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Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

Rebecca Ross

Start date: January 1, 2024

Finish date: January 31, 2024

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Jun 23, 2023 akacya ❦ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: format-physical, own, genre-fantasy, audience-young-adult, favorites

2023 reads: 200/350

iris’s brother left to serve in the war months ago, and iris has not heard anything back since. she spends her days at the paper, where she tries to win a promotion over her rival, roman. at night, she types up letters to her missing brother that he’ll never see…but when those letters start disappearing, and letters by someone else start magically appearing, it’s clear that someone does.

i always love letter-writing aspects in books so i was interested to see how this would pla ...more

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Sep 19, 2024 Ashley Lewis rated it it was amazing

“The days to come will only grow darker. And when you find something good? You hold on to it. You don't waste time worrying about things that won't even matter in the end. Rather, you take a risk for that light.”

Iris is just trying to support her family, her brother has gone to serve in the war between Gods and her mother has fallen into depression and alcoholism once her son is assumed to be missing in action. Iris is competing for a columnist position to care for her family and is up against t ...more

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Apr 07, 2024 Marta Conejo added it · review of another edition

Empecé la novela sin saber mucho de ella, y admito que me ha gustado mucho.
Toda la parte epistolar me ha parecido muy curiosa, y la trama muy bien llevada, ágil pero sin estar constantemente en tensión.
Lo he pasado un poco peor al final, porque hay varias decisiones que, aunque entiendo que tenían que ser tomadas para que la trama fuera por la línea que va, me parecen un poco raras. Si lo estás leyendo y no quieres SPOILERS, para aquí

Que el hermano de Iris la arrastre fuera del pueblo es creíble ...more

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Jun 27, 2023 Katy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

There was so much more to this story than I expected in every facet. I am in love with what we know of the magic system, and I hope that's developed more in the next one. I loved every single character in their own way. The world-building was so good that I feel like I could find my way around these places on my own. Just beautiful. I'm definitely going back to read more of this author's work now. ...more

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May 24, 2024 Thecritic rated it liked it

Shelves: in-library

Happening in a mythical world that Gods have awaken from deep sleep and are fighting each other to the death of all mortal beings,

In a Victorian time,

It's about two rivals for a position as a journalist. They are magically connected and fall in love, obviously.

I love the writing, and the setting, but the characters are so cliche. A very handsome, rich, talented, boy and a very poor, pitiful, hardworking girl.

I don't understand why they fall in love! I think it's mostly through their Twitter (X) ...more

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