Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment #2) by Rebecca Ross

"The "frenemies, slow burn" build-up of Iris/Roman's relationship was what hooked me in Divine Rivals. The war between the Gods was more in the background. The fact that the War is more prominent in Ruthless Vows and the Gods themselves are characters took away from the story. I felt like Ross tried too hard and this story fell flat, sadly."

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Pros: There were some deeply intense scenes between Roman/Iris and their love story is what intrigued me in the first book.

Cons: What hooked me in the first book was the tension between Roman/Iris, the war between Enva and Dacre was, to me, background noise. The fact that Dacre/Enva and their magic becomes more important in this story, I'm not sure why but it just didn't quite work for me.

Full Review: ***Disclaimer-If you’ve not read Divine Rivals by Ross, please go and so so and then come back and read this at your leisure. That way you’ll know what I’m talking about.***

***Spoilers Ahead***

This book starts off only a few short weeks after the climactic conclusion of Divine Rivals. Everything's up in the air, including Roman's fate. Iris is trying her best to acclimate to life again with her brother having returned to her and there's still work still to be done at the Inkridden Tribune. The war is still raging and Iris is determined to report the truth.

Roman, on the other hand, survived the attack on Avalon Bluff and Dacre healed him, to earn his loyalty. He's lost, with no memory of who he is or what's happened. All he knows is that he's alive and Dacre wants him to work for him as a correspondent. He wants him to tell the world his side of the war, his side of the story.

Meanwhile, Enva's sneaking around Oath, pulling some strings of her own.

What hooked me with Divine Rivals was the "Frenemies/slow burn build-up for Roman and Iris' relationship. And though there were some really great moments at the beginning but as the story progressed, it became tedious and overdone. The ending was supposed to hit hard but honestly, I found myself just tired of it all and ready for it to be done.

This book was a sad disappointment compared to its predecessor.

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