If I was Iris and Roman's father showed up at my house unannouned and broke-into my house my ass would be calling the cops on him. Roman is a grown man who doesn't need his father controlling his life and to do what daddy and mommy want him to with his life and this mother is another piece of trash. I didn't like his mother either and she should have looked after him not being against him and not agreeing with the asshole husband she married and the both of them should have not be blaming Roman for his sister's death that he had no control over.

The poor nightingale's how they were being treated by evil people or I don't know if the nightingale's are still being used by the evil people but I am sure they are being mistreated the way Marisol was describing how cruel they were being bashing their wings and slamming their bodies against their cages where they were being held trying to escape. Darce seems like to be a very cruel person and I didn't like him very much and how very demanding to people being eaten by his hounds that part was gross and not really necessary and I found him also boring when his part being read and was slow I hope someone puts him in his place or have him be killed.

Darce seems like really big asshole controlling Roman taking over his typewriter and burning his books from his grandfather and I would be pissed if someone who I loved that left me their belongs and burned them. And of course his father doesn't do anything to stop it and his father didn't really care about it.

All in all I thought the book or the story was ok and the only person I liked in the book was Roman I didn't like Iris to much but she was ok and I felt sorry for when her brother and best friend passed away. And for Roman I am sure he was relief when he read about his father was going away and it was a good thing he didn't get with the girl who his parents wanted to be with since she was going to be away for a long time and as well as her father for making those bombs I gave this a 3 1/2 sta ( )

I really wanted to love this. I had loved the first book so much. But it just seemed so rushed and just not really any build up. It just lacked a little something, in my opinion.

4.25

This is a very sweet romance with the magic/war as background noise.
Whilst there was a little more explained about the gods ( not enough for me) this is pretty much just about Roman and Iris’ relationship. Thankfully the amnesia bit didn’t last long as it’s something I personally don’t enjoy.
I did end up staying awake to finish it so despite its length, it is well paced. A decent ending to the duology. ( )

Series Info/Source: This is the second book in the Letters of Enchantment duology. I borrowed this on ebook through Kindle Unlimited.

Thoughts: This is the second, and final, book in the Letters of Enchantment duology. This started out very slow but got better as the book continued.

The book starts a couple weeks after Winnow is rescued by her brother and returned home and Roman disappears from the battle front. We quickly find that Winnow is being asked to go back out to the war front and that Roman has been healed and captured by Dacre, who wants Roman to represent Dacre's side of the story through press releases. Roman has lost his memory but then strange letters start appearing in his wardrobe again.

This started sluggish and reminds you of the first book a lot. We have two characters, who don't know each other (or at least Roman doesn't know he knows Winnow) communicating through a magical typewriter. This felt repetitive and I honestly hate it when authors use memory loss as a plot device.

The story got more intriguing as it progressed. I enjoyed learning more about the gods and their powers. We get to see a lot more of Dacre and his armies in this book than we did in the first book. Watching Roman and Winnow eventually team back up again was fun, but felt a bit like you were re-reading the first book again. I do continue to enjoy this fantasy World War One like world; it is well built and unique.

This was well written and easy to read. As mentioned above, the pacing was off throughout the story.

My Summary (4/5): Overall I ended up liking this even though it had a slow start. This does a good job tying up the series and I enjoyed learning more about the gods and their powers. I was disappointed with memory loss being used as a plot device in the beginning...I just think this is a trope that has been so over done. I loved the world here and was very engaged by the complex and lifelike characters as well. I plan on reading more of Ross's books in the future. ( )

A bittersweet, tho satisfying conclusion to Divine Rivals, but not quite as captivating. The constant barriers between the main characters was frustrating to the story and the reader. Rather than a couple huge barriers to overcome, like amnesia, or being held captive by the other side, it felt like a hundred insignificant obstacles that had to be slogged through to get to the end and reunion. ( )