I gave it my all, but unfortunately, the book was a real challenge for me. The story didn't captivate my attention, and the writing style was hard to follow at times. I tried to push through, but eventually, I had to admit defeat and put it down for good.

Death might be my favorite MC in the series. I loved Lazarus and that the other 3 horsemen appear in this one. The beginning chapters get a little repetitive but this is still a very satisfying conclusion.

I received this ARC from Netgalley (thanks!) - my opinions are my own.

I didn't realize this was actually book 4 of a series - but it felt like a stand alone and I was able to follow along without having read the other 3.

This read felt unique and kept me turning pages to see where it was going and how it could possibly end. I liked the main female character, Lazarus, and was fascinated with her being unable to die. I found the writing at the beginning in her mind telling us how she has met Death to be really enjoyable. Sucked me in right away.

The spice scenes certainly turned the temperature up! And the banter between the love interests in the beginning gave the hate-to-love trope a new vibe.

Overall a good read and I'm now curious about the other four in the series.

Overall: 3.8 out of 5 (rounded up)
Spice: 3.5 out of 5

This was such a unique book and probably one of the best in the Four Horsemen series! I loved Lazarus as the main character, as she was strong, brave, and bold. She makes for the perfect heroine and I loved getting to read from her point of view. Although, I was a huge fan of the dual point of views in this book between Lazarus and Death. Laura Thalassa did such a great job with that!!

I loved the dynamic between Lazarus and Death and I absolutely love them together. Although, Lazarus’ obsession with Ben threw me off just a little bit because I wasn’t expecting it. The rest of the book, however, was super enjoyable!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Bloom Books for this free arc in exchange for my honest review.

This was the perfect end to the perfect series! I didn't even read the synopsis. I just wanted to dive into this one head first with no expectations and I'm so glad that I did.

Of course, I love the main character of this one is from Georgia! I've read a few new books here recently that were set in Georgia and I'm loving this trend. It feels, obviously, very close to home. I absolutely loved Lazarus. She is the typical feisty heroine that we would expect from a Laura Thalassa book. And, of course, Death is the all-powerful, broody male that we can’t help but adore.

As always, I love how much she touches on different existential topics and really makes you think about the meaning of life. It’s such a unique take within this genre and just really adds something wonderfully different to my reading experience.

I loved so much that the other characters of the previous books in this series come back in a big way in this one. I thought this book really tied up the ending of everything happening in this story world very well. I'm so sad that this is over, but I'm also very happy that it was a satisfying conclusion to all of the events.

I highly recommend this series to anyone who loves fantasy and romance! If you are a fan of Laura Thalassa’s writing, then you know exactly how good this series is and what to expect. If you’ve never read from this author before and are looking for a good romantasy series, this is a great one to start with.

Last but certainly not least, it’s the final book in the Four Horsemen series and this time, it’s Death’s story. The premise for this one is simple but has major implications. Death and Lazarus met once with him killing everyone around aside from her. We soon find out she’s unable to be killed by him.

From there, it’s a cat-and-mouse game between the two of them. Each time she gets away, he follows her, and vice versa. Eventually, Lazarus must make a hard choice and decides to work with Death’s brothers: Famine, Pestilence, and War to try and stop him. While the two fall in love, things don’t go exactly as planned.

Since this is a romance, I’m sure we all know there is a happy ending, but the path to get there is so unique. I don’t think I’ve ever a romance book that chose to go this route. Even so, it was such a delightful end to the series and I honestly cried multiple times while reading Death that I couldn’t help but give it 5 stars.

The only issue I had was that it felt like Part III felt like it dragged as the end got closer. That’s just a small complaint about an otherwise great conclusion and the end of a series I’ve come to really love and enjoy. I don’t know how Laura Thalassa managed to make Death, the final Horseman so lovable but she did it. All in all, the Four Horsemen series was an absolute delight and easily one of my new favorites.

What was in this book?!?! 🤯 the spice was f****** DELICIOUS! The plot was spectacular!! I couldn't put it down

4 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

I sort of treated this book as two different books: one as a solo Horsemen book and the other as an ending to the series. As a Horsemen book, this was 3 stars to me, while as the ending, it was 5 stars. So I’ve averaged that here and given it 4 overall.

So why did I make this distinction? Two things: Lazarus and Ben.

First of all, Laura, naming your FMC “Lazarus” is unhinged. 😩 Out of all of the protagonists we’ve had so far, Laz was my least favorite. I thought having her be immortal was interesting, but I didn’t really understand it. I know this is a universe in which we have Horsemen traipsing around with otherworldly powers, but I still would’ve liked some sort of explanation. Is she the first person ever to be immortal? If so, that’s even weirder and I’d want to know why that is.

I also don’t feel like I really know who Lazarus is outside of her immortality. Since she can’t die, she made her mission killing Death. And that was interesting, to a point! But the first part of the book is just Laz chasing Death, them killing each other, Death leaving, and Laz trying to catch up to him again. In between, we see Laz trying to warn towns in his path who don’t listen to her and I wished some of this time was dedicated to her own character development.

Enter my biggest issue: Ben. If Laz’s immortality wasn’t confusing enough, now we’ve got an immortal baby. I’ll admit, I’m not a big baby fan, especially when they suddenly appear as a plot point within books. Laz finds this baby and it becomes her entire personality. I understand that she saw herself in him because they’re both immortal, but she instantly became obsessed with and irreversibly attached to him to the point where she abandons her mission to kill Death. Instead of giving up the baby to someone better suited to take care of him, she starts fleeing so that she can find someplace to stay where she and Ben can hide from Death forever. This felt like such a sudden and strange character shift that takes up a good chunk of the book, but thankfully things take a turn for the better once the other Horsemen take Ben to be taken care of by their wives.

The rest of this book was quite enjoyable! Once Death and Laz are able to be around each other for an extended period of time they’re actually able to start building a connection. Death is very different from his brothers and being around Lazarus brought out a sensitive side to him. We get to see his perspective on death and the afterlife, which brings out a whole new dimension to his character and some context for his actions thus far.

The ending was a rollercoaster of emotions that wrapped everything up seamlessly and the epilogue was heart-wrenchingly beautiful. I was a teary mess by the final page and it’s making me emotional just thinking about it now. To keep it vague, it was an incredibly satisfying conclusion to what has become one of my favorite series. These were the first books I’d read by Laura Thalassa and am very much looking forward to the next series I pick up by her!

Death. The end of the series. I enjoyed this book the most of all of them. I felt like Lazarus slowly coming to love Thanatos was convincing and I loved watching their relationship develop. It was also great to see the other three horsemen play a role in the story.

The only character I didn't love was Ben. Somehow everything about Lazarus's relationship with Ben felt a little off.

Overall, I feel like this was a good ending to the series. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this.

I worked my way through the entire series in the last few weeks in preparation for Death. It was my second favorite (the first being Pestilence). I enjoyed the relationship between Lazarus and Death. I appreciated that Lazarus, although she shared some similarities with the prior protagonists, had a unique personality that did not feel like a copy of the previous books. However, I really feel like the plot of all four books was repetitive. One of my main issues with almost all of the books is the recurring plot point where the FMC will be disgusted at their horseman, but then a few hours later overcome by lust for them. A lot of the romance did not feel authentic, especially when we believe them to be "falling in love." I wish there had been more lingering resentment between the two.

This series is officially one of my favorite ones. And this book! Oh boy, this book crushed me. I recommend this series to everybody. It's absolutely astonishing. Every book has its own charm, and the excitement increases with every page and every book. You don't get to see the same story, you don't get to see a horseman doing what the previous one does. Every horseman is unique and every story it's unique. Laura, Pestilence, Sara, War, Miriam, Famine, Ana, Death, Lazarus, you have taken me on a magnificent journey.

“Death would love nothing more than to hold the entire world in his cold embrace.”

I, However…. Would love nothing more than to hold this entire series in my embrace :)

Sooo this was Death. Shout out to Author Laura Thalassa just joined my sadist author list for making me ugly cry during this book. I mean I get it. Death is pretty sad but damn.

I was so immersed with this read, and Death has to be my favorite read from this series!

Death arrives on Earth with one goal in his mind, to carry out the mission which all his brothers had failed.

To stop Death from destroying the world, three brothers strikes a deal with Lazarus, who happen to be the only person who has the chance to prevent Death's killing spree.
Lazarus agreed in the end, not knowing that she'll fall for the deadliest immortal.

Death was not willing to sacrifice anything in his life, but as his love for Lazarus grows, he might have to end his goal or he'll lose her forever.


Trope: slow burn, sizzling chemistry, love and loss, enemies to lovers, betrayal

Thank you to Net Galley and the Publisher for this Advanced Readers Copy of Death by Laura Thalasssa

I have to say, I am very pleased with the way the series was wrapped up with Death. This story of Death and Lazarus was beautiful. I thought Death was by far the best character of the four horsemen. I have to say that I pictured Death to look more like the model on the cover of War, especially since he was the strongest of the four and the oldest. Regardless, the author did a very nice job of wrapping up the story without lose ends. 4.5 out of 5 stars.

Laura Thalassa is one of my favourite authors for NA fantasy romance, I’ve read these previously when they first came out I devoured each one and I was happy to see a new release in paperback too, I will be getting these definitely as I only have ebooks. I loved my reread, the descriptions, the chemistry and her wonderful storylines. Death was my least favourite of the 4 books, but they are all 5 star reads so that’s just personal opinion and taste, because I thought he’d be my favourite but War and Famine to me were just so much better and more interesting, it took til the very end for him to even budge slightly, I mean I know it’s a plot and the book would end sooner if he did, but not even a shift in attitude no matter what, anyhoo that’s just me , it’s still a great read and you do need to read these books they’re brilliant

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I binged through this one!! I find them so easy to just sit down and forget time around me.
Deaths character was nothing like I expected, I actually completely adored him and I think he is my favourite…. Possibly tied with Famine.

However I found this book similar to the other 3. The plot seemed repetitive.
The baby trope I wasn’t a big fan of.

It was a good wrap up to the series! I have loved reading them and enjoyed this take on the 4 horseman!

☠️🖤 Death Review 🖤☠️

Thank you so much to Laura Thalassa, Bloom Books and netGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book!

Death is a paranormal dystopian romance and book four in the Four Horsemen series. It’s 26 years after the horsemen first arrived. Death has been awake for a year, killing everything in his wake. When he encounters a lone survivor, he’s intrigued by her…why did she survive?

This book was such a fantastic conclusion to this series! Lazarus was such a wonderful character - strong yet compassionate! And Thanatos - OMG…broody, tattooed, grumpy, and WINGS!! They were perfect together and I absolutely adored their story!!

Overall this was a five star read for me! I loved this whole series! The characters, the world building, the sass - it was wonderful!! This book definitely brought the spice too…it took them a little while to get there, but once it did - it was amazing! And did I mention the wings?!? 4 flames for spice!!

If you’re a fan of dystopian fantasy romance with strong characters, possessive men and fantastic world building, then absolutely pick up this series! Though each book is a standalone, I’d definitely recommend reading them in order for the best experience! All four books in this series are available now on ebook, paperback and on KU! The beautiful new Bloom cover shown above will be released in August!!

“𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐈 𝐯𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬: 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞—𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭.”

Death is the final book in the Four Horsemen Series and follows Lazarus and Thanatos. Death is by far the most powerful horseman as he has his own powers plus the other horsemen’s powers. Lazarus is such a strong and determined FMC and the chemistry between these two was perfection. I knew I was going to love Death, but he definitely surprised me by being so much more than I was expecting. Death was most certainly the most romantic Horseman and tried his hardest to treat Lazarus like a Queen. The cameos from the other Horsemen was EVERYTHING and the ending was action packed, bittersweet, and perfectly wrapped up the entire series! 4.5⭐️

𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕋𝕠 𝔼𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥:
💋Enemies to lovers
💋Action packed
💋Spiciest book of the series
💋Epic ending

“𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞.“

“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.”

“𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐭—𝐛𝐞𝐠.”

“𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭, 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐭.”

“𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭.“

“𝐌𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐬. 𝐃𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝.”

Wow! What a fabulous and tearful ending to The Four Horsemen series! The climax and conclusion were very emotional and full of love and sentiment and grand gestures. I'm sad that it's over, but so happy to have experienced this aspect of Laura Thalassa's incredible imagination.

To be honest, as much as I love Death as a hot supernatural boyfriend, his story was a lot more subdued than his brothers' and he almost ended up with only 4 stars. He is cold and unemotional about his task. Death brings the end to his victims without drama or fanfare; they just drop where they stand. It seems to take a longer time for Lazarus, a woman who is anomalously incapable of dying, to thaw to him. Death, of course, is intrigued with her from the start because no one has ever escaped death and therefore, no one has ever had the opportunity to get to know him on a personal level and vice versa. Is it wrong that I felt that the first half dragged on for too long and I was getting tired of, well, all the death?

Luckily, his brothers Pestilence, War, and Famine show up to stop him. They have so much to lose now that their families, and thus their entire world, is at stake. They really pitch in to pick up his slack and pull Death up to a solid 5 stars with their contribution. A lot of those tears and grand gestures were theirs. I really wasn't ready to say "goodbye" to them. For those who have read the entire series and are interested in an extra Epilogue, look for Famine's Homecoming in Nightingale: A Charity Anthology for Ukraine.

My thanks to the author and NetGalley for the opportunity to review a copy of this re-release ARC.