Review: Death 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 Death comes to Lazarus Gaumond’s town and kills everyone in one fell swoop, the last thing he expects to see is one woman left alive and standing. But Lazarus has an extraordinary gift: she cannot be killed. Not by humans, not by the elements, not by Death himself.

She is the one soul Death doesn’t recognize. The one soul he cannot pry free from her flesh. Nor can he ignore the unsettling desire he has for her. And the longer she tries to stop him from his killing spree, the stronger the desire becomes.

When Lazarus crosses paths with the three other horsemen, an unthinkable situation leads to a terrible deal: seduce Death, save the world. A hopeless task, made worse by the bad blood between the two. But try as she might, Lazarus cannot stay away from that ancient, beautiful being and his dark embrace.

The end is here. Humankind is set to perish, and not even the other horsemen can stop Death from fulfilling his final task.

Only Lazarus can.

Death by Laura Thalassa is the last book in The Four Horsemen series. I’m glad that I read these four books but I don’t think I’ll ever reread them or particularly recommend them highly. They were all three star reads for me so they weren’t exactly horrible or anything but also not excellent reads. Just somewhere in between.

Out of all female characters I think I liked Lazarus the most. Her story was really interesting and I never really saw any of her actions coming, especially where Death a.k.a. Thanathos was involved. So getting to know Lazarus was my favorite part of this final book for sure. I liked Death well enough but I don’t have anything to say about him that really stuck out. Not my favorite out of the four horsemen but also not the worst.

The first half of the book I was really hooked but once again after that the story started getting repetitive, which really is a theme in the books as I’ve mentioned before in the three other reviews I’ve previously posted over the last few months. I don’t know what else I can say, it started being similar to the other books and then I started losing my interest in the story.

I thought the ending was fine but nothing where I could say wow what an ending. I had expected a little more perhaps, not only from this book but from the entire series since I know so many other readers loved it so much. But in the end not all series can be equally enjoyable for everyone. It was an okay series but ultimately I didn’t quite connect with it as much as I wanted.