Famine, you left me hungry for so much more. I could read their everyday life and I would eat it up. Can you tell this is my favorite book in the series?

Famine is, to me, the most cruel of the horsemen. He is definitely the villain and doesn't present himself as anything but. He reminds me of a man who has suffered a lot, so he has given up and covers his hurt with sarcasm, but it only takes one person for him to open up, and that person is Ana, even if he does try to kill her at first. Except she can't die and neither can he, so they are stuck together, and I love it.

Ana is different from the other heroines, she has some softness in her like Sara, and she is also strong like Miriam, but she has a different kind of fight in her because she goes after The Reaper to taunt him for trying to kill her. Honestly, these two are perfect for each other.

This book is a bit repetitive like the others, but I really think the author couldn't really help it because of the theme of the book. It is what it is, and it's worth reading, especially this one.

And the ending? Even knowing what was coming, I was still salivating for Death.

Wow. This might be my favorite of the series so far. There was more humor, despite the premise. Holy crap, that ending! I can't wait to get into Death (book 4).

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley, SourceBooks Casablanca, and Ms. Thalassa for the opportunity to read an ARC of this title. An honest review was requested but not required.

Famine really stood on its (his?) own. This was the first (and only) book in the series where I really got some strong NA vibes from the male MC. He swore (lots of F bombs, friends), he drank - a LOT - and he was a real, uh, jerk. Like, all the horsemen are bad guys, I guess, seriously hard core and all, but Famine seemed like he was just VICIOUS. His lady MC was also unique: a woman who turned to prostitution out of desperation, and who was just as crude and foul-mouthed.

I appreciated the twist on the casting and plot, I suppose, although I found it hard to find Famine attractive (as I had been able to for Pestilence and War). I will say this: I could appreciate the tug back and forth between Famine and Ana, and the slow burn between them as Famine resisted her. Looking forward to Death (ha).

Thank you to Sourcebooks and NetGalley for letting me review this series!

I knew about The Four Horsemen series prior to it getting picked up by the publisher but hadn't quite jumped yet to read it! I loved this apocalyptic romance! These women were badass and the progression of this story is amazing!

They keep getting more fearsome.

This once again followed the same formula as the other two books, with its own spin. Usually, I despise books with formulas but I’m not mad about it in this series as it makes sense.

Famine offers the most terrifying horseman we meet so far; his unwillingness to change and thirst for death seemed hard to end.

And yet, Thalassa entirely convinces her readers of the love the horseman is capable of feeling towards the MC. He is flawed but there’s an understanding with that being inevitable.

I love that he calls her Flower. 🌸
Funny banters! I love their banters compared to all the other pairs.
I like how it started. Can’t talk about it because it’ll spoil the story. Lol
Slow burn
When Famine gives Ana compliments
I love how sarcastic Ana is and how much she teases him.
Chapter 35&36 🥵🥵🥵
Omg when Famine when down on her. 🔥🥵
Omg…. Famine saying, “Sshhhh”
When controlling men comes undone with her fucking touch. 🫠🫠🫠
The man who bends to no one.
“Jesus fucking Christ, what sort of witchcraft is this?!” 🤭🫠

These books are slow burns. They’re very dark books. I had a harder reading this book. I really struggled to connect with these characters in this book.

I'm so happy to be back in this world!! Sounds wrong because of the premise of the story (apocalypse, murder, world ending... you know the good stuff), but I love these 'unloveable' heroes!! I adored Pestilence and tolerated War, but Famine???? Takes the cake for me. I can't wait to continue on with the series!

I think I found a fave out of all the horsemen. I literally loved Famine, he felt a little bit more human to me, and I loved the connection between him and Ana, even though they always bantered which was so damn funny….. they have each met their match. Loved how Famine used his plants in certain scenes too!! Steamy steamy!!!!!!!……

Thank you again to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for the ARC! Rating:4.5/5


Famine is definitely my favorite horseman out of all of them so far, I loved everything about him and really really connected with him and felt for his character deeply. This book is not five stars, however, because at times Ana really annoyed me. I understand that she was a prostitute but I thought the story focused too much on that aspect and basically made it her entire personality. I started liking her towards the end when she started changing and actually grew a personality but the beginning really was hard to get through. I am extremely excited to see where the fourth book leads us.

The Facts: Enemies to lovers, Four Horsemen, slow burn, second chance, touch her and die vibes, anti-hero

It's been years since the apocalypse started, and Pestilence and War are nowhere to be found... Welcome, Famine to the world, and he's ready to destroy the rest of humanity. Then he meets a peculiar human who saves his life. Fast forward some more time and they find each other again, Ana intent on killing him and Famine intent on... something?

To everyone who said "wait until Famine", Y'ALL WERE SO EFFING RIGHT OMG. As soon as I met Famine, I fell in love, the lil snarky bastard. I really loved the banter between Famine and Ana; it kept me well fed (ba dum tsss!) The slow burn had me dying, but once the spice kicked in, hot damn.

Now, time for Death's book! The last one. I'm so sad the journey is almost over for me!

“One must live before one dies,” the horseman continues. “There’s a certain order to things—even divine things—especially divine things. My brothers and I come when we do because that is the nature of our purpose—and it’s the nature of your fate.”

“Two of my brothers came before me. Death will follow.”

4.25 stars

Okay, my favourite Horsemen book! I wrote this review after Death, so I can say that with certainty.😂 The beginning of this book was a first for me, and I’m pretty sure it’s not a spoiler to say, so…

I have never read a book where the MMC has the FMC killed. Like, for obvious reasons, that has never happened! Buuuut, this book decided to break the mold in such a spectacular and horrific way. We’re talking mass grave horrific, so give that a thought. That is also not the only time Ana dies in this book, I think this series is the only one I’ve read where the MC’s are all constantly dying, although it gets worse in Death’s book.

“Hurt me? He tried, but can I tell you a little secret?” I don’t wait for the Reaper to answer before I lean in close and whisper, “You don’t fuck with someone who worked in a brothel. We can be the things of nightmares.”

Anyway, Ana’s family is killed, even though they sucked anyway so it was fine, and she heads off and becomes a prostitute. Yup, our FMC is a hooker and I was loving it.

“I’m not apologizing for me. I’m apologizing for humanity.” At that, Famine is quiet. “Does God really hate us?”

So, lots of death happens at the hands of Famine, but dudes got a good reason, which I’m not going to spoil, and the reason isn’t only his divine orders. But Ana comes back from the dead and Famine decides to drag her along with him after some convincing (and after she hunts him down after she comes back to life – it’s a lot).
I think I liked this one more because of Famine. He was more human, I guess. He felt vengeance, hurt, pain, fear, and it made him kill more, it made him enjoy his divine job. Because of that, it was harder to hate him than the other 2 horsemen that came before him (although I didn’t really hate War).

“But then he reaches for my arm, letting out a pained sound when he realizes his own is gone. In the dim moonlight, his eyes slide to mine. There’s no faking the broken hopelessness in his gaze.

Famine is shaking, and I can only imagine his pain.”

The back and forth, Famine’s absolute ruthlessness, Ana’s backbone, I loved it all!

The end, the very end, was so satisfying that I just laughed. It was the perfect segue into Death’s book, and you know shit’s about to go down because of it. Ana is so badass by the end and I love her character throughout the story. Ugh, I'm not going to spoil the end, but, yes, very satisfying.

“What does he want?” I ask.
“There is only one thing Thanatos ever wants,” Famine says. “Death.”

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
SPICE: 🔥🔥🔥.5

The last book is going to be EPIC!

But I am getting ahead of myself, so let's talk about FAMINE.

Ana da Silva is an orphan left to navigate the streets in Brazil by herself. She ends up working in a brothel until the third of the Four Horsemen comes to wreak havoc in her town.

The thing is, this isn't the first time Ana has faced Famine. You see, she had saved him when she was younger, and in exchange, he wipes out her town and her family, leaving her by herself. He doesn't quite remember her as clearly, however, and she is faced with the same fate as most people in her current town.

Somehow, she survives and promises revenge on the Horseman, but it looks like the third time is the charm, because The Reaper is not quite as enthusiastic to rid of her this time. Held as a captive, Ana quickly realizes that Famine has a vendetta against humanity. It would only be a matter of time when he grows bored of her and turns against her, right? Right?

This was probably the hardest relationship to reconcile to date. I feel like with every subsequent installment in this series, the relationship between the Horseman and humanity grows more adversarial and entangles the Horseman's ability to connect with their respective human. Pestilence was a whole lot simpler as he was only trying to do his job. On top of his own missive from the heavens, War struggled with his own nature. But with Famine..his cruelty toward humans was largely a choice. And I really enjoyed the arc of having to untangle that prejudice as part of Famine's development, especially in light of his connection with Ana.

I also love Ana's character depth. The juxtaposition of her more optimistic view of humanity to her history of misogyny and abuse -- and to hold that in comparison to Famine's more pessimistic view of people -- was so cleverly done.

AND THE TENSION. They might have hated each other's guts, but Famine and Ana is a great case of the thin line between love (or lust) and hate. Laura Thalassa's intricate details provided readers with hints of what is to come with our main character, and that slow burn was so worth the wait.

This is the third in the Four Horsemen series, and while it can be read as a standalone, there are some interconnected plots that reading from the beginning would definitely benefit readers. And that cliffhanger for the fourth book? EPIC. I cannot wait for Death's story.

** I am voluntarily reviewing an advance copy of this book. Thank you to Laura Thalassa, Bloom Books, and NetGalley for providing an ARC. **

I read Famine when it first came out and many times after.
This third book in the Four Horsemen series is my favorite and I can always count on it to pull me out of a book slump when I do a reread.
I cannot get enough of Famine, he's so morally grey, even when he shows Ana a different side to him he still never loses his cold dangerous side.
He's ruthless and sarcastic and in the end, his love for Ana was evident and the build-up was delicious to read.
Also, these new covers are stunning.

Thank you Netgalley, Sourcebooks Bloom Books, and Laura Thalassa for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to Laura Thalassa and SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books for this ARC.

Famine is the 3rd book in The Four Horseman Series. What can I say, this book is just as good as the previous two books. I'm looking forward to reading the fourth book.

I’m loving this series, such fun entertaining reads. This is my fave of the series so far! Famine starts off so rude and sarcastic, he never loses that cold edge to him. A true morally grey character! Towards the end of the book there are some chapters from his POV and they just add so much to the romance. The FMC is fierce and likeable.
Overall good spice, banter and action.
The book sets up nicely for the next book Death and I’m already invested.
Thank you to NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books for an E-ARC. This is a voluntary review of my own thoughts.

CONTENT WARNING: blood, murder, gore, violence, mention of death of a parent, torture, mention of rape, abuse

After reading the first two books in the series, I realized that I was becoming hooked and wanted to see how Thalassa was going to keep things interesting for the second half of the series. The first two books followed a similar pattern, and I was very curious about this book.

This book takes place in Brazil, so it was interesting to see how different parts of the world are affected by the arrival of the horsemen. With the initial arrival of the horsemen, the world lost access to internet, electronics, automobiles, and don’t have reliable use of firearms. So everything about how they live has had to change, and so far, it’s been really different depending on the part of the world. This continues to be a trend in this book, further expanding the world-building. Ana and Famine’s story is set in rural Brazil, where a lot of the land is farms.

Make no mistake, Ana is a heroine like you are not expecting. She’s brash, lewd, crude, and has a filthy mouth, yet is somehow absolutely lovable. I was rooting for her within a single chapter, and a lot of it was because of her personality, but some of it was also learning what made her the way she is. Don’t worry, this isn’t a spoiler, but Ana is a sex worker, and life circumstances pushed her into that profession.

The sassy and fearless exterior that Ana shows the world hides a kind and gentle heart. However, she also has a fiery temper that she doesn’t hesitate to show without thinking of the consequences at times. Thalassa does a fantastic job of showing and not just telling us that Ana has lived a life that puts her in danger regularly, since Ana reacts in a smart and prepared way in the dangerous situations that come up—instead of just waiting to be saved, she thinks ahead and finds ways to save herself.

Ana and Famine’s characters are well-matched, and it’s easy to see how the enemies to lovers dynamic develops between these two. It builds throughout the book, as the characters move from lust to love, until the tension is nearly unbearable. It felt like it took Ana a while longer to win Famine over than it took Pestilence and War to be won over, but that’s explained in the story.

One of the things that I didn’t like about this book wasn’t specifically this book, but maybe due to the fact that I’ve binge read three of these books and they are starting to feel repetitive. The horseman comes, the girl catches his eye for whatever reason, they ride around, bicker, ride around, bicker, rinse, repeat, fall in love, then more stuff happens which I can’t detail because spoilers but it’s relatively similar in all of the books.

Overall, I think I would have enjoyed this book a lot more if I had read this with a bit more time spaced out between this one and the last. But it isn’t bad—I enjoyed the characters, the way the romance developed, the setting, and the writing, yet I found myself not getting excited about reading it, and I honestly think it’s just because I was a bit burnt out on the plot. The one other thing that I didn’t love about this book was the cliffhanger ending, especially since I was already planning to take a little break between reading this one and the last book in the series, but I also really want to find out what happens next!

Famine, the third book in the Four Horseman series begins after a slight time jump from book two and I definitely felt the characters were different. Famine has a lot of trauma and since then is even more ruthless in his eradication of humanity.
Ana was a very different character. She was put into the care of her aunt who was very abusive towards Ana. After losing all her family, she leaves her home town and resorts to sex work as a way of surviving. When she’s told that Famine is in town, she is taken and offered to him as a way of surviving. An indifferent Famine laughs and the two are killed. Well, Ana actually survives the brutal attack and vows to hunt Famine down and stop him.
The two actually have a history. Ana stumbled upon Famine after he escaped and survived captivity by a group of especially violent humans who tortured him. She stayed and cared for him and the two parted ways after he razed the town and people who hurt him. Some of the collateral to this was the death of her family.
Back in the present, Ana is back and stronger than ever, determined to seek out Famine and stop him. It turns out the line between love and hate is a hair widths and the line blurs on more than one occasion. Famine believes Ana is his mate and continue on a journey facing obstacle after obstacle. This book showed a new vulnerability to one of the Horsemen, a deeper level showing they actually feel and experience trauma, love, devotion and of course fury.
The ending varied also with Famine’s godlike status remaining intact after a run in with Death. The book, although ends happily, remains open-ended with Death’s arrival and the deal he strikes with Famine as a way of keeping Ana alive. Although this book was good, it made me more excited to read the concluding book and how Death could redeem himself.
Thank you for the eARC!

3.50

Not a bad book but also not something spectacular, I felt like it was very repetitive considering the plot is recycled from the last two books, I really enjoyed the characters but I think the plot really needed a lot of work. LTs writing also did not disappoint at all.

Who would’ve thought that Famine would be worse than War.
This series is fascinating I’m so many ways. I’m loving the pure desolation and feral state of the world as these 4 horsemen arrive to complete their assigned task.
I really didn’t like Famine. He’s a dick. What am I even saying? I don’t know. I really liked Ana and her determination to be true to herself, even when it contradicted her choices from the day before. Her life has been terror and trauma and still she chooses to be forgiving & empathetic.
The writing is great and the bleakness of the end of the world is front and center.
I am anxious for death. (Yeah, yeah, I know).