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_bookbug 's review for:
Divine Rivals
by Rebecca Ross
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Well. I really don't understand the hype. Two thirds of the book I thought I would but the last third???? Wow, I quite disliked it.
First things first, I really don't like the war-setting. This "they are entirely good and they are entirely bad", ugh. Too little nuance. Too little critical (and I mean really critical, not only "oh war is bad because good people die" of course it is, but that's not all!!) depiction of this topic.
I know this is a romantasy so I shouldn't be as surprised about it but the focus was just too much on the romance. And then it wasn't even that good! Yes, a few heartwarming sentences here and there but as a whole, oh my god, I hated it! they skipped the whole relationship and gone straight to marriage, after confessing their love, what, the same day?????? Maybe one or two days before
I already bought the second book (while I still liked it) so maybe I will continue the series. (Or maybe I'll return it tomorrow, whoops)
First things first, I really don't like the war-setting. This "they are entirely good and they are entirely bad", ugh. Too little nuance. Too little critical (and I mean really critical, not only "oh war is bad because good people die" of course it is, but that's not all!!) depiction of this topic.
I know this is a romantasy so I shouldn't be as surprised about it but the focus was just too much on the romance. And then it wasn't even that good! Yes, a few heartwarming sentences here and there but as a whole, oh my god, I hated it!
I already bought the second book (while I still liked it) so maybe I will continue the series. (Or maybe I'll return it tomorrow, whoops)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, War
Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail