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Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

15 reviews

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

amy_in_the_city's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

4.75

I loved the epistolary elements of this book, and the writing was absolutely beautiful! The love story felt very Pride & Prejudice-inspired. I liked the setting, but I thought there could have been a bit more worldbuilding. The fantasy elements (other than the magic typewriters and Kitt's magic house) felt too abstract. I don't feel like I got a good sense of the gods and the monsters, but I'm assuming that will be explored more in the sequel. Still, for most of the book, I felt like I was just reading a WWI historical novel instead of a different fantasy world inspired by WWI. I didn't understand the main characters' decision to

stay and defend the town even though they were not soldiers and had no fighting training or equipment. They didn't accomplish anything at all by staying, so the decision felt contrived for plot reasons.

. Another thing that seemed contrived for plot reasons is

Forest not revealing himself sooner and instead deciding that waiting to kidnap Iris during battle was the best course of action.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, War, Grief, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Classism, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content and Stalking

linzalou's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

When I started Divine Rivals I wasn’t sure what to expect. I struggled with the slow pace at first, but very quickly found it endearing. The write by was beautiful, the character development was exquisite, and it is such a breath of fresh air from your typical fantasy! Love love love, and can’t wait to start the next one! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Blood, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Violence, Alcoholism, Car accident, Alcohol, and Addiction

haley49's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Instant five stars. This book was the kind of predictable that made you hope you were wrong and any drop in action left you waiting for the other shoe to drop. It was so tense and well-developed. I was so scared to start it but so worth the hype.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit, Alcohol, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Sexual content, Car accident, and Addiction

celery's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Grief, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, War, Classism, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, and Violence

gmat's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Genocide, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Car accident, and Grief

thepoieszedlife's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident

hailstorm3812's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? No

4.0

This is a very enjoyable book. For someone who hates You've Got Mail, I feel like the author side stepped a good deal of the ickiness. I think it balanced drama and romcomedy very well. I really liked Addie and Marisol. The ending is kind of a kick in the teeth if you don't realize it is a series but I'm down for another one thought I'm not sure you can capture the charm and fun of this one with where we left off but I look forward to it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Car accident

Minor: Sexism

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Alcohol, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Cursing, Death of parent, War, Death, Car accident, Classism, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

lizzye33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, War, and Blood

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Gun violence, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Genocide

Minor: Cursing, Sexual content, Child death, Confinement, Abandonment, and Car accident