#24 in Romance
Divine Rivals
- 432
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
The setup is simple and Ross makes it ache. Two rival journalists fall for each other through letters that travel by magic while a war between gods draws closer. Some readers praise the mix of grief and hope and the pull of the romance, and finish it wanting the sequel. There are complaints that the gods stay sketchy and that one late reveal is predictable; it suits those who put feeling before worldbuilding.
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About the book
When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths of hell, in a war among gods, to seal their fate forever. After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again. But eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow just wants to hold her family together. Her mother is suffering from addiction and her brother is missing from the front lines. Her best bet is to win the columnist promotion at the Oath Gazette. To combat her worries, Iris writes letters to her brother and slips them beneath her wardrobe door, where they vanish—into the hands of Roman Kitt, her cold and handsome rival at the paper. When he anonymously writes Iris back, the two of them forge a connection that will follow Iris all the way to the front lines of battle: for her brother, the fate of mankind, and love. Shadow and Bone meets Lore in Rebecca Ross's Divine Rivals, an epic enemies-to-lovers fantasy novel filled with hope and heartbreak, and the unparalleled power of love.
Reading order · Letters of Enchantment
Full order & progress →- Divine RivalsThis book
8.28.2 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 835 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 85% of the weight and the score stays at 8.2 — the Romance average of 7.6 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.3 | 12 | 1% |
| Hardcover | 8.3 | 823 | 99% |
Frequently asked
What age is Divine Rivals for?
Divine Rivals sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 432 pages — longer than 50% of the ranked books in Romance.
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