Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

640 reviews

sparksofkell's review against another edition

Young YA. Info dumps without enough exploration of motives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, Alcoholism, and Classism

Moderate: Suicide, Abandonment, and War

mariahlynnpeck's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book, keeps you invested to the end. It keeps you hooked and is such an easy read. Iris and Roman are fated to be together it feels like especially through the history of their typewriters but the way it leaves you hanging leaves you to ponder how will it all end?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Violence, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism and Abandonment

startjpw23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book is a dark fantasy romance. It is set in an alternate earth around the time of World War I. It is set in the fictional city of Oath. It stars Iris Winnow and Roman Kitt. They are 18 at the beginning of the book. The are two reporters at a local paper who are in a competition to become a columnist at the paper. They are fierce rivals. There were 5 gods in this world. It was thought that they all died. Two of them, Dacre and Enva were actually asleep. They wake up. Before they went to sleep, they were at war with one another. After they wake up, they continue the war. The war is fought by humans who join one or the other side. Iris's brother Forest enlists in the army of Enva. This breaks Iris's mother who loses her job. Iris has to quit school. She gets a job at the paper to support her mother and herself. Roman is a child of wealth. His father is new wealth and wants to be respected by old wealth. The story goes from there. I enjoyed the fantasy elements. I thought there was good world building. I thought the romance developed in a way that was realistic. The book did a real good job of presenting the horrors of war. The book is beautifully written. I did find it was a little too poetic at points. I recommend this book for someone who is looking for a dark fantasy romance with appealing lead and supporting characters. Look up content warnings if you find graphic descriptions of war upsetting. I will definitely read more books from the author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death of parent

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, War, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

the_clueless_tourist's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Child death

susiemarie1111's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

The romance is off the charts for me in this one. It's a good break from very physically driven romances as the main characters fall for each other through their

letters

.  I cried multiple times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood

lee_s's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Grief

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

andysanzz_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Addiction, Violence, War, Child death, Death, and Grief

_rowantree_'s review against another edition

medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This book touched on some really big themes. I felt like it was trying to be deep and poetic but it didn’t really land for me. I’ll probably listen to a future sequel if it comes to my library, as there were interesting ideas there that may be fleshed out more convincingly in the future

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

readsbymoonlight's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Grief

Moderate: Blood and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Child death