reading this book as much as I did book 1
and I will repeat what I said. If you are reading this book thinking that it is another smutty dark romance, then stop.
This is a psychological Dark paranormal with a romance base.
it touches on themes such as Choice and acceptance
Tropes:
- instant love/destined mate
- one bed (well, pallet)
- touch her and you're dead
- you are mine
- Grumpy/ sunshine (believe it or not, War is not the grumpy one ehheeheh)
so back to the pride and prejudice theme
War is too proud to realize that it is not all about him and the task he was enlisted to
and Miriam was too prejudiced to understand that WAR was created with a purpose
both of them navigate through the story trying to change the other
but it is when they both "surrender" to each other that their HEA is their
there are some really hard moments to accept while reading, so please heed the TW. A lot of violence happens
The world was left without technology ever since the horsemen's arrival. People are back using carrier pigeons and horses and swords. War has risen with the purpose to annihliate humankind. Miriam has been living alone making weapons. Their path cross, and immediately War knows that she was ment for him.
Things I loved about the book
1- it is set in the Middle East. YAY! So many of the settings and cities were not strange to me to read
2- how War was so devoted to Miriam in his own twisted way, and how Miriam was not consumed by lust immediately. It took time
3- That War was different than his brother Pestilence. I love it when there is a series and the main characters are not copycats of each other. Where Pestilence was a Virgin, War was a manwhore. Pestilence was Grumpy, War was carefree and more outgoing
5- the delve into human nature. War explains that he was the result of humans. "I exist solely in the hearts of men"
6- That Miriam fought for human existence till the end
Things I did not like
1- How long the book is!. I don't think we needed 485 pages of Miriam going "stop killing people, War", War stomping his feat "NO" then proceeding to kill people. 3 or 4 times was enough
2- the sudden flip of the POV at the end. Book one was all from the FL POV and this was going in the same direction and I was at peace with that even though this book needed War's POV. but suddenly at the very end, we get 2 short chapters from his?! I know it was crucial to the story, but if you included his POV, you could have given it to him throughout the book
3- The sudden flip in Miriam's emotions. She was very resilient up until 80% and suddenly she is madly in love???
4- some geographical inaccuracies. They were in Jerusalem then went to Egypt where they were near the "OCEAN"! What ocean??????
But it was a good book and I am on to read the next.