Pestilence (The Four Horsemen, 1)

Yep, this was my favorite! SO WORTH THE READ!

The Cover is what got me, and the character definately matched the cover, sexy! It was a little slow at first but everytime I went to put it down, something else happend. The storyline was very different but interesting. The chemistry between the two MC was slow at first but had sparks throughout the rest of the book. Pestilence character definately grows on you and I ended up loving him to death, no pun intented. When they get the the old couples house, wow, that really affected me on so many levels. This was a well written story, it envokes lots of emotions good and bad, pulls at your heart strings not only for the ppl but for Pestilence as well. The sex scenes were steamy when they finally go to it and boy did they. This had a lot of action, and pulls on your heartstrings and the ending....wow, great ending.

It was ok. It’s a hostage/enemies to lovers story. It was a little predictable on how they fall in love and the ending. I feel like the change of heart of the antagonist turned lover was a little random and rushed. As for the protagonist, she was being harmed by him and clearly not enjoying it and she still talks about how good looking her captor is through her ordeal. I like what the author was trying to do creatively, but just missed the mark a little. I will be reading the next book in the series, WAR, to see if things improve.

Loved it, good story, good background, tension builder, slow burn.

Wow! This book is so much more than I expected, and I'm so glad I decided to give it a chance. Lately I've been accidentally stumbling upon a lot of fickle, cheesy, superficial romance novels on Kindle Unlimited, but this is not that. This is a GEM, I can't believe it was free! This is toe-curling, bone-aching romance with an actually riveting story line and two truly charming, sympathetic main characters (even Pestilence, who you'd think shouldn't be that relatable, but he is). The narrator's voice is hilariously modern, and the author writes Pestilence in a way that I couldn't help but be attracted to and intrigued by despite the circumstances, which is excellent, because that's how the protag Sara felt, as well.

Kudos to Laura Thalassa, not only for that, but because this book deals with some VERY difficult themes, and not too often did I ever find myself extremely skeptical, removed from the moment, or doubtful of Sara's reasons for doing things, feeling things. As the reader, if you've chosen to read this book you're likely already rooting for Sara and Pestilence to get together, but he's a harbinger of death, after all, so it shouldn't be that easy. I would have felt less for this book if the author had been careless with their dynamic and jumped the gun on their attraction for one another. As it is, she employs a very masterful slow burn that makes their relationship all the more climactic and ultimately morally acceptable, in my opinion, not for me but for the character Sara, herself, who for obvious reasons has a strong moral opposition to who and what Pestilence is in the beginning. Sara doesn't accept him too easily, and I think that's for the best.

Anyway, I don't usually write reviews for books, so rather than do that, I simply want to sing praises for "Pestilence," which I started last night before bed and literally didn't put down until my husband woke up for work at 5:30am. I had but 5% of the book left to finish this morning and I had my kindle glued to my hand throughout my whole morning routine, not sure how things could possibly end well in so few pages. Masterfully-told and meaningful story with way more subtext than I anticipated, cool and interesting religious elements (cool and interesting despite the fact that I am not religious and don't usually enjoy religious themes), not at all the 50 Shades of Stockholm Syndrome-esque drama I was expecting. I was overjoyed to see a promotion for a sequel at the end of the book... immediately jumped on Amazon to download it and groaned in agony when I saw this book was only published two months ago. The worst thing about this book will be the wait for the sequel!

"...don't forget your mercy" Oddly thought provoking. A mixture of human nature, religion, and right and wrong. The book is strangely simplistic and very much a love story or growth and mercy. The story does get repetitive but in a way its with a purpose to show the different sides of human nature. This authors writing style is lite and realistic, if you are looking for flowery descriptions and heavy details this isnt the book for you. The focus is the relationship of the main characters, with minor focus on supporting characters. I will be reading book 2 see what happens to the world next.