Pestilence
2018 • 416 pages

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Average rating3.8

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I reeeally liked this book. Laura Thalassa has this way of making you fall in love with her characters even when you don't want to. I mean, Pestilence is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and he's come to kill humans, because they failed to take care of their planet and they're just... awful (not far from what's actually happening in the world right now, right?). I didn't want to like him, he was killing innocent people and he was just awful in the beginning. But well, I was surprised to discover that I ended up falling in love with him.

Sara Burns is a firefighter who happens to have to stay behind and try to kill the horseman. It's her duty and she is willing to die for it in order to help the world and get rid of Pestilence. What she doesn't know is: he is immortal and cannot be killed. Pestilence gets his revenge by taking Sara as his prisoner and forcing her through pain unknown to her before she met him. She doesn't give up on trying to make him change his mind, trying to make him stop killing everyone he encounters.

I really loved Sara and Pestilence, their banter was so fun to read and I laughed until I cried at some points in this book, Laura has a great way of creating funny situations.

This was a very nice book and I'm glad I picked it up, I recommend it to anyone who wants a fun read.

July 19, 2021