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.
When Pestilence comes for Sara Burn’s town, one thing is
certain: everyone she knows and loves is marked for death. Unless, of course,
the angelic-looking horseman is stopped, which is exactly what Sara has in mind
when she shoots the unholy beast off his steed.
Too bad no one told her Pestilence can’t be killed.
Now the horseman, very much alive and very pissed off, has
taken her prisoner, and he’s eager to make her suffer. Only, the longer she’s
with him, the more uncertain she is about his true feelings towards her … and
hers towards him.
And now, well, Sara might still be able to save the world,
but in order to do so, she'll have to sacrifice her heart in the process.
Before we dive into our reviews, we had a chat about Pestilence since we buddy read it. Hope you enjoy!
M- Did you finish Pestilence yet jerk face?
J- I did... I'm almost afraid to tell you how I feel. You go
first.. how did you like it.. what are you rating it?
M- Oh dear. I liked
it a lot I'm rating it a 4, I'm scared to ask what you're rating it, talk to me
lady!
J- I'm giving it a 3... *sobbing* It just didn't give me the
usual feel that I normally get when I read Laura's books. I still love her though! Don't hate me! LOL
M- I get it. I feel
bad not giving it a 5 but it wasn't truly a 5 to me. I feel like each book in
this series will be better than the last you know, and I do hate you but not
for that, I just hate you in general.
J- AWWW love you too.. YESS.. I feel like Death will be my
favorite... you know I love me a dark hero, I’m assuming he's gonna be a dark
hero LOL
M- Yes!!! I know and I also saw when she went live someone
asked if all of the horsemen will be like Pestilence in terms of him being void
of human emotion and she said no so that should be interesting.
J- Cant wait! Shall we move on to our reviews?
M- Me too ok onto reviews my pet!
M's Review
★★★★
★★★★
What can I say, Laura Thalassa can do no wrong by me. I really liked this book. I was really stretching it out because I literally didn't want it to end. I'm so sad right now, ugh. So this is more of a post apocalyptic type book, and Pestilence lacks all human emotions and the ability to understand human nature as a whole. To be honest usually this would annoy the crap out of me when a character doesn't understand common human terms/emotions/or even intimacy but for some reason it not only didn't bother me, but I didn't even really notice it at all. Laura's writing is what does it, she writes in such a way that you truly get sucked into the story. I really can't think straight right now so I'm going to leave it at that. I can not wait for then next book in this series as I have feeling they're going to get better and better!
J's Review
★★★
This review is really hard for me to write because Laura is one of
my FAVORITE authors. I was so excited to read this because well hello, Laura
wrote it. Pestilence is the start of the
Four Horsemen series. It follows Pestilence,
the horseman that basically carries the plague and is sent to spread it
throughout the world, and Sara, the girl that is supposed to stop Pestilence and
kill him. It totally gave me Montes vibes
from The Fallen World Series, and that is my FAVORITE series of Laura’s to
date.
“Oh no, I’m not letting you die. Too quick. Suffering is made for the living. And oh, how I will make you suffer.”
In the beginning of the book, Pestilence came off dickish,
which I LOVE in a hero. That sort of
antihero feel had me really liking his character, minus the robotic way he came
across. I thought that further into the
book, he’d change or come out of his robotic ways, and he did, but he was flip
floppy. One second he would act confused
about the ways of the present world and just totally act emotionless, and the
next second it was like he was hip to the game, knowing phrases, and just
acting with more emotion. It confused me. It was almost like he was two different characters
built into one, but at times it just didn’t make sense.
I did enjoy Sara’s character. Laura is the only author I know that ONLY
writes legit bad ass heroines. You’ll
never read a weak female from Laura, and that is one of my favorite things
about her books. Sara was the one picked
to stop Pestilence, and when her plan doesn’t work out, she is basically forced
to be Pestilence’s captive. She had a
smart mouth, and regardless of the power that Pestilence clearly had, Sara gave
NO fucks, which I absolutely loved.
"A petty part of me mourns the sweet smoothness of my skin, but the tougher part of me, the Sara-motherfucking-Burns who fought fires and shot a horseman from his steed to protect her town, is simply happy to have escaped death."
I have to be honest, a big reason for my rating Pestilence a
3 star is because, and I really hate to say this, I just feel there was a lack
of story. I just feel like nothing
really happened. For me, especially
compared to Laura’s other books (which are phenomenal might I add) this one was
just lacking… I didn’t feel like there was an actual story line, more like two
characters who were traveling and kind of arguing with each other the whole time. That was really it.
I will say, Laura’s writing is just great. I believe if it were any other author I might
not have continued, but Laura’s words kept me going until the end. I’m addicted to her writing.
Please, don’t let this review deter you from reading her
books, though I did not love this specific book, Laura will always be a
favorite author of mine, because the girl can write!
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Found in the forest when she was young, Laura Thalassa was raised by fairies, kidnapped by werewolves, and given over to vampires as repayment for a hundred year debt. She’s been brought back to life twice, and, with a single kiss, she woke her true love from eternal sleep. She now lives happily ever after with her undead prince in a castle in the woods.
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