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Young Adult · 2023 · PG

Divine Rivals

by Rebecca Ross

Two rival journalists exchange letters with the gods of war and discover that the person answering their prayers is each other.

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 an

For10+GenreYoung AdultLength360 pagesRead time~9 hours

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Violence

Some

Fantasy war violence in the WWI-inspired setting

Language

Barely any

Mild language appropriate for YA

Sexual Content

Barely any

Brief romantic content between the rivals

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

Barely any

Themes of love, war, and finding hope through correspondence in dark times

What this book is about

Rebecca Ross's 2023 Goodreads Choice Award winner for YA Fantasy features a WWI-inspired world where gods are real and two rivals fall in love through enchanted letters. Violence is fantasy war level. Appropriate for older teens.

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Fantasy war violence

WWI-inspired setting

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