Review: War by Laura Thalassa

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 to the horsemen, Miriam Elmahdy knows her life is over. Houses are burning, the streets run red with blood, and a traitorous army is massacring her people. 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 heaven-sent wife, and instead of killing her, he takes her back to his camp.

Now Miriam faces a terrifying future, helplessly watching her world burn town by town, and the one responsible for it is her seemingly indestructible “husband,” who refuses to let her go. But there’s another side to him, one that’s gentle and loving and 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. She must make the ultimate choice: surrender to War and watch humankind fall, or sacrifice everything to stop him.

This is the second book in The Four Horsemen series and I must say that I enjoyed it a whole lot more than Pestilence. Not that Pestilence was a bad book, I just didn’t like it as much as this one. But just like Pestilence, War was a really fast read. I don’t know what it is about these books but I both read them in less than two days so War was quite the page-turner.

This story is about Miriam Elmahdy who lives in Jeruzalem and is trying to survive, as best as she can, by making weapons. It’s what she’s good at. Then the day came that the horseman of War and his army come into the city. Once Miriam’s path crosses with War, he immediately declares her as his wife. Miriam, of course, is having none of that and so a battle of wills begins.

My thing with Pestilence was that the romance between the two characters went a little too fast for my liking but with War I felt it was paced in a way better way. And then there was War himself. I just couldn’t help but love him instantly. Even though he was making war and killing people along his army, I was really smitten by him.

And then there was Miriam, who fit perfectly with War although she didn’t want to see it herself at first. Miriam fought War with all her might. The bickering between them was actually hot at some points but bit by bit Miriam started giving into her heart. In the meantime she never gave up on trying to save humans from being killed, which I thought was really important. It enraged War until he also started giving in bit by bit. Like I said they fit perfectly together.

I’m really looking forward toward book three, Famine. I can’t wait to see how different it’ll be from both Pestilence and War. I’ve already seen good reviews of Famine so my hopes are already pretty high.