# Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

### Divine Rivals

**Rebecca Ross** · Letters of Enchantment, book 1 of 2 (complete) · [https://houseofareader.com/books/divine-rivals](https://houseofareader.com/books/divine-rivals)

Two rival journalists write to each other through an enchanted typewriter without knowing who is on the other end, while a war between gods swallows the countryside. Old-fashioned in the best sense, and the letters are genuinely lovely.

- Spice: 1/5 — A door, closed. Closed door throughout. The intimacy is entirely in the correspondence.
- Romance prominence: 5/5
- Plot: 4/5
- Worldbuilding: 4/5
- Darkness: 3/5
- Writing craft: 5/5
- Burn: slow
- Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, slow-burn, forbidden-romance, he-falls-first
- Creatures: gods, humans
- Setting: A war-torn country modelled on the 1920s
- POV: third person, dual
- Ending: happy ever after, ends on a cliffhanger
- Audience: ya
- Content warnings: war, death, injury, alcoholism
- Best for: Readers who want rivals-to-lovers with no spice and prose worth slowing down for.
- Last verified: 2026-08-28

## Sources

- https://openlibrary.org/search?q=Divine+Rivals+Rebecca+Ross

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