Letters of Enchantment Book 1: Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

 

Letters of Enchantment Book 1

When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths of hell, in a war among gods, to seal their fate forever.

After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again. But eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow just wants to hold her family together. Her mother is suffering from addiction and her brother is missing from the front lines. Her best bet is to win the columnist promotion at the Oath Gazette.

To combat her worries, Iris writes letters to her brother and slips them beneath her wardrobe door, where they vanish—into the hands of Roman Kitt, her cold and handsome rival at the paper. When he anonymously writes Iris back, the two of them forge a connection that will follow Iris all the way to the front lines of battle: for her brother, the fate of mankind, and love.

Shadow and Bone meets Lore in Rebecca Ross's Divine Rivals, an epic enemies-to-lovers fantasy novel filled with hope and heartbreak, and the unparalleled power of love.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60784546-divine-rivals

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My Review: 5/5 Stars

I’ve been seeing this book pop up on my radar for months! And then I saw a sequel was coming and figured let me wait until that one is out because I’m sure there is going to be some sort of cliffhanger that will make me wish I had the next book immediately. And yes, that proved to be true. And the hype about this book is well deserved. This was such a great read! A war between two gods leads to mortals caught in the crossfire and forced to fight. While the book has magic, there is a historical feel to it as well. And it follows our main characters Iris and Roman. Iris is desperate for her brother to return from the war he enlisted in months ago. It is just her and her mother, who is an addict to who seems to slip further away every day. To hold everything together, she drops out of school and works for the Oath Gazette in the hopes of becoming a columnist. But it won’t be easy against Roman Kitt. Her competition and rival and the person she can’t help but feel connected to. They’ll exchange witty banter and keep the other on their toes. And when Iris isn’t in the office, she is at home typing letters to her brother. Letters that disappear when she puts them in her wardrobe. Perhaps it is wishful thinking to think her brother is receiving the letters, but reality comes crashing down when she gets a reply telling her that he isn’t Forrest. Roman Kitt has known since the first letter he received in his room that Iris is on the other side. He is conflicted to tell her or not, but doesn’t wish to embarrass her. And then one day he decides to reply. His identity is a secret from her, but he can’t help but fall for her more each day as they continue to exchange letters and he reads her words. But then a tragedy strikes. And the next thing Roman knows, Iris is gone from the paper. Gone to the front lines of the war as a reporter. And… well it’s only a matter of time until he follows her. Because if there is anything he knows after so much has happened, is that he wants Iris by his side. I really, really loved this book. The writing style was great, I adored Iris and Roman. Opposites in so many ways yet they matched. They balanced one another. And it was clear how strong their feelings for one another are. The story ends with me only wanting to grab the next book. Because I just have to know how their story ends!