Divine Rivals book review | thoughts & opinions

 *𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧, 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐞*

"Gosh I hope this works" Aksh said

*𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭*

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𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐥𝐮𝐯𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬,

I know this is impossible. I know this is a bloody long shot. But here I am writing to all of you people hoping that this letter reaches you, even if I’m millions of kilometers away from each one of you. But if you do somehow get this letter (god I can only wonder) then I ask for one favor. Please read 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐬 (if you like the genre Romantasy) because it's breathtaking, astonishing, mesmerizing and so much more.

𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐬 is a fantasy novel that revolves around 2 fierce journalist rivals, Iris Winnow and Roman Kitt, who are battling for the position of “columnist”. All the while, a war between 2 gods from old and deep history, more ruinous than imaginable, is taking place. This stir of unexpected events brings out powerful themes like war, grief, death, happiness, chosen family, and love which are thoroughly explored.

Rebecca Ross’s writing is simply phenomenal, nothing less and so much more. From the first line to the last, she got me hooked. Her writing made the world-building uncomplicated and intriguing all along. It was not only understandable with beautiful similes and metaphors but also has a touch of immaculate poetry that is eye-catching and makes my heart ache in a million unexplainable ways.

When I think of what a good read is, it's when I can't keep the book down because I won't be able to breathe or get any peace of mind without knowing what happens next. It's when both the main characters and side characters have impacted my life and brought this book so high that it touched heaven and took some of it with them. It's when I don't need to wait for a quarter or even half the book to finish to start loving a book because the starting itself got me hooked. It's when the ending has broken my heart like shards of glass on the floor but stitched it back up tenderly with a needle and thread with nothing but hope. It's when I’ve grown with them, wept with them, smiled with them, and healed with them. And this book gave me all of it. All of it.

𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐰, a true force of nature, is simply so easily applaudable. This 18-year-old girl went to hell and back and then to hell once again. It's truly remarkable how she survived such painful moments without anyone except herself. Even though she suffered immensely, she made it her life’s mission to be selfless and committed to the people she loves. Iris, true to her name, was the rainbow in everyone’s life even when the sun in her own life hid in the dark depths of the sea. She is the inspiration I’d follow my whole life. This girl made me weep like a baby and smile like a proud mom all in one book. I absolutely adore her and with no doubt, I always will. I hope you search for the rainbow within you even in the darkest nights because you deserve this world, you deserve happiness, you deserve everything and more, and don't ever let yourself believe anything otherwise. You're the strongest person I know, and your writing is beautiful!!

"𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰’𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰’𝒎 𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅. 𝑰’𝒎 𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝑰’𝒎 𝒂 𝒑𝒖𝒛𝒛𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰’𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏."

𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐭, a 19-year-old who becomes the missing piece in Iris’s puzzle, the guy that makes her a whole. He went through his life share of trauma and controlling parents who had his future planned for him but Roman gave it all up for Iris. Roman Kitt, you’ve put the standards so high that I don't think I could even date. This boy has proved himself worthy over and over again. From giving up everything to go to war for her to saving her life to just holding her close to let her know she’s not alone. He is the man guys.

“𝑰𝒓𝒊𝒔,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏, “𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 ... 𝑰’𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆,𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏, 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆.”

𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐰, their love was divine, like fire and ice, sunrise and sunsets, spring and autumn, salt and sweet. Opposites but perfectly fitting. It was just so fun to see their love grow. From the spites and retorts to the magical words of love. Their relationship was divided into being office rivals and mystery pen pals and never did they fail to engage me from the beginning to the very end. Their love is one of the strongest, fiercest, and most sublime ones I've seen so far.

“𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔. 𝑭𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅.”

Attie ♡, that filled the sister role oh my lord, love love her! She is such a vibe and her bond with Iris is so mesmerizing. Marisol ♥︎ was so sweet she treated both of them like her own daughters UGH love her! And Keegan ❀ too for as long as she was there such a boss!!! I want to give all these side characters a HUGE BEAR HUG !!! they have swept my heart away. And finally…Forest, a man I hate just as fast as I liked him. No but WHY? I know you explained but tell me again cause I'm really not getting it. *𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐬*

But that shouldn't stop you from reading this book because it truly is Divine.

 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫s,

𝐀𝐤𝐬𝐡

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*𝐈 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫- *

“It's gone!” Aksh exclaimed in astonishment. “Does that mean they got my letter?”