A review by saraverboom
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? N/A

4.5

Yet another beautifully written story by Rebecca Ross.

Here’s a few quick thoughts on the book (will update this review later for more details):
- characters are authentic and diverse. It’s easy to relate to Iris’ thoughts and emotions.
- the world is interesting but still quite vague. Not entirely sure what the role of the magic in this world is
- the mythology is also interesting but again: vague. I need to know more about the war, the gods, the monsters, etc.
- I thought the WW1 setting was original for a fantasy novel; so far I’ve mostly read fantasy novels set in medieval times.
- the romance is cute
- the writing is beautiful. It sucks you in and before you know it, you’ve read half of the book in one sitting.

Spoilers:
 
- I was afraid it would be a whole thing when Iris learned Roman was Carver but fortunately it wasn’t
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