Multiple Battles

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross is a combination of love story and fantasy. It’s set in a time of warring gods, fantastical creatures and magic.

Iris and Roman are competing for a columnist position at their local paper. However, Iris is distracted by more important issues. Her brother left to fight in the war, and his absence sent her mother into a downward spiral. Iris’s only comfort is using her grandmother’s old typewriter to write letters to her missing brother. One day she magically receives a response letter, but it’s not from her brother.

Iris puts this blossoming pen pal relationship on hold when she decides to switch newspapers as a war reporter. Roman decides to follow her to their outpost. The remainder of the book details their interactions and involvement in war as well as their budding relationship.

This is a well written story. It leaves off with a cliffhanger to entice readers into reading its sequel.