With no money, no mean to any end she is trying to keep “the family boat” for drowning while drown with it. By the last few chapters, this story will take grasp of your heart, seep into your bones, and trigger intense feelings of longing until the second novel is in your hands. He didn’t bother to pick the pencil up for her, and she swallowed a curse as she bent down to retrieve it, noticing the spit polish of his shoes. I had a book that was “50/50” on my hands, and I wasn’t sure what to do with it after the first draft. Her life is falling apart cause of the war and she never been more alone and still holding on tide for her dreams and for be the person her brother and her mom would be proud of.

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But there’s also a small voice in the back of my mind, a voice that tells me, ‘You will miss so much by being so guarded. Told from the perspective of Greek gods, Lovely War is a story about love and war, a perfect fit for fans of Divine Rivals.

Reading about Iris and Roman left me speechless and i kept wanting to shake each of them as they spoke to each other and i found myself wishing i had a physical arc of this so i can annotate it properly. Zeb Autry, her boss, was walking by, and he tapped the edge of her cubicle with his golden ringed fingers. She was still absently staring in that direction when Sarah Prindle stepped into her field of vision. I think those who don’t are fools, risking the pain of being wounded by the sharp edges of the world, over and over again. A big thanks to Wednesday Books and NetGalley for the e-ARC in exchange for my honest, unbiased review.

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The romance is urgent, swoony, and steeped in the strong principles and moral compasses of the young lovers. When he sat at his desk, she settled in the wingback chair across from him, resisting the urge to crack her knuckles. An adult character, bereft with the loss of her son, falls into alcohol addiction, loses her job, and dies. The way he knew that he would have to come to her and make her love him outside the letters is so daring, swooning!

He had been gone all day, to her relief, but he now had that annoying bounce in his stride, as if he were teeming with words he needed to spill across the page. But I realize that people are just people, and they carry their own set of fears, dreams, desires, pains, and mistakes.

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If you’re looking for a Book that captures the essence of war in Divine Rivals, coupled with a breathtaking romance and a story full of high stakes and tension, this trilogy is an absolute must-read. This YA historical fiction with a touch of fantasy…will appeal to fans of mythology combined with everyday life as well as enemies-to-lovers romance.He continued to stand by her cubicle, watching her set down her tapestry bag and her mangled high heel like it was a badge of honor. together with Fourth Wing, they have taken the book community by storm, and readers all over the world are eager to read similar books. Strong themes of courage, friendship, integrity, and keeping your promises -- as a foundation for everything that matters in life and love. She folded it and tucked it away in her small tapestry bag, knotting the drawstrings before she scooped up her broken shoe. The strong cast of supporting characters includes a young Black, female war correspondent and two women who are married to each other (one fighting in the army and the other offering a haven to the journalists).

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To plead her case, she begins to tell the story of these two couples that happened 30 years earlier. Iris jumped at Zeb’s voice, turning to see him standing nearby with a scowl, trying to read what she had typed. Picture: warring gods, a magical wardrobe the two MC’s can (somewhat anonymously) pass letters through, a sentient house, lost loved ones, and a beautiful romance.

The tension is just top-notch, and you can feel that this is going to be the slowest of slow burns… with a perfect ending that involves one of my favorite tropes. It not only features an incredible slow-burn forbidden romance but also blends political intrigues, the chaos of wartime and high-stakes. Whether you love fantasy romance, mythology , or academic rivals to lovers books, follow Iris and Roman in this young adult series that fans of Fourth Wingare devouring.