Continuing on with the Four Horsemen, the second in this series is War. I found this one to be a little darker than Pestilence and even Famine, but not too much. To be honest, this one has to be my 3rd favorite of the whole series. This one takes place in Jerusalem and picks up several years after the end of Pestilence. The synopsis on Amazon describes this book much better than I can:
"The day Jerusalem falls, Miriam Elmahdy knows her life is over. Houses are burning, the streets run red with blood, and a traitorous army is massacring every last resident.
There is no surviving this, especially not once Miriam catches the eye of War himself. But when the massive and terrifying horseman corners Miriam, he calls her his wife, and instead of killing her, he takes her back to his camp.
Now Miriam faces a terrifying future, one where she watches her world burn town by town, and the one man responsible for it all is her seemingly indestructible “husband”. But there’s another side to him, one that’s gentle and loving and dead set on winning her over, and she might not be strong enough to resist.
However, if there’s one thing Miriam has learned, it’s that love and war cannot coexist. And so she must make the ultimate choice: surrender to War and watch humankind fall, or sacrifice everything and stop him."
As you can imagine, a book about War is going to be darker and bloodier than most, and this book has plenty of that. The characters are just as complex as Pestilence, but with more of a edge to them. War is portrayed in such a way that while reading it you think of Dwayne Johnson in Fast and Furious or even Jason Mamoa in Aquaman. Enough to make you drool, and sometimes wish you were Miriam.
Readers do be warned: this one does have more steamy scenes than Pestilence and in a darker way. That being said, it is not dark enough to make you put it down and never pick it back up just enough that you will want to read it while alone.
While the entire series as a whole is fantastic, this book is one that I tend to skip as I am re-reading the series. Not that it isn't a great book, its just a lot darker than I tend to want to read over and over unless I am in the mood for that.
I still recommend this book! You really cant skip this one and continue on with the series as it is referenced in both Famine and Death. It also is free on Kindle Unlimited, $17.95 on Amazon, $19.99 on Barnes & Noble, and $17.52 on Thriftbooks.
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