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erynelle's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Death, Gore, and Pregnancy
katierose_reads's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
Yooooo. I read pestilence ages ago and remember really enjoying it! But this one I INHALED! So good!
Definitely very dark, but in the context of what's happening that makes a lot of sense!
Super interesting, super tense. Top notch and can see the improvement from pestilence to this instalment!
Definitely very dark, but in the context of what's happening that makes a lot of sense!
Super interesting, super tense. Top notch and can see the improvement from pestilence to this instalment!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, War, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual assault
mspilesofpaper's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
2.5 stars.
Slightly better than Pestilence.
Pestilence was boring and certainly hated it to kill people. War is pretty much Ares (or is Ares like War? who knows) as both enjoy battle, killing, bloodlust etc. War has zero issues with the fact that his men would rape women in the war camp until it would’ve happened to Sara. (All these rape/sexual assault mentions really tell me that I would just kill myself if we have to live through an apocalypse.)
The ending is so … ugh, stereotypical? It’s an happy ending but so predictable.
I hope that Death will live up to his two scenes because he’s an ass in both.
Concerning the world state: Pestilence went through the USA and Canada with parts of Mexico. War took Asia (from Vietnam starting), the Middle East and Egypt/Sudan. I suppose that one book will play in Europe then. South America and Africa (aside Egypt & Sudan) are still possibilities but somehow I doubt that one of the remaining books will play there.
Slightly better than Pestilence.
Pestilence was boring and certainly hated it to kill people. War is pretty much Ares (or is Ares like War? who knows) as both enjoy battle, killing, bloodlust etc. War has zero issues with the fact that his men would rape women in the war camp until it would’ve happened to Sara. (All these rape/sexual assault mentions really tell me that I would just kill myself if we have to live through an apocalypse.)
The ending is so … ugh, stereotypical? It’s an happy ending but so predictable.
I hope that Death will live up to his two scenes because he’s an ass in both.
Concerning the world state: Pestilence went through the USA and Canada with parts of Mexico. War took Asia (from Vietnam starting), the Middle East and Egypt/Sudan. I suppose that one book will play in Europe then. South America and Africa (aside Egypt & Sudan) are still possibilities but somehow I doubt that one of the remaining books will play there.
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Gore, and Death
Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault
booksalacarte's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
3⭐️ 3.25🌶️
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Sexual violence, Murder, War, Grief, Sexual assault, Cursing, Death, Violence, and Blood
bwake's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, War, and Death
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Suicide attempt
prosiaczekk's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and War
Moderate: Violence and Pregnancy
Minor: Death of parent
tiana_king's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
So this book was the opposite of Pestilence in that the forced proximity made sense but the romance didn’t. Miriam getting swept up into War’s camp? Reasonable. Yet somehow even with all the time Miriam and War spent together I don’t understand how she fell in love with him. Perhaps it was too subtle for me. Additionally the story ends with some things still unanswered which is irritating. Romance aside the plot was interesting and had enough action to be exciting at times.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Vomit, Violence, War, Confinement, Grief, Death of parent, Gun violence, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Animal death
boomwormbrittany's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-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
5.0
War is the second book in The Four Horsemen series by Laura Thalassa. This is an adult romance series following four different women who encounter the four horsemen of the apocalypse. This second book follows the second horseman, which is War.
I read Laura Thalassa's Bargainer series which is a young adult paranormal and I really enjoyed that series. However, I absolutely adore this series. There's something about her writing I just love and especially her writing in adult novels is so raw and real, I love it.
War has to be my favorite book so far in this series and I've only read two. War is definitely my favorite horsemen so far (sorry Pestilence) and I really loved getting his story.
First off, this book takes place in the Middle East and I thought that was such an interesting choice for this book. I know that there has been turmoil there for pretty much my whole life and even before that. I am not as knowledgable in the wars and conflicts that happened there so I cannot speak to that aspect but I thought the setting choice was interesting. A small thing that Laura did in this book that I thought was great was that it mentioned that War was speaking in Hebrew to Miriam throughout the book.
I adored Miriam and War separately and together. I thought Miriam was such a badass lady and wouldn't take any shit from War. She stood up for herself, the human race and the people that War was hurting. She worked so hard to show War that, while humanity is flawed and can do evil deeds, there are good people in the world. War was very gruff and rough around the edges but I really loved seeing him grow and change as he started to realize what Miriam was saying. I thought their development was so well done.
The writing in this was just spectacular as well. It's a writing style that I fall into easily and can read super quickly. I flew through this book in less than a week because I was so hooked.
Overall, I loved this book. I am so excited to see what the next book, <i>Famine</i> has in store and where it's going to be set.
I read Laura Thalassa's Bargainer series which is a young adult paranormal and I really enjoyed that series. However, I absolutely adore this series. There's something about her writing I just love and especially her writing in adult novels is so raw and real, I love it.
War has to be my favorite book so far in this series and I've only read two. War is definitely my favorite horsemen so far (sorry Pestilence) and I really loved getting his story.
First off, this book takes place in the Middle East and I thought that was such an interesting choice for this book. I know that there has been turmoil there for pretty much my whole life and even before that. I am not as knowledgable in the wars and conflicts that happened there so I cannot speak to that aspect but I thought the setting choice was interesting. A small thing that Laura did in this book that I thought was great was that it mentioned that War was speaking in Hebrew to Miriam throughout the book.
I adored Miriam and War separately and together. I thought Miriam was such a badass lady and wouldn't take any shit from War. She stood up for herself, the human race and the people that War was hurting. She worked so hard to show War that, while humanity is flawed and can do evil deeds, there are good people in the world. War was very gruff and rough around the edges but I really loved seeing him grow and change as he started to realize what Miriam was saying. I thought their development was so well done.
The writing in this was just spectacular as well. It's a writing style that I fall into easily and can read super quickly. I flew through this book in less than a week because I was so hooked.
Overall, I loved this book. I am so excited to see what the next book, <i>Famine</i> has in store and where it's going to be set.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
beth_waller97's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
These books get longer, the smut gets shorter, and the story drags on with absolutely no actual plot other than ‘I’m banging a horseman. Definitely shouldn’t be banging a horseman. Oh fuck, look, here’s the consequences of my actions’
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death, Genocide, Rape, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Blood
Moderate: Pregnancy
xlaurareads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
based on a friend's review, i anticipated this book to be even better than pestilence's one, but i must admit, to me, it was not as good as the first one. i love love love how the authot takes time to introduce us to the world and describe the state of it - excellent worldbuilding, really. but i also found some info missing, whether intended by the author or not, that is, i wasn't really aware that the phobos riders were humans who actively chose to fight at war's side rather than having risen with him when his time came. however, this exact instance clearly showed how cruel humans have become and once again makes it obvious why god sent the horsemen to destroy humanity altogether. that was really something. i also adored the "the guy falls first" trope because you could really feel how war softened up to miriam over time. nevertheless, i do have extremely conflicted feelings about him...i adored him one minute, then wanted to have him dead the next. i couldn't really wrap my mind about how he could be so utterly cruel and full of hate, but then again, he's war so what would you expect? i did like how he fully surrenderd to miriam near the end of the book but I'm not sure if I'm 100% d'accord with the reasons bc i just don't like the HEA the author used (plus, i didn't like it to have the same HEA in book 1 and 2). the ending was nice and didn't seem as rushed as in book 1 and i loved that we also got some chapters in war's pov near the end. all in all, i enjoyed this book a lot and finished it within two days, but my conflicted feelings aboht war and the fact that the HEA just wasn't too much my thing led me to rate this one with 3.75 stars.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, and War
Moderate: Death of parent, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Vomit