I would have liked more information about what happened for the rest of their lives, but this book was amazing. 

The writing is serviceable. Somehow, Thalassa made this very relatable despite being a novel about the apocalypse. AND YET, I wanted more. I fully believe Thalassa could have made me contemplate so much about humanity with both Death and Lazarus, and yet she almost held back, depending more on tropes and less on the potential for sections of more interesting prose. Overall, still a good read.

I liked Lazarus. She was much different than Miriam, Sara, and Ana, even if only in her ability to defy death – both literally and figuratively. I liked how her voice came through differently than with the other two. Death, on the other hand, felt fascinating for the first half of the book, and then he fell into a rut where he really just seemed like another carbon-copy Horseman. I feel like there was so much potential with him, and I’m a little disappointed it wasn’t used, even if the outcome was still enjoyable.

I wish I could pull this book in two and rate each half. The first half of this book was so fascinating – and so different from the others. I wanted a bit more from this section, and would have loved to see Thalassa push this section as far as it could go. I liked the two chasing each other, slowly coming to look forward to seeing the other person. And then, when Lazarus meets Death’s brothers, it would have been much more interesting to keep Laz with them for longer, or to tease out this section in a new one. I feel like there was so much potential for more, and I felt a bit disappointed those choices weren’t followed. However, I do appreciate that this plot (at least for the first half) varied from the plots in books one, two, and three of this series. 

Death, murder, sexual content, physical abuse, emotional abuse, kidnapping, gore, blood, injury, injury detail, violence, torture, grief, body horror, alcohol, cursing, child death, illness, medical content, medical trauma, pandemic/epidemic, suicide, suicide attempt, suicidal thoughts, sexism, misogyny, vomit, pregnancy

A good end to the series. 

This was a wonderful, twisted story as you might expect. Unlike with the other stories, I found I never really blamed Death for his role in all the deaths as it was clear he didn't enjoy what he did, but felt he should be doing it anyway. And unlike the others, there was always a twisted sense of care for humanity in that he truly believed he was bringing them to a much better place.

And then we have Lazarus, who's strong and flawed and resilient in her duty as well. She picked herself up, time and time again, and always accepted her lot in life, no matter what purpose she had to serve.

I loved the little short chapters with glimpses into their lives (like Death stopping mid-thrust because he wants to know what a joke is). I thought this was a beautiful balance of lightness and heaviness.

The final climatic scene left a little to be desired in my opinion, but the sweetness of the journey, and how well rounded the epilogue was, meant this had to be a 5/5.

Death is the fourth and final book in Laura Thalassa's The Four Horsemen romance series which follows the Four Horsemen of the apocalypse. 
This has to be the best series by Laura Thalassa that I have read out of her two. I was absolutely obsessed with every single book for different reasons. I loved seeing one human showing these horsemen the value of humanity. It was a very different romance novel series but in the best way possible. I also have to give a shout out to Laura as God is referred to with she/her pronouns and that just made me so happy.
I really loved Death and Lazarus. I thought they were so interesting, especially the dichotomy of him being Death and her being a representation of Life. Two sides of the same coin who are in a battle to see who wins. Death is truly the definition of a grumpy hero whose heart is only open for Lazarus. I thought their dichotomy was so interesting and I loved seeing them face up against each other. 
As this was the end of the series, I also loved seeing Lazarus's interaction with Death's brothers and the other horsemen Pestilence, War and Famine.  War is absolutely unhinged still and I loved that for him as he was my favorite horsemen. I loved seeing Pestilence being so sweet and being so caring nad understanding. Famine was ready to risk it all for Ana and his chance at the life Pestilence and War have been living and I loved it. I thought they really played an interesting role in this novel and added a lot to it especially at the final fight scene. Everything about this novel had me at the edge of my seat and I wasn't sure how they were going to stop the apocalypse but I was living for it. 
The only reason this book got 4.75 is that there is a child who shows up in it. I, personally, don't mind children at the end of romance novels or if they are funny children who push the characters together. I understand the need for the child in this to put some motivation for Lazarus but I don't find children my favorite in the middle of romance novels. That is just a me thing. I also wish we would have gotten more  of the other horsemen's families as I loved all their romances. 
Overall, this was such a unique and interesting story. I loved this series so much and this was a perfect final book in the series. I would highly recommend picking it up. 

what a bittersweet but perfect ending to this series. i have many thoughts on this one, but let's start with the most prominent one: after the ending of famine's book, i was expecting death to be way differently than he actually was in his book. i felt like he might be the harshest, most murderous one that's connected to humanity the least and, thus, doesn't give a shit about humanity. however, in the first chapters of the book it became blatantly obvious that death is the softest of the four horseman, the one who falls for the woman (lazarus) in an instant when he sees her and needs to resist the urge to claim her from the first second on. i liked the "banter" between them and the on-off-killing situation, although it's always been clear how much death feels for her. what put me off a little was the time he "captured" her and the ongoing process of that; however, lazarus meeting the other horsemen was great and essential to the story unfolding. nonetheless, for the 500+ pages i feel like the book was a bit dragged at some points and there wasn't happening very much except laz and death trying to seduce each other and falling in love. like, don't get me wrong, I'm all here for passionate lovestories with good spice, but i was essentially bored at some points and, as the storyline of all four books was essentially somewhat the same, the ending seemed incredibly predictable to me. that's not a bad thing at all and i was prepared for it but i grew hella frustrated with death and his decisions at that. the ending was beautiful and bittersweet still, and tbh i couldn't imagine it otherwise. for me, the epilogue wasn't really needed because the real ending was, to me, perfect as it is. all in all, i did probably like this one second best of the series but it still had its weaknesses. 

FINALLY - the series has reached its conclusion. Am I happy that it’s over? Oh yeah. Am I happy to have read it to see what all the fuss was about. Nope! 

This has got to be one of the most over hyped, underwhelming series I’ve read. It’s such an intriguing premise, and maybe with a better writer it could have been better, but I’m sorry to say that I just don’t think Ms. Thalassa is that good of a writer - repetitive and recycled plots, terrible “romance” and sex scenes, ham-fisted morality, all rounded up in seemingly half-researched settings. 

Anyways, I’ve slogged through and now I can put them behind me without any lingering thoughts.