A review by clairebartholomew549
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was pretty much tailor-made for me. Enemies to lovers? Dueling newspapers? Magical typewriters and a secret, unknown correspondence? Themes about misinformation and deliberate misleading of populations? I'm obsessed. The fantasy elements are not super overt - I suspect the second book will delve more into the gods of it all - but I liked how deeply rooted the book was in the day-to-day of war and trench warfare, and the perspective of war correspondents was really interesting. I loved Iris' strength and fortitude, and the chemistry between her and Roman jumps off the page immediately. It was also fun to see how head-on the author took propaganda. I'm excited for the next one.