Review: Famine 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.

Ana da Silva always assumed she’d die young, but she never expected it to be at the hands of the haunting immortal who spared her life years ago. Famine. But if the horseman remembers her, he must not care, for when she comes face to face with him for the second time in her life, she’s stabbed and left for dead.

Only, she doesn’t quite die.

If there’s one thing Famine is good at, it’s cruelty. He can’t forget the pain humanity has brought him, and he’s ready to bring it back to them tenfold. But when Ana, a ghost from his past, corners him for what he did to her, she and her empty threats captivate him, and he decides to keep her around.

In spite of themselves, Ana and Famine are drawn to each other. But at the end of the day, the two are enemies. Nothing changes that. Not one kind act, not two. And definitely not a few steamy nights. But enemies or reluctant lovers, if they don’t stop themselves soon, heaven will.

Famine is book four in The Four Horsemen series by Laura Thalassa. I have been going back and forth with this one. I feel like Famine is my favorite out of the horsemen so far and Ana was probably my favorite of the female main characters but other than that the story was repetitive. And that’s something I’ve been struggling with throughout the series, unfortunately.

This book reminded me a whole lot of the first book, Pestilence. I don’t know if it’s just me but it felt like the same storyline only with different characters and slightly different occurances. It was pretty much just Famine and Ana going to different cities where Famine killed humans and where they both kept saving each other’s butts. It’s really too bad because the author could’ve used this book to do something a little different but eventually it started getting monotonous.

However, I did enjoy reading the slowburn romance between Ana and Famine. That was the only thing that felt a little different from the other books. I feel like they actually fell in love with each other and not rushed like I felt in the first book between Sara and Pestilence. This, at least, was a nice change of pace.

The next book is the final one and even though I didn’t quite love the third one that much I’m still looking forward to Death’s book. I’ve already read the premise of that one and it does sound a little promising so I hope I’ll enjoy it a little more than this one.