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laurel_farley's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
eve_ward's review against another edition
2.0
Pain. That's what I felt while reading this. Not even the good kind, the kind that makes you want to throttle someone. It felt as though this one took all the things that bothered me in the last book and just made them infinitely worse. I mean, okay, this book is a kind of enemies-to-lovers, man-is-really really-bad-and-trying-to-kill-the-human-race romance so of course we're bound to have a hypocritical MC because she falls in love with the very thing she detests; but COME ON!! This one was just frustrating. It wasn't even like "I'm starting to see him change and that's why I started falling" NO, she was into while he was still massacring people. In fact, he was probably only a 'good guy' for 2% of the book. It never felt like there was any *true* redemption, he just one day decided "imma be good-ish" and that was the book.
It especially didn't help that I saw reviewers talking about how much they loved War,,,like why??? I mean, Pestilence basically tortured his love interest and yet I still prefer him; someone explain that.
I just think this book could have been *better*. Like, the dude is War...WAR. It shouldn't be that he's just going round killing everyone with his big sword (oooaye wink), he should be causing tension and chaos and animosity between people, have them fight each other. Him just slaughtering people isn't war, its just randomly killing blokes. Not to mention that his undead army just didn't make any sense at all.
Imma still read the next book. I want redemption Laura Thalassa ma'am.
OH YEAH, just a lil note on the end but this was set in parts of the Middle East and Africa and yet it lacked ANY culture. Like come on, you're in these places and you're not gonna take advantage of that fact. If it never mentioned where we were, honestly, I'd have thought we were still in the Americas.
It especially didn't help that I saw reviewers talking about how much they loved War,,,like why??? I mean, Pestilence basically tortured his love interest and yet I still prefer him; someone explain that.
I just think this book could have been *better*. Like, the dude is War...WAR. It shouldn't be that he's just going round killing everyone with his big sword (oooaye wink), he should be causing tension and chaos and animosity between people, have them fight each other. Him just slaughtering people isn't war, its just randomly killing blokes. Not to mention that his undead army just didn't make any sense at all.
Imma still read the next book. I want redemption Laura Thalassa ma'am.
OH YEAH, just a lil note on the end but this was set in parts of the Middle East and Africa and yet it lacked ANY culture. Like come on, you're in these places and you're not gonna take advantage of that fact. If it never mentioned where we were, honestly, I'd have thought we were still in the Americas.
hauntedhexgirll's review against another edition
3.0
At first I was really hopeful I would like this one more than Pestilence, because I liked how War was experienced and seemed to be thrilled that Miriam was a fighter and I loved the tension in the beginning of him wanting her but her hating him.
But then she stopped hating him way too fast and too easy. She forgives him after a few hours or days pass and she’s over it and ready to sleep with him again.
I had fun with this book, there was things I really liked in it. I liked the whole thing about her scar meaning surrender in Angelic, and that he interpreted it as her surrendering to him but in the end it was the opposite. I think that part of the book was really clever.
This book was also really repetitive just like the first one. And it was also very similar to the first one. With just a few differences here and there, it was practically the same story honestly. Including the ending, is Death going to spare all the horsemens’ partners?
Regardless, it was still a good time. I flew through the first 300 pages because I was having a fun time, but the book honestly could’ve been a bit shorter.
Also I’m not always a hater in the unexpected pregnancy trope, but it felt like a really cheap shot to force War to change in this book. I would’ve liked it more if he would’ve changed just for Miriam in the end, not for a baby.
But then she stopped hating him way too fast and too easy. She forgives him after a few hours or days pass and she’s over it and ready to sleep with him again.
I had fun with this book, there was things I really liked in it. I liked the whole thing about her scar meaning surrender in Angelic, and that he interpreted it as her surrendering to him but in the end it was the opposite. I think that part of the book was really clever.
This book was also really repetitive just like the first one. And it was also very similar to the first one. With just a few differences here and there, it was practically the same story honestly. Including the ending, is Death going to spare all the horsemens’ partners?
Regardless, it was still a good time. I flew through the first 300 pages because I was having a fun time, but the book honestly could’ve been a bit shorter.
Also I’m not always a hater in the unexpected pregnancy trope, but it felt like a really cheap shot to force War to change in this book. I would’ve liked it more if he would’ve changed just for Miriam in the end, not for a baby.
haleyautrand's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
3.5
llucie_b's review against another edition
Dnf at 59%. God this was so fucking boring. I can’t take it anymore. Nothing interesting is happening. It’s the same conflict over and over again. The same conversations.
aubinam1's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
applechen's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Okay, im Vergleich zu diesem Buch war das erste gefühlt Fluff 😂 Leider fand ich Krieg als Love Interest nicht soo toll, vor allem seine komische besitzergreifende Art hat mich ein bisschen abgestoßen. Dafür mag ich aber die in dieser Reihe repräsentierte Diversität und fand Miriam als Protagonistin spannend, ich fand gerade gut, dass sie so manipulativ war. Vor allem die krasse Gewalt hat mich ansonsten auch ein bisschen abgeschreckt und die komische deutsche Übersetzung, die mir die spicy Szenen verdorben hat 💀😂
thenerdycowgirl's review against another edition
5.0
Loved it! Can’t pick which I’ve liked better so far!
katrina_ingram's review against another edition
4.5
I loved this book!! These horsemen are actually ruthless, while it makes the romance a little problematic it definitely feels more genuine and makes the plot more gritty. I loved wars cool confidence, I very much got khal drogo vibes which im here for. The tension was built between the characters well and the spice was hot. I did get a little frustrated when reading at times because the decisions made by the characters didn’t make sense and sometimes I felt like we were going in circles, but this is a small niggle. Overall, I loved the pacing and plot and the dialogue made me laugh out loud a few times. I also loved the positive female friendships in this book, it was a real standout point for me
localghhost's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I liked this one significantly more than the first.
War is a complicated character and I enjoyed that he was described as being the most human due to being born from humans. I thought he was interesting and I actually liked that he liked Miriam right away. While I did feel that he was a “bad guy” overall, I felt that his motivations made more sense, given that War only exists because of humans. However, the whole zombies thing really took me out of it. It just felt like a diversion from the genre and plot.
This book had endearing characters, a more interesting and complex theme and a better plot overall. Some of the plot devices didn’t make sense or took me out of the story, but overall pretty good.
This book had endearing characters, a more interesting and complex theme and a better plot overall. Some of the plot devices didn’t make sense or took me out of the story, but overall pretty good.
Content Warnings
Graphic: War and Violence
Moderate: Slavery and Body horror