Riders by Veronica Rossi

Riders (Riders, #1)

by Veronica Rossi

For eighteen-year-old Gideon Blake, nothing but death can keep him from achieving his goal of becoming a U.S. Army Ranger. As it turns out, it does.

Recovering from the accident that most definitely killed him, Gideon finds himself with strange new powers and a bizarre cuff he can’t remove. His death has brought to life his real destiny. He has become War, one of the legendary four horsemen of the apocalypse.

Over the coming weeks, he and the other horsemen–Conquest, Famine, and Death–are brought together by a beautiful but frustratingly secretive girl to help save humanity from an ancient evil on the emergence.

They fail.

Now—bound, bloodied, and drugged—Gideon is interrogated by the authorities about his role in a battle that has become an international incident. If he stands any chance of saving his friends and the girl he’s fallen for—not to mention all of humankind—he needs to convince the skeptical government officials the world is in imminent danger.

But will anyone believe him?

Reviewed by Stephanie on

2 of 5 stars

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I was going to give this one star up until the last 75ish pages, which were enjoyable. Weak cliffhanger(ish) ending but I really liked the montage of the boys learning their powers. Needs more bromance and less terrible female leads. Also, definitely could have done without the 100 pages of drawn out set up. And the story format was really annoying and pointless (it stops within reason 75ish pages from the end, so it makes sense why those were better)

Okay, maybe 1 1/2 stars.

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