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A review by betwixt_the_pages
Pestilence by Laura Thalassa
5.0
Rating: 5/5 Penguins
Quick Reasons: not a cliffhanger ending!; aghhhh this story hurt me so many times; SOBBING BRB; the character arcs are phenomenal; gorgeous purple prose; snark and wit galore
If you've been following my reviews for any amount of time, Penguins.....you KNOW where this one is headed. Because what really IS a Horseman of the Apocalypse....but Death in a different form? And this is just ONE!?!?!?! JUST ONE?!?!?! book in this series? I'm glad I already have book 2, because let me tell you, I'm going to be making time to read it ASAP.
I should be wary of days like today, when the sun burns bright and the sky is a blinding shade of blue--the kind of day that hurts your eyes and squeezes your heart. It's the kind of day that, even in the heart of winter, reminds you what summer feels like.
It's a fucking liar of a day, and just like all painfully beautiful things, I should know better than to trust it.
Laura Thalassa has a way of weaving witty, snarky banter with gorgeously purple prose to make a labor of love and devotion. It is obvious the author put a lot of thought, time, and effort into creating and molding this end of the world, world--and the characters who are in it. This is a slow-burn, enemies to lovers, "can't understand the attraction but it's there and there it will stay" read that will have you on the edge of your seat, breathless, waiting to see what happens next.
There are some pretty descriptive, gory moments, Penguins...so if that bothers you, be warned going into this book. There is deception, destruction, death...as many beautiful moments as are found in these pages, there are equally as many deeply disturbing ones. This read is not for the faint of heart...but it is SO, so worth it for the ways it will change and shape the way you think of things.
For most people, I get good at nonanswers. For those who matter, I give them half-truths. At some point, I can't NOT; the truth is suffocating the life out of me.
But even then, I don't share everything--like how I fell in love with a monster, or how in the end he saved all our miserable lives. How I recited poetry to him and felt him change from a nightmare into a man.
I definitely recommend this to lovers of mates destined to change each other/the world, slow-burn steam, and journeys that balance both the gorgeous and the gore. Pestilence is riding the world, Penguins....and he's taking no prisoners. Save one.
Quick Reasons: not a cliffhanger ending!; aghhhh this story hurt me so many times; SOBBING BRB; the character arcs are phenomenal; gorgeous purple prose; snark and wit galore
If you've been following my reviews for any amount of time, Penguins.....you KNOW where this one is headed. Because what really IS a Horseman of the Apocalypse....but Death in a different form? And this is just ONE!?!?!?! JUST ONE?!?!?! book in this series? I'm glad I already have book 2, because let me tell you, I'm going to be making time to read it ASAP.
I should be wary of days like today, when the sun burns bright and the sky is a blinding shade of blue--the kind of day that hurts your eyes and squeezes your heart. It's the kind of day that, even in the heart of winter, reminds you what summer feels like.
It's a fucking liar of a day, and just like all painfully beautiful things, I should know better than to trust it.
Laura Thalassa has a way of weaving witty, snarky banter with gorgeously purple prose to make a labor of love and devotion. It is obvious the author put a lot of thought, time, and effort into creating and molding this end of the world, world--and the characters who are in it. This is a slow-burn, enemies to lovers, "can't understand the attraction but it's there and there it will stay" read that will have you on the edge of your seat, breathless, waiting to see what happens next.
There are some pretty descriptive, gory moments, Penguins...so if that bothers you, be warned going into this book. There is deception, destruction, death...as many beautiful moments as are found in these pages, there are equally as many deeply disturbing ones. This read is not for the faint of heart...but it is SO, so worth it for the ways it will change and shape the way you think of things.
For most people, I get good at nonanswers. For those who matter, I give them half-truths. At some point, I can't NOT; the truth is suffocating the life out of me.
But even then, I don't share everything--like how I fell in love with a monster, or how in the end he saved all our miserable lives. How I recited poetry to him and felt him change from a nightmare into a man.
I definitely recommend this to lovers of mates destined to change each other/the world, slow-burn steam, and journeys that balance both the gorgeous and the gore. Pestilence is riding the world, Penguins....and he's taking no prisoners. Save one.