Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

211 reviews

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Holy shit..... Well Rebecca Ross it's on sight girl! Iris is a reporter competing for a columnist spot against fellow reporter, Roman. As Iris writes letter to her brother who's away at war, she tucks them away inside her closet. These letter end up in the hands of her rival, Roman, who begins to write her back. As war tears across the country and propaganda and misinformation reigns supreme, Iris and Roman create a magical friendship through letters. I adore this story! It's just magical enough to be not realistic but not too crazy as to be hard to understand and follow. Iris is a strong and yet logical and likable character. She makes normal choices and thinks through her issues before jumping into action. Roman is adorable and this conclusion makes me mad af. Like gotta go read Ruthless Vows brb. My only issue with this book is that the start is slow and the world building isn't explained very well until later. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

firedew's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

glowingrabbits's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

I'm not great at writing book reviews, and even after finishing this I am not sure exactly what to say that would be any help to someone looking to pick this up, but I don't think I can just put this book down without talking about it. My God, this book is beautiful. There is something so deeply touching and human about this story. It's beautifully written, and in many ways I think it touches on the ugliness and desperation of war without forgetting that there is beauty to be found even when it seems like the world is ending. It has also got to be one of the most genuinely romantic stories I've read. 

YA books aren't normally what I go for, but I was pleasantly surprised to find the kind of story I didn't know I needed. I finished it in one day! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Vomit

Minor: Sexual content

kermittuesday's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Used the word raiment far too much. Just say clothes every once in a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Sexual content, and Vomit

Despite the amount of triggers I listed, this is not a horror book but it does involve war so it has this stuff. The sexual content is very minimal but because it’s a YA book, you might want to know it’s there.

abbypeekreads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Sexual content

crunchycrystals's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism and Blood

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit

jo_cbooks's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

I liked the mix of WWII and fantasy elements. 60% through I was confused how there was a sequel so I read the synopsis of the second book to understand. I enjoyed the original lore and mythology that was woven in. Excited to read the sequel 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

amy_q13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and Classism

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit

lizisreadingagain's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

I don’t read fantasy, but I needed to fulfill this genre on a reading challenge. I chose Divine Rivals because everyone was raving about it. I read part of the book and listened to audio to finish. I actually felt very engaged with the story. It was easy to get into it. I especially enjoyed the letter writing. What I didn’t like was the sexuality near the end of the book, and skipped over those few pages. It starts near the end of chapter 39 and beginning of 40. (I’ll never understand why they put that content in young adult books.) Otherwise I liked the story. I personally enjoyed the audiobook narrators and their British accents.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

raegan_gonzales's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

ABSOLUTELY 5 STARS

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content