Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, 2023
Two rival reporters in a city of dead gods race for one columnist job—and begin writing letters neither knows the other is reading. A lyrical, witty rivalry slowly turns into longing, with ambition and wartime stakes keeping the pace tense.
Feels like longing and hope. About ambition, love and war.
Who it’s for
You may like it if you enjoy YA fantasy romances built on rival reporters, anonymous letters, and gods at war. The wartime setting and dead-god mythology can feel bleak beside the witty banter.
Why read it
It gives you a charged, letter-driven romance and a newsroom rivalry, with the gods' war pressing in around both.
A page from the book
Whose offhand verdict about you did you overhear and never forget?
It hadn’t taken long for Iris to learn what he truly thought of her. In fact, it had taken only half an hour after she had first met Roman. She had overheard him saying to one of the editors, “She’ll give me no competition. None at all. She dropped out of Windy Grove School in her final year.” Rebecca Ross.Divine Rivals was published in April 2023; its sequel, Ruthless Vows, arrived that December—an unusually quick follow-up for a duology.
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Questions readers ask
- Is Divine Rivals for me?
- You may like it if you enjoy YA fantasy romances built on rival reporters, anonymous letters, and gods at war. The wartime setting and dead-god mythology can feel bleak beside the witty banter.
- What is Divine Rivals like?
- A lyrical, witty rivalry slowly turns into longing, with ambition and wartime stakes keeping the pace tense. Feels like longing and hope. About ambition, love and war.
- What should I read after Divine Rivals?
- If you liked Divine Rivals, try Check & Mate (Ali Hazelwood), The Selection (Kiera Cass) and Tower of Dawn (Sarah J. Maas).
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