Item: Pestilence
Rating: 3.00
Author: kalventure

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.

When Pestilence comes for Sara Burn’s town, one thing is certain: everyone she knows and loves is marked for death. Unless, of course, the angelic-looking horseman is stopped, which is exactly what Sara has in mind when she shoots the unholy beast off his steed.

Too bad no one told her Pestilence can’t be killed.

Now the horseman, very much alive and very pissed off, has taken her prisoner, and he’s eager to make her suffer. Only, the longer she’s with him, the more uncertain she is about his true feelings towards her … and hers towards him.

And now, well, Sara might still be able to save the world, but in order to do so, she'll have to sacrifice her heart in the process.

I'll admit that I bought this book primarily because this sounded absolutely ridiculous (and Katy was gushing about it on Twitter), but I was really pleasantly surprised! This book is excellently paced with an incredibly witty narrator and an interesting dystopian story that also has a romance.

Five years ago the four horseman appeared and modern life as we know it - electricity, cell phones - goes by the wayside. But then they just vanished and life continues in the dystopian remnants of society. That is until Pestilence reappears and people along his route are dying by the thousands and there is no cure for the Messianic Fever, which appears to be kind of like an Ebola/Plague awful thing that no one would wish to die from.

Evacuation orders have been sent, but Sara wants to save everyone she loves and stays behind to kill Pestilence. But he doesn't die and he is pissed off, taking her prisoner and vowing to make her suffer.

Overall I really enjoyed this read, but I knocked it down to three stars because I didn't buy the romance - it was a weird combination of enemies-to-lovers and insta-love, but there was literally no development of that relationship. At all. Given the care and development Thalassa put forth in the worldbuilding and overall plot, I was a bit disappointed with how the relationship came to be (but I am down with this pairing for sure).

Thank you Katy for gushing about this one, it was a fun read!

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Pestilence (Four Horsemen, #1)

by Laura Thalassa

Reviewed by kalventure on May 18, 2018

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