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Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

186 reviews

crunchycrystals's review against another edition

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3.75

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jo_cbooks's review against another edition

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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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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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lizisreadingagain's review against another edition

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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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raegan_gonzales's review against another edition

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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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amy_in_the_city's review against another edition

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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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knunderb's review against another edition

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dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

The premise was really interesting and I liked the characters. However, I thought the first half and second half felt like two different books. I also felt like the lore wasn't really fleshed out.

also, it made no sense to me why Iris went with Forrest after he choked her and left Roman for dead, especially when he wouldn't explain anything to her.

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