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adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, War
Moderate: Vomit
Minor: Chronic illness, Confinement, Gun violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: War
adventurous
emotional
tense
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:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, War
emotional
hopeful
sad
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, War
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Medical trauma
Minor: Child death, Death of parent
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Plot holes/gripes: Roman’s wedding ring! Did dacre not like be like “I took off your wedding ring.” Also “you love someone??”
I also still don’t really get Enva at all. Why does she get to live. Why couldn’t she explain any of this before everyone died??
Also so many places (eg the inkridden tribune) didn’t get bombed like forest just get inside any house is better than the street
Also WHAT DID HELENA WRITE DURING THE BOMBS???
Ok I’ve gotten that off my chest. I just have so many feelings. Still a bomb ass book.
Did I love it as much as the first? I don’t think so. Am I happy I spent time reading this book? Absolutely.
I felt the romance kind of felt a bit flatter than it did in the first one and it was very much likeI don’t know you, oh I remember everything and you are the best thing in the world. Like would have been cooler if Dacre was asking him about iris before he remembered everything! It felt like insta love but we were already there.
The politics and world building was great though and I appreciated learning more about the gods and the war and I really enjoyed Roman’s POV and the whole Dacre side of it. Very cool.
Also interesting way of doing hades and Persephone.
Rebecca I need a map and like a family tree of the gods ok.
Also so weird that both books had the same pacing. Like both books took me 100 or so pages to get into despite already being into it from the first book.
I also still don’t really get Enva at all. Why does she get to live. Why couldn’t she explain any of this before everyone died??
Also so many places (eg the inkridden tribune) didn’t get bombed like forest just get inside any house is better than the street
Also WHAT DID HELENA WRITE DURING THE BOMBS???
Ok I’ve gotten that off my chest. I just have so many feelings. Still a bomb ass book.
Did I love it as much as the first? I don’t think so. Am I happy I spent time reading this book? Absolutely.
I felt the romance kind of felt a bit flatter than it did in the first one and it was very much like
The politics and world building was great though and I appreciated learning more about the gods and the war and I really enjoyed Roman’s POV and the whole Dacre side of it. Very cool.
Also interesting way of doing hades and Persephone.
Rebecca I need a map and like a family tree of the gods ok.
Also so weird that both books had the same pacing. Like both books took me 100 or so pages to get into despite already being into it from the first book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: War
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I was getting bored of the story when my library ebook was repossessed by Libby when I was about halfway through, and I almost DNF'ed it. I'm glad I didn't and returned to finish it several months later and the story really picked up then to the finish.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, War
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, War
Moderate: Death, Torture, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Gun violence, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Classism
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, War
Moderate: Death of parent
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
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
“Sometimes I don’t think we know what we’re made of until the worst moment possible happens. Then we must decide who we truly are and what is most important to us. I think we’re often surprised by what we become.”
The duology of Iris and Roman, their enchanted love, and the war between magical gods continues on. In this second installment, we learn more about Dacre and Enva, the relentless gods the war started between. Their backstories unfold as it weaves itself into Roman and Iris’s tender, yet excruciating love story.
I didn’t enjoy Ruthless Vows as much as Divine Rivals, but it still gave me action, romantasy, war, world/backstory building, and complex characters. Rebecca’s writing was beautiful throughout this duology and that was enough for me to love it.
The duology of Iris and Roman, their enchanted love, and the war between magical gods continues on. In this second installment, we learn more about Dacre and Enva, the relentless gods the war started between. Their backstories unfold as it weaves itself into Roman and Iris’s tender, yet excruciating love story.
I didn’t enjoy Ruthless Vows as much as Divine Rivals, but it still gave me action, romantasy, war, world/backstory building, and complex characters. Rebecca’s writing was beautiful throughout this duology and that was enough for me to love it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Violence, Blood, Grief, War
adventurous
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, War
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail