The ending was epic, and I am so excited for book four! On to the review.

Famine is a lot different than Pestilence and War. Pestilence had to learn mercy and War had to learn to surrender. In their journey, readers got to see then fall in love and learn what it means to be truly human, and not just from the FMCs, but from other characters. In this book, however, Famine and Ana have experienced the worst humanity has to offer. Famine has to learn forgiveness, but like he said, “It’s much harder to forgive everyone else, especially when everyone else includes the people who once hurt me.” He’s doesn’t really experience the goodness of humanity through anyone but Ana, and he is still has a long way to go on his journey to forgiveness. His and Ana’s story feel slightly less complete because they are interrupted by Death and have a big showdown before running off to have a family reunion with Pestilence and War. This ending is definitely a change from the other two and amps you up for the finale! I’m so excited to read Death!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced readers copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion! ( )

WOW WHAT AN ENDING!!!

i wasnt feeling so hot on this one for a while. thats probably mostly because ive been reading these back to back and so everything is starting to blend together. and sooo this book for a long while was feeling repetitive.

I eventually came around to famine, he’s not really the kind of grumpy i like, war is much more speed - I DIGRESS - his plant growing abilities became cute to me and his emotional weather power is charming too in a bizarre supernatural way.

i liked ana about as much as the other heroines. thalassa definitely has a specific voice for her ladies, and honestly it walks that fine line for me where if she was any more heavy handed i would probably have a really hard time taking them seriously.

onto the next!! ( )

Adoroh!! ( )

Intense Perfection!

This Horseman was not like the others. He revels in his cruelty and hates humanity. Where the others were broody and seemed to struggle with modern language, Famine is cocky and has quite the colorful tongue.

And what about Ana!? She was not the typical perfect heroine. In fact, she was as foul as they get and I loved every minute of her.

Every moment was so intense that I had to remind myself to breathe.

It will be hard to wait for the next book.
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I enjoy Thalassa's stories even while rolling my eyes at much of it. Each couple in this series have been basically the same - a Strong Female Character archetype with a checkered past meets a Horsemen of the Apocalypse who just can't help but fall for them tits first. In this one, we're in Brazil where a sex worker is offered by her Madame to Famine as a sacrifice but he's not interested in humans that way (so he says) and has them both killed. Magically, the woman survives being basically gutted and wakes in a pit of bodies, drags her self all the way back to her previous rooms while passing by more bodies, and nurses herself back to fighting fit. But she's not done with Famine because, as it turns out, she's met him before and wants Famine to remember her while she attempts to assassinate him. Well, you can't kill a messenger of God but that's besides the point - apparently.

From there it all goes as expected based on the past two books. I didn't like Famine as much as War or even Pestilence but the end of this one was interesting, as Death seems a little more distinct with totally different abilities as his "brothers". Thalassa relies heavily on stereotypes in this one as well (see her unsavory handling of Middle East politics and history in War) and the dialogue she used for Ana is 110% American, especially in the slang. Come for the descriptions of hot bodies smacking against each other plus some strong gore if you're into that, not for the geopolitical studies. ( )