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A review by bobinsbooknook
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
After seeing this book being hyped up online I was excited to read however left feeling a bit underwhelmed for the majority of the book.
In fairness, I do often find YA books a bit hit or miss for me as perhaps I’m not the target demographic. That being said the plot of the war of the gods and mythology stories really intriguing.
Sadly where the book struggled for me is the core drive of the book - the romance between Iris and Roman. Meant to be a rivals to lovers trope, I felt that we never really established the rivals element enough on both POVs to warrant any interest for me to route for their romance.
I felt that the romance is the core of the book whilst the more interesting plots of the missing brother and the war felt very secondary and I wish this was the other way round as I found myself disengaged a lot of the first few parts of the book.
The ending did actually have me gripped and left me wondering what happens next, but I think overall I’m so disinterested in the core romance of this book and more in the fantasy war itself that I don’t think I’ll be picking up the second one.
In fairness, I do often find YA books a bit hit or miss for me as perhaps I’m not the target demographic. That being said the plot of the war of the gods and mythology stories really intriguing.
Sadly where the book struggled for me is the core drive of the book - the romance between Iris and Roman. Meant to be a rivals to lovers trope, I felt that we never really established the rivals element enough on both POVs to warrant any interest for me to route for their romance.
I felt that the romance is the core of the book whilst the more interesting plots of the missing brother and the war felt very secondary and I wish this was the other way round as I found myself disengaged a lot of the first few parts of the book.
The ending did actually have me gripped and left me wondering what happens next, but I think overall I’m so disinterested in the core romance of this book and more in the fantasy war itself that I don’t think I’ll be picking up the second one.