Series: Letters of Enchantment #1
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Length: 368 pages
Audiobook Length: 10 hours and 50 minutes
First Published: 2023
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Rachael’s Review
With the gods fighting again after centuries of sleep, eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow just wants to keep her family safe. Her mother is fighting addiction, her brother has disappeared from the front lines, and Iris hopes a promotion as a columnist at the Oath Gazette will help. When Iris sparks up a magical correspondence with a stranger, she never imagined her secret pen pal would turn out to be Roman Kitt, her archrival at the paper. But she can’t deny the connection she feels, even when Iris enlists to be a war correspondent on the front lines.
Rebecca Ross presents an adorably fun young adult fantasy duology that mixes Greek mythology and World War 1 that hooked me from the start. The enemies-to-lovers story was rather obvious yet still so rewarding. For the most part, Divine Rivals reads like a historical fiction book, so it took me a bit to get the feel of the fantasy world. The cliffhanger ending was so compelling that I immediately went out and bought the second audiobook, Ruthless Vows, which shifts much more into the fantasy side of the story.
Publisher’s Description
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.
Quotes from Divine Rivals
I don’t think you realize how strong you are, because sometimes strenght isn’t swords and steel and fire, as we are so often made to believe. Someimes it’s found in quiet, gentle places.
In the meantime, I hope you will find your place, wherever you are. Even in the silence, I hope you will find the words you need to share.
I love the words I write until I soon realize how much I hate them, as if I am destined to always be at war within myself.
My favorite season is autumn, because my mum and I both believed that’s the only time when magic can be tasted in the air.
About Rebecca Ross
Ross was born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She is a young adult fantasy author who loves gardening. She still lives in Georgia with her husband and dog. Visit the author’s website →
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