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Pestilence (The Four Horsemen, #1)

Laura Thalassa

Start date: June 5, 2019

Finish date: June 10, 2019

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Mar 27, 2018 Heather rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle, mythology, sci-fi-shit, fantasyland, outside

They came with the storm.
Pestilence, his crown perched upon his brow.
War, with his steel blade held high.
Famine, a scythe and scales at hand.
And Death, blighted Death, his dark wings folded at his back, a torch of bilious smoke tight in his grip.

This was an amazing book!!! I would never have thought anyone could get me to utter the words 'I love Pestilence the Conqueror'!! And I do!

"I'm riding with one of the horsemen of the apocalypse. Holy Shit."

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He is the first of the four horsemen to ...more

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Nov 01, 2018 Alissa rated it really liked it

"Because love brings out the best in you."

Such a unique and engaging story! Though this book has a lot of violence and some gory situations that were hard to read at times, there is a lot of humor to balance it out, most of which comes from Sara's thoughts, musings, comments and banter with Pestilence. She is extremely witty and amusing, and he has an exceptionally dry sense of humor, so it's a great balance between the 2 and makes for some enjoyable dialogue. I don't usually laugh out loud whil ...more

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Jun 11, 2020 Shan ~A~ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 1st-in-series, romance, age-gap, series-trilogies-i-started, books-i-own, favorites, dark, owned-kindle, sci-fi, fantasy

I loved this book. When I started, knowing there would be a lot of death (or rather assuming), I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about it, but it is one of the greatest things I've read recently.

Sara and Pestilence went through a lot throughout their time time together. We get to go on this journey of her trying to save humanity, while dealing with her conflicting feelings about this person who is basically destroying the world as she knows it. While also seeing him in his determination to c ...more

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Sep 06, 2019 Niki rated it it was amazing

The Conqueror

Sara and The Conquer have a spacial place in my heart. I enjoyed the tale although War is my favorite horsemen.

I am looking forward to the next books as well. Excellent adventure!

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