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Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

71 reviews

katelynndzindzio's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective 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

5.0

Roman C. Kitt and Iris Winnow are rivals, competing for the columnist position at the Gazette only to have their worlds completely changed. Iris's brother goes to war, her mom died, and Roman gets engaged. Roman wins the columnist position and Iris quits, determined to find her brother she heads to the war zone. All the while, Iris has been sending letters from her magical typewriter... Unknowingly, not to her brother. 
Kitt and winnow's journey is magical to say the least. Through a series of unfortunate events they fall in love. Can true love save them? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I thought this was a good book! I will definitely be reading the second one and I’m excited to see the world building and character development changes in the second as well. I only rated 4 stars because I feel like the “hidden identity enemies to lovers” trope is overused at this point but it was still a good book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ourvelvetscars's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful lighthearted sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

sha's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

teabrewer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

Everything in this book is written so vividly. The universe is imersive, extremely. Every scent, texture and visual is so real that it is impossible not to feel that you in every scene. Every emotion the author wanted you to feel, you would. To the point where I had to put the book dawn a few times closer to the end because I'm simply to equiped to process all these feelings. The romance is beautiful, moving and made me sight and (scream with the book) several times. The story does not hesitate to show war like it is but it doesn't make everything depressing and hopeless either. I loved this book with all my heart and I hope so, so much that the sequel is just as good. I can't wait for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content

paigehf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and War

thesoulessrider's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

OMG, Divine Rivals was such a wild ride! I was hooked from the first letter between Iris and Roman, two rival journalists who fall in love through a magical connection. They have to deal with a war between gods, family drama, and media censorship, and it was so intense and emotional. I loved the enemies-to-lovers vibe, the historical references, and the gorgeous writing. The characters were so real and relatable, and the romance was hot and heartbreaking. This book made me cry, laugh, and gasp so many times, and the epilogue was… speechless. I was totally wrong about the enchanted entity, by the way. It was such a clever twist! If you love Rebecca Ross and fantasy romance, you need to read this book ASAP.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Grief, and War

Moderate: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gun violence

diana314's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.75

This is like, a 4.99999 stars book.
WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST READ??!!??!! 
I…. I should not be doing a review now, it’s been a singular minute since I’ve finished the book, so I’m quite hyped, but!!!!!?????
It’s not a 5 stars for me cause the beginning was… idk, not for me? Kinda hard to get through?? I don’t really know why, it just wasn’t it
BUT OH MY GOD IT PICKS UP???!??
And jfc ROMAN KITT(?) THE MAN THAT YOU ARE 😫😫😫🛐🛐🛐❤️❤️✨😫😫❤️😫🛐😫✨✨🛐

And ummm hello???? Forest appearing out of fucking nowhere as a desertor of DAIKA’s army, wounded and just to kidnap Iris and take her away from Roman KNOWING FULL WELL HOW MUCH HE MEANT FOR HER?????! I despise that man, and I’ve no reason to love him, I don’t give a damn if it’s her brother 😠😠

And jESUS CHRIST, DAIKA TAKING ROMAN!???? Like yes, thank you, he saved his life, BUT AT WHAT COST??!???!!!?? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

I need to start the 2nd book like, right now 😭😭😭😭🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻
Ohhh this is an addition, but I forgot to state that, even if I did see coming the big surprises in the story… I saw them coming from like, 2 minutes before the reveal lol! So it was a wild ride and very very recommended ❤️❤️❤️✨🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

thebelovedreadingnook's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol