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Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross

38 reviews

ziracrow's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? No

5.0

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luna_lovelace's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious sad 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? No

4.0

The world-building was done well, immersing me in the story and making me curious to know more about Dacre's perspective.

I was initially intrigued by the possibility of Dacre

having a good side, but as the story progressed, I realized that his actions were merely the result of a god's human-like emotions getting the better of him.

While I still love Roman and Iris, I must say that the romantic aspect of this book doesn't measure up to the first book in the series.

However, the author did an excellent job of fleshing out the other characters, like Tobias and Attie. The book was filled with so many likable characters that I couldn't pick just one favorite!

The only criticism I have is

that I don't understand the reason behind Sarah and Forest's death, other than to give Iris more loss in her life.

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aelytacchan's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Although I liked Divine Rivals better, Ruthless Vows was a good follow-up to the story and the ending was satisfying!

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kaitlynnnng's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional sad slow-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

4.0

Just like the first book, this was beautifully written, and I enjoyed it.

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lakinglaze's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

This was lovely. The story came all together in a massive crescendo and I enjoyed every moment of it. I’m going to miss Roman and Iris, but I’ll just keep mentally picturing them from the ending of this book and imagine all the wonderful events of the characters’ lives I’m sure followed this story. 💗

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lmayfieldx's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

“𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭. 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐢 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞”

tw: torture, confinement, violence, war, injury, medical content, death

🗡️ gods at war

🗡️ good vs evil

🗡️ secret romance

🗡️ amnesia

🗡️ dual pov

🗡️ third person

after roman is caught by dacre, iris arrives home and is unsure how to go on. when her and attie are given the opportunity to go back to the war front as correspondents, she jumps at the chance to find her husband. iris must find roman and continue to gather information about the war that dacre is planning, all while trying to remain safe amidst the war

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ruthless vows started at full speed & continued picking up, which i really enjoyed

when i finished divine rivals, i was left wishing that we had gotten more of the mythology aspect. ruthless vows did provide us with more dacre & enva, but they kinda overpowered the book, rather than there being a nice balance between dacre & enva, iris & roman, the war, etc

the war was much more prevalent in the plot in ruthless vows, which i liked. there was also really good character development, especially for iris. she exhibited strength in divine rivals by overcoming several challenges & being perseverant. we got to see more of her strength in ruthless vows

the amnesia trope in this was okay. i enjoyed when roman started to remember bits and pieces of iris. but i feel like he remembered very quickly & wish this had been drawn out a bit more before he started having glints of memory come back to him

some of this story became fairly repetitive & kinda just retold what happened in divine rivals. considering the time frame was just two weeks following the end of divine rivals, i feel like divine rivals could’ve just been a standalone that was a bit longer

overall i enjoyed this duology & i’m excited to read more books from rebecca ross

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blacksphinx's review against another edition

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challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

On some level it's really funny that this book had a chance to re-do the worst thing about the first book,

the instant love between our protagonists

, and then chose to do the same exact thing again but even faster. There's also some groan-worthy exposition where it really doesn't make sense that the party in question would stop and willingly monologue. Lastly, this book engages in one of my least favorite tropes,

pair the spades - NO ONE can end this book without a lover!!!111 ugh

But... I love historical fantasy and what kept me enthralled in the first book was the up-close depictions of warfare. And there's plenty of warfare, spying, and tense action scenes in this sequel to keep me turning the pages. I'm now left hankering for another book series that blends non-magical warfare with a fantasy setting.

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