A review by katie_helf96
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

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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