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A review by jspringerwrites
The Fifth Horseman by Freida Kilmari
5.0
If you're looking for a character driven story with a slow burn plot and awesome LGBTQ+ relationship dynamics, then you'll love this book. Be warned though, it really is a lot of relationship building and character evolution. If you're looking for a fast paced action packed plot, you won't find that with this one.
There is so many wonderful things I have to say about this book!!!! (Side note being how incredible this book cover is?!?!)
Our MC (a tatted Japanese woman) wakes up with no recollection of who she was as a person or where she has wound up. These four beautiful strangers tell her that she has died. Her mortal life has ended, and she has been reborn as a Horseman. What type? Well, they don't know yet. (Cue plot)
As time passes, and our MC heals from her injuries, she begins having dreams/flashbacks of her mortal life. She deals with a lot of internal conflict over the unknowns of her identity. As far as plot goes, this uncovering-who-she-was-as-a-human-and-what-that-means-for-who-she-is-now becomes the main element of the story. There are a few little unexpected twists and turns as our MC uncovers her Horseman powers (in part the fact that she has every type of supernatural in her blood), but ultimately this is alllllll about the characters.
WHICH I LOVED!!!!
The F/F relationship in this book is definitely one of my faves...I've been on the hunt for an awesome F/F dynamic in an RH for a while, and often the ones I've found felt forced or like an after thought. It definitely doesn't feel that way AT ALL in this book. There are so many adorable and sweet moments juxtaposed with the relationship building of the other dudes in the harem.
Do go into this with the expectation of a slow burn though...the rest of the horsemen have been denying their emotions for each other for the entirety of their existences, and while our MC is working to break down those emotional barriers, it's gonna take some time.
That doesn't mean that Mrs. (miss? Ms? whydowehavesomanyoftheseforwomennnn) Frieda Kilmari doesn't give us some creatively juicy and enjoyable sexy scenes though, but it is DEFINITELY a tease. Right to the very end when all I want is more, more, more.
I don't want to spoil anything, so I'll just end with my UTTER enjoyment of the sexual and gender fluidity explored within this RH (A sexually fluid, gender shifting MC yessss?!!). It's unlike anything I've read before, and I cannot wait for what comes next.
P.S. I received this as an advanced reader copy from the author. (Thank you, Frieda!) But all these thoughts are of course my own, swayed only by my love of this book and my well wishes to this author.
There is so many wonderful things I have to say about this book!!!! (Side note being how incredible this book cover is?!?!)
Our MC (a tatted Japanese woman) wakes up with no recollection of who she was as a person or where she has wound up. These four beautiful strangers tell her that she has died. Her mortal life has ended, and she has been reborn as a Horseman. What type? Well, they don't know yet. (Cue plot)
As time passes, and our MC heals from her injuries, she begins having dreams/flashbacks of her mortal life. She deals with a lot of internal conflict over the unknowns of her identity. As far as plot goes, this uncovering-who-she-was-as-a-human-and-what-that-means-for-who-she-is-now becomes the main element of the story. There are a few little unexpected twists and turns as our MC uncovers her Horseman powers (in part the fact that she has every type of supernatural in her blood), but ultimately this is alllllll about the characters.
WHICH I LOVED!!!!
The F/F relationship in this book is definitely one of my faves...I've been on the hunt for an awesome F/F dynamic in an RH for a while, and often the ones I've found felt forced or like an after thought. It definitely doesn't feel that way AT ALL in this book. There are so many adorable and sweet moments juxtaposed with the relationship building of the other dudes in the harem.
Do go into this with the expectation of a slow burn though...the rest of the horsemen have been denying their emotions for each other for the entirety of their existences, and while our MC is working to break down those emotional barriers, it's gonna take some time.
That doesn't mean that Mrs. (miss? Ms? whydowehavesomanyoftheseforwomennnn) Frieda Kilmari doesn't give us some creatively juicy and enjoyable sexy scenes though, but it is DEFINITELY a tease. Right to the very end when all I want is more, more, more.
I don't want to spoil anything, so I'll just end with my UTTER enjoyment of the sexual and gender fluidity explored within this RH (A sexually fluid, gender shifting MC yessss?!!). It's unlike anything I've read before, and I cannot wait for what comes next.
P.S. I received this as an advanced reader copy from the author. (Thank you, Frieda!) But all these thoughts are of course my own, swayed only by my love of this book and my well wishes to this author.