Loved itI read Divine Rivals at the beginning of this year and was quite literally obsessed with it, and I was like, Oh, I'm going to turn around and read the sequel immediately.
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Divine Rivals (2023)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive Eighteen-year-old Iris dreams that one day her writing will make a difference. A war between gods is raging, and she’s landed a prestigious job at the Oath Gazette. But at home, she’s barely holding it together. Her brother is missing on the frontline. Her mother is lost in a haze of addiction. And each night Iris pours her heart out in letters to her brother. Letters that will never be answered. Or so she thinks… Her letters have made their way into the hands of the last person Iris trusts: Roman Kitt, her cold, unforgiving rival at the paper. When he anonymously writes back, they forge a magical connection that will seal their fate forever.
- ISBN:
- 9780008588151
- Length:
- 508 pages
Genres: fantasy, romance, historical fiction, young adult
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MixedI'm one of the rare few that do not love, what is it? Divine Rivals? I just didn't. I read the first one, it was okay, didn't read the second one.
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Loved itI loved love loved Divine Rivals so much. The magic was so atmospheric and heartwarming and there's just like cozy things all throughout this book and it also is quite adventurous as the story progresses and everything about it just made me so happy.
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Loved itI finally read these books and they were excellent. They're labeled as a romanty, but it's more grounded than your typical romanty and they're at war.
Loved itDivine Rivals by Rebecca Ross. Beautiful writing. a great romance and great romantic pacing. 3.75 four stars for this final novel in this duogy.
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Loved itIt is very romantic to the point that I genuinely cried because I was just so like this is so beautiful. Oh, love and desperate times. It's that kind of book.
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Loved itI was devastated by the end of this book I feel like I went through a wellend of different emotions falling in love with the characters
Loved ita lot of people have talked about Rebecca Ross the last handful of years and I haven't really gotten into her until this year when I read the like Divine Rivals I don't know the actual series name but yeah ... I quite enjoyed her writing
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Loved itthis book is one of my favorites of the Year absolutely adored it like 10 out of 10 five out of five stars absolutely for divine Rivals
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