This review is two parts 1. for this book and 2. for the series.
1. This is final installment in the Four Horsemen series following Death and Lazarus and it was a great conclusion to the series. As Death is a little bit of all his brother the story has bits and pieces of all the stories. He hadn't really experienced humanity like Pestilence, he was restless in his goal like War, and his sense of ruthlessness was like Famine. And Lazuras had a little of all the previous women. She was strong, capable, selfless and funny. This book was probably the hardest to read, one because I knew the series was ending and too it was an emotional rollercoaster.

2. This series was just amazing. The battles, the wit, the spicy scenes, the emotional thinking moments. The overall question of "is Humanity worth saving". While the stories followed kind of the same path, each had their own quirks and unique struggles that made each amazing reads. I do have to say my personal favorite was Famine because Ana was my absolute favorite. Every one of these was a five star read. If you like Dystopian, Fantasy Romance with dark and gritty characters and a true love conquers all story arc, these books are perfect for you.

Thank you to Bloom Books for letting read this wonderful series.

This series grew on me from beginning to end.
The setting was very different from most books that I've been reading, with a lot more death/dying, and action. I loved the game of cat and mouse that Laz and Death played in this book at the beginning, and the fact that she never gave up on her endeavor to beat him.
I enjoyed that different from book 2 and 3 Death had such confusion and a lack of knowledge for human things that the other two brothers didn't have, and it was interesting to see the learning curve, and the realizations hit him.
I loved that he didn't realize until the very end what his choice was, and that he was able to make it. Admittedly this book did get a couple tears out of me at the end, him being mortal, and growing old and his family being there when he passed. It was nice to see that he found humanity as okay as time went on through the book, and being able to grasp that we aren't all good, but there is good in our world even though we are human.

what a way to end a series... phenomenal.
thank you. this was everything, the pain, heartache, love.
this is how you end a series. this is why laura is the true queen of romantasy

Dead has always been my favourite horseman and this book just made me love him more! This is one of the best series I’ve read in a while and totally recommended it.
The story plot is amazing, the romance is on point! Totally love it!

I really enjoyed the Four Horseman books - it is my favorite series by Laura Thalassa. It felt different from many apocalypse plots I’ve read, even though it featured the biblical tale. There was a good balance between survival plot and romance.

I will not cry. I will not cry. Oh, screw it. It’s happening.
It took me a long time to read this after Famine because, knowing what was coming, I was intimidated by the thought of getting my heart ripped out all over again. But surely it wouldn’t be so bad the second time around, right? Nope. It’s still just as painfully beautiful and left me an emotional wreck that I’m sure my family loved to hear about endlessly for the next few days.

“When I find you, I will stop you.”

He laughs, turning around once more. “I am one of the few things that cannot be stopped, Lazarus. Nevertheless, I look forward to seeing you try.”

Where the first three books focused on ending the horseman's reign, this one is quite a bit more complex. How do you end something that is Death itself? Regardless, Lazarus is determined to try. She just has to figure out how before he destroys the world as they know it. No pressure.

“So run, my kismet—I’ll even give you a head start. But make no mistake: I will catch you. Your time is running out.”

While the rewrites for this one weren’t anything huge, I could definitely see the difference they made in reading it in general. Certain phrases were easier to understand, the locations and times of each chapter were emphasized rather than uniform, and even the author’s note at the end felt better to read.

I loved every moment of this book. The rollercoaster of plot twists, sacrifices, emotions, and the highs and lows of humanity itself is so well written that you can’t help but get swept away. And it still remains one of the best series endings I’ve ever read.

What a conclusion!!! Laura Thalassa has done it again! I feel she was always working towards this outcome and the way the plot came together at the end, broke the mould of the previous 3 installments. It was quite pleasurable to read and I did enjoy enough to read this again and put the whole series into my book club list! 😊

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for a copy of this book and all the books in return for a honest review! 😊

I thought it was interesting that we got to see previous horsemen in this book however it took away from the main characters of this book. The smut was kinda overwhelming. The sex in the sky was weird but I did enjoy the baby plot. The fact that Lazarus was immortal was cool but it would've been cooler if that would been explained.

"Life and death are lovers, kismet,” he whispers, shifting my hips to align us. “We are lovers. It has always been this way. It will always be this way."

Death was definitely an amazing end to an amazing series! I couldn't put it down, I binged this whole series so fast. It was so good. Seeing Death develop as a character with the help of Laz of course was so fun. Each of the horseman all had a woman promised to them that was supposed to help them see the good in humanity and that was no easy task. Laz was able to do it though she seduced Death and he seduced her right back. This series is definitely worth the read!

Thanks so much for allowing me to review this title.
I love Laura’s work and this series is incredible.
I look forward to reading more of her words and working with you again!
Thank you!

This almost read like Christian religious propaganda (think Left Behind but with a lot of sex). Lazarus (very on the nose with this name) being immortal didn’t really make sense to me. Death falls in love with her instantly but takes his task (killing all humans) very seriously (yes, just like his brothers before him). Overall, Lazarus has no distinguishing personality features. I wasn’t buying her love for her adopted child. She professed to love him but also wanted to delay getting back to him so that she could have abundant sex with Death (or Thanatos as he is also called). That’s another thing about these books. Pestilence/Victor, Famine/the Reaper, and Death/Thanatos made for some confusing reading when they’re all in the same scene and the author would switch back and forth at will.

Overall, I was very disappointed with this series. I think almost any of them would’ve made fine standalone books with some minor modifications and the basic idea here was very interesting. I just didn’t enjoy the execution (pun intended).

This book is hauntingly beautiful. Throughout the story you follow two people who couldn’t be more different and you get to experience the beauty of choosing to love. This book is the perfect blend of slow burn, smut, and romance! If you are a fan of fated mates this book is definitely for you!

The Facts: Morally grey MMC, opposites attract, spicy, enemies to lovers, sexual tension out the wazoo, cat and mouse

It’s the end of The Four Horsemen Series and I am disastrously sad.

I loved this series so much. Thanatos was to die for (literally) and I loved Lazarus. Thanatos lowkey reminded me of Rhysand so OBVI he’s my fav out of all them horseboys. Their attraction to each other was on fire and full of chemistry. It was the most delicious game of cat and mouse ever. Seriously Thanatos is bae. HE CALLS HER FREAKING KISMET. my heart has evaporated.

The ending made me sob. LIKE FULL SOBBING.

I can’t believe it’s over. I really believe everyone should read this series if you’re into morally grey babes, oodles of sexual tension, and discovering if humanity is worth saving or not.

I personally do not know how to go on after this book.

Death - The final book in the Four Horsemen series!

Okay, so initially, I wasn't sure how I would rate the books. It is dark, violent; the heroes are crazy, cruel to the heroines and they kill people. But the story and the characters grow on you. You don't know what to think when you initially get into the story - do you like the hero or hate him?

I liked how Laura built up this world. You want the heroes to redeem themselves and the heroines to get their HEAs, saving themselves and these guys, and making them a little more human.

As I review this last book, I feel kinda bittersweet. I'm reading this series for the second time, and I miss how addictive I had found them when I read it for the first time.

Death is a perfect ending to this series. The story has a recurring theme - the heroine attempts to murder the hero, but he becomes fixated on her and eventually falls in love with her.

Laura managed to add yet another uniqueness to the story - the romance and the character development. They intrigued me from the get-go. I loved the story and how we meet all the characters from the series in the end.

You'll love how Death cares for the heroine, and turns a bit human at every turn.

A good read. Would definitely recommend.

Death a what a fitting end to the series. I love Death and all his hat edges and his beautiful resilient Kismet (Lazarus) can love conquer all or will Lazarus spend the end of days watching the world be extinguished one city at a time. Will he call forth judgement day and find humanity lacking. Or will this stoic tortured soul find peace and embrace both the good and bad that humanity has to offer. Can he learn compassion for a race that seems cruel and destructive beyond measure. A complex and fitting end for a series filled with Love, Hate, Duty and Redemption all rolled into a complex package just waiting to be unwrapped. This a a great and steamy series and it was great read! I highly recommend it!

The Four Horsemen series by Laura Thalassa
Post-Apocalyptic fantasy romance

Pestilence 3.75 stars
War 3 stars
Famine 4.25 stars
Death 4.25 stars

As you can tell by the name of the series these books feature the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (from the Bible, so there is a smattering of religious talk). For those of you seeing the genre as “fantasy romance“, a bit of clarification: the first three books are more fantasy with a romance subplot, whereas the fourth book focuses more on the romance. And these are only fantasy books in the sense that the titular characters are made-up beings with magical powers; otherwise this takes place in our world, and there are no other magical elements.
A word of warning to you all — I read these back to back, but I don’t think that was the best way to go. Spoiler alert: because these are post apocalyptic, they are dark. There’s a lot of death and destruction. A LOT. This makes for heavy reads full of despair. So maybe sprinkle in some fun reads in between, ok?

Pestilence was a great introduction to the world. The books span around 20 years, so this first one is at the beginning of the apocalypse. He also seemed to be one of the more “human” of the Horsemen (in addition to Death).
War didn’t work as much for me. He seemed almost robotic for most of the book. I also had some issues with some of the dialogue – the FMC is from Jerusalem, and we are almost 10 years into the apocalypse, so some of the slang and terminology she uses didn’t seem realistic.
Famine has a great FMC! She was a sex worker, so doesn’t have too much of a filter on her mouth. She was sassy and brash and lots of fun.
Death is where the romance ramped up, and it was a great finale to the series. Out of all of them he seemed the most sad about his duties. He’s got a job to do but he ain’t happy about it.

Overall I really enjoyed this reading experience, and would definitely recommend!

Thank you to NetGalley & SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books for this advance reader copy. All opinions are my own.

Hahah talk about enemies to lovers! Death and Lazarus have a really entertaining relationship. I really thought Death might be my favorite of the horseman, but I think he comes in second to famine. I found him a little immature at times and since Lazarus is such a strong FMC, I found it just slightly off putting. But I guess, in the end, that’s what makes them work. I would have loved to have seen a little more than the same old stuff in the fourth book, but sadly, it felt repetitive. Overall, I enjoyed the book and the series as a whole. I really don’t think there is another series as well thought out and as unique as this one in this genre.

CONTENT WARNING: death, death of children, grief, violence, blood, gore

I had some high hopes for this book, since it is the last in the series. Maybe I was just expecting the author to pull out all the stops for this book, but I think I set my expectations too high, and probably should have adjusted them down based on the other books in this series.

Lazarus is a bit different from the other women in the series in that she has a touch of the supernatural to her—she can’t be killed. She presents a challenge to Death, but as usual, she wants him to stop killing everyone and he is unwilling to abandon his purpose. I liked that I wasn’t always able to predict what Lazarus was going to do, especially early in the story.

However, Lazarus seems to be a less fully rounded character than her previous counterparts have been. Her entire existence is completely wrapped up in stopping Death, and one other thing I’m not going to mention because it’s a bit of a spoiler. But I think my biggest issue with the story is how repetitive the story was. Initially, there’s a cat-and-mouse style game between Death and Lazarus, but they quickly fall into a pattern of traveling between places.

There’s some good spicy scenes in the story, but they definitely didn’t feel realistic. While in the other books, the horsemen have some prior experience, Death is completely new to any human experiences. For Lazarus to say that Death is the best sex of her life, without her providing any sort of direction or guidance at all? Well, if that isn’t completely made up, I don’t know what is.

Overall, this wasn’t a bad story. But it wasn’t a great one either, especially after reading it so shortly after the other three. I would have preferred some more diversity to the story—maybe one set in Africa or Asia, and even going outside the box and giving us a gay horseman or even a female horseman! For what it is, it’s a solidly average read at the end of a series. Just don’t expect anything spectacular from this one.

Thank you to Sourcebooks Bloom books for my digital advanced readers copy!

I have read and reviewed Pestilence (4 stars), War (4.25 stars), and Famine (4.5 stars) before this. Each book was better and stronger than the last, which gave me a very reasonable fear: Will Thalassa stick the landing with Death?

Absolutely. I can't believe I ever doubted it.

The beginning was a bit slow, but once it got going, it really got going. It was a satisfying story on its own, but also an incredibly satisfying end to the series.

Lazarus was a phenomenal main character, and through her the effects of the apocalypse was felt more acutely than through any of the prior main characters. She was all of the grief of someone born during the end of the world, who persevered, who lost, and who kept going. How awful an existence it would be to be unable to die while everyone around you died too soon?

Death was also a unique horseman in that you knew the whole time that he hated killing. Despite being the most duty-bound of the four, he was the most upset about it all, which made it much easier to cheer for him. Even though he was the hardest to sway.

Solid, solid 4.5 stars for this, with my minor deduction only being because the beginning was slow, and because I wanted a longer epilogue.

I look so forward to physically owning these books.

I have really enjoyed this series, however, Death is definitely my favorite. Not just because I enjoy the juxtaposition of life and death as lovers, but readers get to see the characters from the previous books in this installment. We get to see the kindest horseman, Pestilence (aka Victor), again, and I also mentioned in my review of Famine that I felt like the Reaper had so much more potential for character growth, and in Death he gets to see more goodness in humanity, and he learns to love other humans as a whole, not just Ana. Also, the brothers are amazing together. I love how the relationship was showcased in this last book.

Lastly, Thanatos and Lazarus were so sweet. They made me sigh, laugh, and cry (sad tears and happy ones). I think they were my favorite couple of the series. They rank very close with Pestilence and Sara. Pestilence and Thanatos had similar naivety when it comes to humans and their behaviors, which made the two characters endearing.

All four stories came together wonderfully for an epic ending.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced reader’s copy of Death! It was so good!