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A review by mojidaa
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
5.0
What. Did. I. Just. Read? I was enchanted, from the start. I had high expectation for this book since everyone seems to be speaking highly about it, and to my surprise, it didn’t disappoint. Not one bit.
A story about two journalists. Two rivals. Where they had become war corespondents. I don’t really know how to even begin to appropriately talk about this book because I was still stunned by everything that had happened. It was magical, to say the least. The writing, the story, the characters, the magic within the book. Everything was crafted to perfection. I found myself falling in love with every single character in the book, like I could feel the immense effort Rebecca poured into this book to make us feel so tremendously with every situation.
I haven’t read a YA book for a while since I often find myself getting bored with all the little annoying problems they had. But this book? This book went beyond that. The issues, the war, the grief, the romance, the connection, and so on, were so greatly explored to the point that my heart would literally sink deeper and deeper as the story went on. How????? How was it so good?? I’m so glad I chose to read it when the series is completed because I wouldn’t be able to take it with the ending of this book. This book was heavier than I expected, so much heavier and so much more emotional. I found myself tearing up from time to time and the last few pages literally broke my heart in pieces.
Roman and Iris had my whole heart. The story, the magic between them were so beautiful. The letters between them? I loved every single one of it. Their bond? Fuck, it was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever read. Their characters, though cliché, were so, so well-written. So consistent. So, so perfectly imperfect. I couldn’t find a single bad thing about this book. I enjoyed it so much. And I felt bad for all the romance fantasy books I’m going to read after this because my standard is now through the damn roof.
How is this book so impactful when it’s only 352 pages long? HOWWW?
A story about two journalists. Two rivals. Where they had become war corespondents. I don’t really know how to even begin to appropriately talk about this book because I was still stunned by everything that had happened. It was magical, to say the least. The writing, the story, the characters, the magic within the book. Everything was crafted to perfection. I found myself falling in love with every single character in the book, like I could feel the immense effort Rebecca poured into this book to make us feel so tremendously with every situation.
I haven’t read a YA book for a while since I often find myself getting bored with all the little annoying problems they had. But this book? This book went beyond that. The issues, the war, the grief, the romance, the connection, and so on, were so greatly explored to the point that my heart would literally sink deeper and deeper as the story went on. How????? How was it so good?? I’m so glad I chose to read it when the series is completed because I wouldn’t be able to take it with the ending of this book. This book was heavier than I expected, so much heavier and so much more emotional. I found myself tearing up from time to time and the last few pages literally broke my heart in pieces.
Roman and Iris had my whole heart. The story, the magic between them were so beautiful. The letters between them? I loved every single one of it. Their bond? Fuck, it was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever read. Their characters, though cliché, were so, so well-written. So consistent. So, so perfectly imperfect. I couldn’t find a single bad thing about this book. I enjoyed it so much. And I felt bad for all the romance fantasy books I’m going to read after this because my standard is now through the damn roof.
How is this book so impactful when it’s only 352 pages long? HOWWW?