I was very eager to continue reading Iris and Roman’s story in Ruthless Vows, especially considering how the ending of Divine Rivals had me wanting to throw my book through a window… (actually my sister’s book…) I had to know what happened to Iris and Roman!

I stand by my previous statement that Roman Carver Kitt is the most romantic character. How can we not love him and his devotion to Iris? I loved the letter writing between him and Iris in the beginning of the book and I wish there was more of that. I loved the full circle moment as they wrote back and forth “anonymously.” I loved how brave, bold, and inspiring Roman and Iris were. They would do anything for each other. Nothing mattered without the other. I actually thought it was a beautiful portrayal of a marriage. There was so much I loved about this story!

There are things that left me with more questions than answers when it came to the plot line though. What’s up with these gods? And this war they think they need to wage? It seemed to be a little extreme. I kept waiting for some twist or major revelation that would explain their behavior a little more but that never came. So, the whole war–the death and destruction–felt a little senseless to me. It was fairly entertaining to read, it’s just that if I think about it too hard, I’ve got a lot of questions… I wasn’t convinced Enva was the good god. She seemed shady to me.

I highly recommend reading this duology. The writing is amazing! The author is so talented. The side characters were great. The jury’s still out on Forest for me, but I digress. I loved how the chapters in this book had names. It seems like so many books just use numbers or characters names for POV for their chapters so it was fun to have a chapter name hinting at what takes place in the next pages. Not sure I’ll recover anytime soon, so wish me luck finding another book to read.