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Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

Rebecca Ross

Start date: November 1, 2024

Finish date: November 30, 2024

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ˏˋ°•*⁀➷5 stars

❝𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞? 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬? 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐄. 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐞?❞

I can’t apprehend or even begin to fathom how much I cherish this series. This conclusion to the duology was my first read of the year, and can I just say, what an unrivaled way to start off 2024. Ruthless Vows is the first book to gauge a d ˏˋ°•*⁀➷5 stars

❝𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞? 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬? 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐄. 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐞?❞

I can’t apprehend or even begin to fathom how much I cherish this series. This conclusion to the duology was my first read of the year, and can I just say, what an unrivaled way to start off 2024. Ruthless Vows is the first book to gauge a direct path to my heart. The sentences displayed were not mere words, they held so much more merit and underlying implications. Rebecca Ross knows what she is doing when it comes to enamoring the reader and holding them hostage to the poignant and indescribable emotions and longings of the heart.

She has managed to repeatedly intertwine pure, authentic magic into her every sentence. There was torment and yearning that was constantly shown between Iris and Roman by their desperate plea to have an unobtainable life together. All while being separated by the unbreakable barriers of war and violence. I can’t put into words how conflicted and devastated I was as the magnitude of their situation and the gravity of all that they could lose, or gain, finally set in.

❝𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐦 𝐈 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐝. 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬.❞

⎯⎯ ୨ Iris ୧ ⎯⎯
Iris has been through the wringer, yet she is still standing. She is the epitome of a strong-willed, intelligent, and relentlessly loyal lead character. She was written to represent all the girls who are aware of the magic that lies within words. Who find freedom and tranquility in writing. Iris is a character who is often dwelling in alternate realities but ultimately lives her own passionately. She didn’t let other people’s opinions and beliefs get in the way of her own. Even Dacre, an outright God, couldn’t sway her steadfast devotion to Enva.

↳ Roman ༉‧₊
Roman is my roman empire. If you have any claims or disputes against him, the only thing I can say to you is:

❝𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫.❞

Anything I could say to defend him, couldn’t surpass this quote. His love for Iris was unscathed by the turbulent war around them. Roman's love for Iris was an unbreakable vow, it was durable and everlasting. Roman was gifted and in a class of his own with regard to writing and sowing words together in a way that revealed his exclusive and unreserved love for Iris. He is a welcome reminder that genuine and tangible love does exist, even if it's fictional and written by a women.

❛ ━━･❪ Iris + Roman ❫ ･━━ ❜
The relationship between Roman and Iris is my most treasured emblem of love. The very second I started Divine Rivals, I became wholly attached to the romantic and unprejudiced letters they wrote to each other. I will forever be entranced by the fact that Roman and Iris first fell for each other's words and innermost thoughts. Instead of the way they appeared on the outside or for what they proclaimed fit of themselves to show the world. Roman and Iris first loved the raw and authentic archives of each other's heart and mind. If that is not love at its finest, then I don't know what is.

❝𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝* 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞.❞ ...more

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Dec 27, 2023 lauren rated it it was ok

update: after further thought, the five star rating was impulsive and this actually wasnt that great 💔 romaniris is still superior but this book just wasnt necessary imo

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oh my GOD. speechless. this was perfect. i will never shut up about romaniris.

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Apr 24, 2024 arkhmtodd rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Mar 01, 2024 morgan rated it really liked it

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Jun 03, 2024 lau rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: owned, 2024-reads

Já a leitura do final da duologia foi mais arrebatador ainda do que o primeiro livro, o desenvolvimento do universo e da guerra foi sensacional. Ainda melhor do que o Primeiro Livro.

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Jul 05, 2025 Salma ੈ✩‧₊˚ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: next-buy

How do I give this a 10 stars

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May 20, 2024 ☆ smr.reads ☆ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance, magic-stuff, pretty-covers, sad-books, five-star-reads, fantasy-dystopian

~ five stars 🌟
ahhhh i loved this so much!!! i’m so sad the series is over but i’m happy that roman and iris are happy and safe and there’s no worries.

characters:
- iris winnow: love her so much, light academia queen 👑, i feel so bad for her but also am really jealous of her (marrying a writer is my dreamm)
- roman kitt: king of my heart!! i was so scared for him but im so glad he’s ok now!! literally in my top 10 book men he’s ♥️that good♥️!!
- attie (thea attwood): love her, iconic, wish i got t ...more

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