Ruthless Vows

This was such an adorable, and kind of emotionally demanding, book. It was a surprise, taking a darker and more matured turn from Divine Rivals. Iris grew up, Roman had his fair share of battling and scars.

In the end, with all their pain, they ended uo together just as they had wanted.

Shoutout to Forest and Prindle, underrated lovelies. I wish they had longer lives but their end was so beautiful, if death could be described as such.

4.5 stars!

I'm happy to report that, in comparison to the previous book, I'm far more satisfied with this one and its plot. There is more depiction of the gods and battle.

As of right now, I can understand the marriage and the hurried romance in the first book. It was necessary for the entire "I'm-your-wife" revelation, and I admit that this book didn't have a lot of time for weddings.

Over the course of this novel, I really came to like Forrest, so I'm quite upset that he got killed off.

This book is an emotional rollercoaster. The first half is a slow ascent of knowing you're getting closer to the point where everything tips into a rush to the end.

Rebecca Ross writes beautifully, and this book managed to do two things well that I was worried about. First, she was able to recreate some of the magic of Iris and Roman falling for each other's words. Second, even when separated, you get a sense of their connection. The story didn't drag with them apart.

If you enjoyed the first book, you'll likely like the conclusion. It feels complete.

OMG i hate to have to give it two stars. This was like my most anticipated book everr after DR. However... Here me out:

Pros: the writing style. Definitely beautiful, yet easy to follow prose. Flowery and sweet throughout. The audiobook is fantastic, same voices as DR and they are absolutely perfect.

Now for the cons:
The worldbuilding. Now a lot of ppl complained that there was not enough worldbuilding in DR. Well, there it is. We get the gods and waaay too much about them, as characters, yet i couldnt really care and it was so very long and dragged. I had to skim to finish some parts.

Our main characters development. Iris wasn't great. I get it that the world got bigger, but her choices were off. And boring. Roman was better, but it seemed imbalanced how he kept pinning for Iris and she's going around minding her business.

The side characters, they took a lot of page, but at the same time not enough, maybe more of them and less from the gods?

The lord of the rings epilogues. It felt like this book ended about three times over.

I would totally read moee books from rebecca ross, but this sequel was not for me