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Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

89 reviews

kds247's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.75

This book was quite entertaining. It had decent world building and I loved the letters sent between the characters. The romance was also fun and I thought the story got better as the book went on. However, I felt like the author had a tough time with the delivery of exposition with characters, instead of it being spread out evenly in the story, having multiple pages of a singular monologue to explain everything which I found very bulky. I also think she had trouble finding the characters’ unique voices at times. At certain points in the book I had trouble distinguishing who was saying what, especially quick dialogue between Roman and Iris. Though overall, it’s a solid book.

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loveat1stwrite's review against another edition

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dark hopeful slow-paced

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

4.0

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katie_helf96's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Not a 4, but not a 3.5. Spoiler alert!!!! Do not read the next sentence if you do not want a spoiler. The author did an excellent job setting up the relationship between Iris and Roman

but then rushed a quickie marriage. I understand the war aspect but it was too fast. They went from playful and cute banter to “my soul will not survive without you” so dang fast.

The premise of the novel is super interesting and the gods the author made up are really fascinating. There’s a bit of mystery in this novel that is still not solved at the end. I’m suspending judgement on which god is actually the ‘bad’ guy. I’m leaning towards Dacre but this wouldn’t be the first time an author did a bait and switch where everything they wrote pushes the read to jump to a false conclusion.

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kinsportch's review against another edition

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adventurous 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? No

5.0

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lakinglaze's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious 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

Dear Roman C. Kitt, you are the sun, the moon, the earth, and the stars, and I thank Rebecca Ross for making you!

This book was beautiful. It grabbed my heart with the very first line and never let it go. These characters and this setting are so rich and just feel like a warm embrace. And Roman, well, Roman was perfect.

I can’t wait to devour Ruthless Vows and see where this journey ends!

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ohitshope's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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ddammeyer's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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xxmedicxx's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was great! I love the writing was easy to digest and beautiful at times, the romance was just *chefs kiss* I do wish more back story on Marisol and Keegan. This book was balanced and definitely a must read for anyone who is interested 😀

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ih8sid's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I really did not enjoy this book at all and I don’t really get the hype. The plot and the time line was kind of confusing. I didn’t really understand what was going on with the god’s, the war, her brother, and the arranged marriage that Kitt’s parents were planning. The only thing i remotely cared about with the banter between Iris and Roman, and even then most of it was quite cringey. And the fact that they had a magical connection with typewriters was kind of stupid. This book really wasn’t for me and i just want to know what happened to the lesbians, like are they okay or what?

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blacksphinx's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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