Review: Death

 

Title: Death

Series: the Four Horsemen

Author: Laura Thalassa

Release Date: November 9, 2021

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.

He’s known by many names: Thanatos. Horseman. God’s last angel. And then, of course, there's the one I’m all too familiar with—

Death.

The day Death comes to Lazarus Gaumond’s town and kills everyone in one fell swoop, the last thing he expects to see is a woman left alive and standing. But Lazarus has her own 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. Take her. He wants to, desperately. 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 all the worse by the bad blood between her and Thanatos. But Death’s attraction to her is undeniable, and try though 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 horsemen can stop Death from fulfilling his final task. 

Only Lazarus can.

Oh. I'm at a loss for words. I absolutely loved loved loved this book. And yes, I did cry more than once while reading it. 

Death. The final horseman to make his way through the world after Pestilence, War, and Famine failed to wipe out humanity. Thanatos leaves trails of death and destruction in his wake. It's his duty to kill the humans around him. Until her. 

Lazarus cannot die. She survived Pestilence's plague. Survived her throat being slit, her neck snapped, and shot with an arrow. Thanatos' task may be to make human kind parish, but Lazarus made it her mission to do whatever she can to stop Death. 

Mortal enemies, they fight each other at any given moments, while battling their desires for one another. Death wanted to take Lazarus for himself the first moment he laid eyes on her. Lazarus made a deal with the other horsemen to try and seduce Thanatos to stop him from taking lives everywhere he roams. Can Death be stopped, or is the end of days upon the world at last?

Death was an amazing end to a great series. It not only moved me to tears, but also had me laughing at times too. I enjoyed Thanatos & Lazarus story. Enemies on opposite sides of battle- on if humans are worth saving- turned lovers. So much death and destruction, and the apocalypse- humankind resting in the balance on if Lazarus can seduce death. But the longer she is with him, the harder it is to fight her own desires. But can she forgive him for all he has done, and continues to do? Was their relationship doomed from the start? 

5 death defying ⭐ out of 5⭐.