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A review by heartscontent
War by Laura Thalassa
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.