This may have been my favourite book in the series, purely because the characters are broken and damaged but grow so beautifully into the characters you end up loving by the end of it. Like the other books in the series, the plot, growth, and building of the world continue to get better as you read on. There is something to be said about how Laura writes and created a world for this series to take place in. The story continues to grow and shape the way the reader looks at the horsemen and how as a reader you feel for them.

This was definitely an enjoyable book & one I'll happily read over and over again because it's my favourite of the series!

Thank you NetGalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Mais uma vez, a Laura trocou-me as voltas. Enquanto que, nos livros anteriores, vemos as torturas aos cavaleiros no fim dos livros, neste, começamos o livro a testemunhar a barbaridade do ser humano.

A história acompanha Ana, que conhece Famine quando é uma adolescente e o encontra à beira da estrada, torturado e mutilado. Conhecer Famine quando este está neste estado fez-me, imediatamente, sentir compaixão. E é isso que Ana sente por ele.
Famine, no entanto, está cego de ódio e desejo de vingança. A sua missão de destruir a humanidade tornou-se pessoal e este destrói a cidade de Ana.

Os dois voltam a encontrar-se anos depois, quando Famine passa pela nova cidade onde Ana assentou e a Madame da casa onde Ana começou a prostituir-se a oferece ao Horseman.
Este não reconhece Ana e dá ordens para a matarem.
E este ponto, é daqueles que eu mais gostei... Death não a leva..🥺

Ana acorda numa pila de corpos, o seu corpo marcado pelas dezenas de vezes que foi esfaqueada, e decide acabar com Famine.

Aqui, as coisas voltam ao padrão: ele não a mata, mantém-a ao seu lado e mata quem ousar tocar-lhe. (Quem não gosta de uma vide: Touch her and I'll kill you?? 😏)

Os poderes de Famine foram uma surpresa, principalmente, quando ele falou com uma das plantas 🥺

Gostei da determinação da Ana e da ausência de filtros 😅

Famine foi o primeiro cavaleiro a falar sobre todas as torturas que sofreu durante os anos em que esteve preso e... Não tenho palavras para o horror e crueldade. Vê-lo passar pelo desmembramento duas vezes, deu-me a volta ao estômago e não tinha como julgá-lo por odiar os humanos e não acreditar que somos capazes/dignos de redenção. 🥺😢

O momento em que eles confessam o que sentem 🥺❤️
O final do livro é 🤯🤯🤯
Por cinco minutos odiei Death. 😒

Mais uma vez: estes livros são um processo. Leiam com mente aberta. Prometo que valem a pena

Famine is such a tortured soul and has been through so much that it’s so hard to be mad at him when he’s a jerk. The slow burn is sooooo good! I think he might be my favorite out of this series. Definitely another well written book in this series.

This is my favourite of the series so far.

- A strong FMC? Check.
- An arsehole MMC (with a soft spot for our FMC)? Check.
- Good banter? Check.
- A strong plot? Check.

I enjoyed the plot of this book a lot more than the other two, and found the relationship between the FMC and MMC to be more realistic.

I'm very excited to meet Daddy Death next.

This book is an epitome of a slow burn! I had to read this in nearly one sitting, dying to know what happened next. Plot wise, there is a distinct formula throughout the first three books of this series. There is nothing here nor there about the formula, though it kind of makes the story more predictable.

Famine was a good middle ground of War and Pestilence character wise. He wasn't as naive as Pestilence seemed to have been, but wasn't as confident as War. Though he seemed to have been the most dedicated to his task of the three. Ana's character also had an interesting development. All the female MCs seem to have a similar attitude and disposition, just different occupations. Though Ana was the most entertaining to me.

The ending was the kicker though. The ending gave everything and more! It was a perfect way to tie into the final installment.

Slowly but surely making my way down Laura Thalassa's backlist. I read War awhile back when it was a bookclub pick. I like her stories because they are all unique and completely different. I never know what i'm going to get!

Just when I think one horseman is my favorite I meet another one and he becomes my favorite. Famine has this humor that I find irresistible and his relationship with Ana had me laughing and smiling. They are perfect together. I love this series and the Horsemen I've met so far. Another 5 star read for me.

This one really did not do it for me. It was basically a regurgitation of Pestilence but with more vulgar language. Plot felt very repetitive with this third installation and the "redemption" was even less convincing than it was with Pestilence. He only stops because of his fear of losing her, not because he's seeing humanity differently.

Laura Thalassa's writing is great and the story keeps moving, which I appreciated. And these new covers are so beautiful. I also appreciate the questions that the story raises about humanity and morality. But I feel like I identify more with the "villains" of the story than with Famine. I would absolutely fight back with everything that I had if it meant saving humanity from a monster, even if it meant turning into a monster myself.

Thank you NetGalley and Sourcebooks Bloom for providing an eARC of this book.

For me, Famine was about on par with Pestilence in terms of my enjoyment of the story. I liked it, but War is still my favourite so far. The plot felt a little repetitive here and there in this book, but in general things still moved at a good pace. Ana didn't appeal to me as a character quite as much as the women in the earlier two volumes, but I came to like her more as the story progressed and her relationship with Famine developed. I am now looking forward to moving on to the last book in the series, to see how everything will conclude. I am giving this third volume 3.5 stars.

**After reading all 4, I can say that Famine is my favorite.

This was the first book in this series I found myself laughing out loud. Especially with some of the antics Famine gets into dealing with Ana. The loathing, bather, and over all vibes I got between the two made them my favorite pairing. The stories core is the same, and I felt a bit more dawning reading all of the traveling. I also enjoyed getting a different perspective since they knew each other 5 years previously. I keep hearing about this Death, so after the last bit of this book I am excited to read Deaths book!

Another absolutely amazing story from the lovely Laura Thalassa. While Famine is not my favorite it is still so freakin good. (In case you are curious it’s War) I seem to forget every time how brutal these stories can be but it’s the apocalypse, the end of the world, and it’s not going to be pretty. Throughout this series Laura has written characters you think you are going to hate and turning them into ones that you love, or at least understand. I loved Ana’s sassiness and sometimes rather crude humor. Famine didn’t seem to like it but I did. Famine is a horseman of the apocalypse here to kill us all so he takes a little time to like. The slow burn was fabulous, the ending was one I didn’t see coming, and I am more than ready to see what Death has in store of us.

so why are y’all hating on famine??? he’s hot and he’s funny?? and i love him? and his powers? and i love ana? fabulous book from laura? fun different ending even though the plot is relatively the same to the other two books

I really wanted to love this series because it's been on my TBR forever and I loved these new covers, but unfortunately it's been incredibly underwhelming and they're all pretty much rinse and repeats of each other but with just a new horseman.

I really enjoyed the slow burn in this book. That usually is a trope I try to avoid but I just had to continue this series. I think because of the romance in these four horsemen stories that I forget how awful these men are 😆 I loved this book and can’t wait to read Death’s story!

Ok y’all, here we go with the next one in this series. Did I request the entire series from the publisher? Why yes, I did. And I seriously couldn’t be more grateful that they actually blessed me with all four books! The cover redesigns are all so good and I will be getting physical copies.

I’m actually obsessed with this series. Ahhhhhhh, I just can’t get enough. These books are everything to me. Ana is so sassy and I loved every snarky remark. The suffering of Famine devastated me. As with every book thus far in the series, this story raises such intriguing existential questions that will have you contemplating humanity. This story, in particular, focuses a lot on compassion for others regardless of whether they deserve it or not.

Someone asked me which one is my favorite so far and honestly I just can’t even choose. I love them all so much. In Famine, I really loved how much time was spent developing their relationship on a deeper level before things got physical. And when they did finally get physical … HOT. I love that these books don’t take themselves too seriously while still offering such depth to the plot and world-building.

Five stars for all of them. I didn’t take longer than two days to read any of them even though they’re all around 500 pages because I literally could not stop. I’ve yet to start the last one and I’m holding off for the moment because I’m dreading it being over. No, really, I’m actually gonna cry when I’ve finished the last one and there’s no more. Rhapsodic was just okay for me and I’m still debating continuing that series. But I also have this author’s newest release on my shelf and I can’t wait to read it as well.

I received this eARC from NetGalley for my unbiased opinion. So I didn’t realize this was the 3rd book in a series when I requested a copy. Take that ‘whoops’ on my part out and I loved this book! I still want to go back and start at the beginning book! Thank you!

“I don’t simply exist, I hunger.”

Famine gives such Loki vibes and I am all here for it. Therefore, it should surprise no one that Famine is my favorite so far. Each of these books just gets better than the last. Also that ending?! I did NOT see that coming. Off to go start Death because I need answers

Book 3 of the Horsemen series is probably to slowest burn yet. It still has that enemies to lovers theme that the other two have but this one fights it for longer.
I appreciate that these stories take place in different parts of the world. Book 1 was in Canada, Book 2 was in the North Africa area and Book 3 is in Brazil. Each of the horsemen seem to be unique yet united in their original goal. Famine might be my favourite transformation though.
This book did feel a bit slower and more drawn out that the previous books. The last third of the book was the best part. And darn it all, that ending has me rushing to get Book 4.

She did it. Laura Thalassa wrote the same book for the third time, and sold it to me. I will say, though, that I enjoyed Famine slightly more than the first two installments of the series:

1. for having a heroine who is a sex worker,
2. for Famine's disgustingly cruel personality,
3. for their meet-cute and central theme of compassion (hurt and comfort, anyone?),
4. and for the ending, which is infinitesimally different from that of book #1 and #2.

But honestly, it's still a far way off a three-star rating, and giving it any more than two stars would feel like cheating. There's the same "plot" of the protagonist being dragged from city to city, forced to witness humanity being eradicated bit by bit, trying to argue with an all-powerful (you would think) Horseman about how wrong his mission is, then somehow sexing him up so badly that he drops his duty and converts to mortality.

And still, no man is getting topped. Why, why do I hold onto this expectation? Why give me hope and a sexually experienced heroine, when the hero is not absolutely whipped for her in the end? There is little I dislike more than the way Thalassa writes smut - there are phrases from those sex scenes that have obliterated my libido and that I deeply wish I could erase from my mind. (Do you ever read something that sounds like a middle-aged porn afficionado ghostwriting romance? It's that bad.)

Yet... Death, the ultimate love interest, makes another, full-bodied appearance at the end of Famine, and... his description alone... so powerful... so goth... God forgive me, I will read the final installment, fully expecting to be disappointed again. But if there is the slightest chance of a superhuman entity being brought to their literal knees by a woman (the excerpt on the author's website!!! IT'S BONDAGE), I will be there. Dum spiro, spero etc. I will cling to this hope.

I really enjoyed this book and think it is a 5/5 star read. I finished this book in two days and didn’t want to put it down. I have read most of Laura Thalassas books and I have immensely enjoyed them all. Famine is book three in The Four Horseman series. I have now read book one and two and three in the series and cannot wait for the rerelease of book four. This book is rereleased August 15,2023. Thank you to Netgalley, Laura Thalassa and Sourcebooks Bloom Books for an opportunity to read this book.