Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross

 

Two weeks have passed since Iris returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over.

Roman is missing, lost behind enemy lines, with no memory of his past, or Iris. Hoping his memories return, he begins to write again – but this time for the enemy.

When a strange letter arrives through his wardrobe door, he strikes up a correspondence with a penpal who seems at once mysterious… and strangely familiar.

As their connection deepens, the two of them will risk their very hearts and futures to change the tides of the war.

After flying through Divine Rivals I wasted no time in downloading the second book in this duology, Ruthless Vows. In my opinion this isn’t a book you can read as a standalone you really need to have read Divine Rivals and met Iris and Roman to fully enjoy this book.

We pick right back up where the previous book left off. Iris is heartbroken and beside herself not knowing what happened to Roman after the battle. Roman however has been healed by the God Dacre but in doing so all his memories have gone. The book alternates between Roman and Iris’s points of views and this works well as we get to see the anticipation that those who are not following Dacre face and also get to see the plans as they unfold from Romans side.

What both of the books have in common is that they always have something going on and there are no low or slow parts in the book. We never quite know what is going to happen next and this is what kept me hooked as the story progressed.

This book was really enjoyable but didn’t quite have the exciting spark as the first book had. I loved the communication between Iris and Roman through the letters in book one and although the author tried to recreate this in book two it kind of feel short. This book was finished off perfectly and worked really well as a duology.

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