The Four Horsemen Book 2: War by Laura Thalassa

The Four Horsemen Book 2

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. 

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My Review: 3.5/5 Stars 

When War comes how can there be any survivors? The second horseman is awake and with him comes, well war. Miriam is trying to survive in what is left of Jerusalem but what she doesn't expect is for War to come so soon. And she truly doesn't expect for him to get one look at her and call her wife. Taken to his camp and on his journey of killing all those in his path, Miriam fights the entire way to stop War from his task. But he is not easily swayed. Even when the two of them begin to fall for one another, despite all the pain that comes along with it. This was a tough story in the sense that Miriam is witnessing this god of war and no matter what she does he cannot be stopped. But she gets hope every small moment where he listens to her and spares someone or something in one way. It's a long and slow burn story. And you wonder what it will take for War to truly put down his sword and end the destruction. Is that even possible? And what would it take? Is love enough? Or is it something greater than that? How does War fight his purpose and nature? Can Miriam show him the way? The horsemen definitely intrigued me and I'm looking forward to the next one. Though, I will say even with small appearances, Death is the most interesting character to me and I look forward to his book when it is finally his turn and as of right not it is not published.