The first book I read of Laura Thalassa was Pestilence (The Four Horsemen, #1). I finished it sometime last year and eagerly anticipated her second book, War.
It did not disappoint.
As a self-proclaimed writer of “fated love”, I admire the heavenly twist on Thalassa’s take of the trope. Her characters are passionate, and because they stand at opposite ends of the field—he’s heaven bent on destroying the Earth, and she’s dead set on fighting against it—the sparks between them couldn’t get any hotter.
But of course, because Laura Thalassa is both generous and kind, it gets way hotter. See my review of War below!
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.
The day Jerusalem falls, Miriam Elmahdy knows her life is over. Houses are burning, the streets run red with blood, and a traitorous army is massacring every last resident. There is no surviving this, especially not once Miriam catches the eye of War himself. But when the massive and terrifying horseman corners Miriam, he calls her his wife, and instead of killing her, he takes her back to his camp.
Now Miriam faces a terrifying future, one where she watches her world burn town by town, and the one man responsible for it all is her seemingly indestructible “husband”. But there’s another side to him, one that’s gentle and loving and dead set on winning her over, and she might not be strong enough to resist.
However, if there’s one thing Miriam has learned, it’s that love and war cannot coexist. And so she must make the ultimate choice: surrender to War and watch humankind fall, or sacrifice everything and stop him.
xxx
Rebecca
Psst: Find the first book here: https://www.amazon.com/Pestilence-Four-Horsemen-Book-1-ebook/dp/B07B6BRTJP