I’m very glad I reread divine rivals first, it got me back into it all and let me get invested in the war and the hardships they all faced. I also fell in love with iris and roman’s love story all over again.

However whilst DR was a love story, Ruthless Vows was about the war. I think a lot of people expected more of a love story again and might have been distracted but personally, I expected this and did enjoy learning more of Dacre and seeing the under realm and exploring that side of the war. I liked that we got more enchanted letters and that the story moved to using them to make a difference in the war as well as letting their love shine through them. I appreciated the romance aspect and that it didn’t regress or start over but gave us the richer after-marriage dynamic.

I really enjoyed spending more time with the side characters and getting invested in them; Tobias, Helena, even Prindle. The moment near the end where we saw what happened to them was so emotional.

I also really loved that Iris and Attie were the ones who stood up at the end, and that Roman had a completely different journey but it was just as essential. The writing was just beautiful and evoked so much feeling, especially the end in Oath 🥺 I think this was the perfect ending to their story, the war and all the side characters we’ve come to love.