The only thing worse than suddenly waking up in a magical house with the insanely gorgeous Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? Being the Fifth.
With no memory of who I am, where I came from, or what I’m doing here, I’m thrust into a new life with four people who I might want more from than just friendship. But with no past, how can I possibly plan for a future?
The only clue as to who I am? Four different species' magic resides within me—Vampire, Fae, Shifter, and Witch—and between them, I might be the most powerful creature on the planet.
For fuck's sake.
Look out world, Horseman of Magic coming through!
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This is all four books, plus the short story and bonus content, bound into a single 1178-page book. The Fifth Horseman is a poly romance centered around a main character set in a futuristic fantasy Earth that contains depictions of anxiety, PTSD, gender identity issues, and loss. Please check the content guidance page at the front of the book for further guidance on violence, language, dark themes, and steamy situations.
Freida Kilmari is an author and editor from the southwest of England, and lives with her fiancé in the peaceful county of Wiltshire. She spends her days editing various works of fiction, and her nights writing her own fantastical pieces. She's the author of Man VS Happiness (book one of the Versus Collection), and the soon-to-be-released Ennéa Vasíleia Universe (a multi-series science-fantasy universe based on her own take of Greek mythology).
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The melodrama is strong with this one. Sadly, the editing is not.
I really liked the premise and the overall story arc (though there are a ton of plot holes), but my. god. This 1900 page tome is rife with misspellings, incorrect punctuation, grammatical errors, missing and wrong words. Plus there were a few times when the wrong gender was used for a character that has a single gender. There was too much internal dialog, too much repetition, etc. Was this edited at all? Sure didn't seem like it.
Also on the list of things I pretty much hate in a story -- hot and cold running MCs (boy howdy do I love those /sarcasm), the main MC crying every other page (it seems) and whining pretty much all the time. It took me a long while to actually warm to the Fifth Horseman.
You might wonder why I didn't just DNF it. Honestly, I had things to do IRL and needed to not get so lost in reading that I neglected those things so I just kept plugging along. It took me almost two weeks to read.
Finally though, the story picks up at the end of book 3 (something FINALLY happened!!), so that bumped up my overall enjoyment and rating a bit.
Book 1: 2 Stars Book 2: 2.5 Stars Book 3: 3 Stars Book 4: 4 stars
I absolutely LOVED this series. It is my favorite series of mine to be reread. I have laughed, cried and wanted to wring Arries neck everytime. I'd recommend this series to any and everyone.
This is a fabulous imaginative saga, the world is saved, the romance is hot and the harem is amazing. With just a little bit of poetic licence regarding the horsemen of the apocalypse, whose job is to stop the apocalypse, not start it :) Great read.