War by Laura Thalassa

War (Four Horsemen, #2)

by Laura Thalassa

They came to earth—Pestilence, War, Famine, Death—four horsemen riding their screaming steeds, racing to the corners of the world. Four horsemen with the power to destroy all of humanity. They came to earth, and they came to end us all.

The day Jerusalem falls, Miriam Elmahdy knows her life is over. Houses are burning, the streets run red with blood, and a traitorous army is massacring every last resident. There is no surviving this, especially not once Miriam catches the eye of War himself. But when the massive and terrifying horseman corners Miriam, he calls her his wife, and instead of killing her, he takes her back to his camp.

Now Miriam faces a terrifying future, one where she watches her world burn town by town, and the one man responsible for it all is her seemingly indestructible “husband”. But there’s another side to him, one that’s gentle and loving and dead set on winning her over, and she might not be strong enough to resist.

However, if there’s one thing Miriam has learned, it’s that love and war cannot coexist. And so she must make the ultimate choice: surrender to War and watch humankind fall, or sacrifice everything and stop him.

Reviewed by Romance Schmomance on

3.5 of 5 stars

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OK. I binged this one as soon as I finished Pestilence and I have to admit that the heroes have been making this series for me.

I know that I'll have the unpopular opinion with this, but I didn't love Miriam. I loved her character in the first few chapters, she's a fighter through and through. And I did understand her hang-ups about War, but when it came to getting things her way. It was almost disingenuous how she went about it. And that had me at #TeamWar just about 24/7.

The ONE question that I constantly had throughout the book about why he was so certain that Miriam was his wife. And I have to say once we found out the reason, MY. HEART. That was not the reason I was expecting, but my goodness I was here for it.

We're definitely getting a lot of the same, plot-wise, of what we saw in Pestilence with going through all the towns and wreaking tragedy. Which brings the big question of how the overall story arc will end because all the Horsemen will fall in love. What happens then?!

I didn't love this one as much as I hoped. I expected the Horsemen to be a bit more gritty and darker? I keep thinking about Khal Drogo from Game of Thrones and was wondering if we'd get the same with War, but it didn't come off he pages that way.

HOWEVER, I'm a fan of Laura's writing, I was engaged the entire time and didn't want to stop. So I'm definitely looking forward to reading her other books. I'm planning on continuing the series because I have to know what happens.

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