Reviewed on Goodreads: “ A gorgeous, heartbreaking origin story to the Divine Rivals series. Matilda and Vincent’s journey is both tragic and breathtaking, while opening up the realms of Enva and Dacre in a way that makes the entire world feel more vivid and alive.
Ross masterfully weaves new lore with familiar threads, giving the gods humanity and adding layers of meaning to the series. An unforgettable read — and one I highly recommend to every Divine Rivals fan.”

Rebecca Ross is truly the queen of writing ethereally beautiful love stories 💕 Although pacing was a little slow at times, I loved this story full of breaking expectations and striving to always do what is right. The little snippet of Easter eggs throughout to divine rivals was fun as well!

I waited for the tears to dry before typing this review.

The Letters of Enchantment duology has been on my TBR for ages—but now? I’m diving in headfirst. This world, brimming with magical nuance and aching emotion, completely captivated me. I want more.

Reading Wild Reverence felt like stumbling across a forgotten love letter: tender, aching, and impossible to put down. The prose is lush and evocative, stirring emotions I didn’t expect. No way should I be this anxious, angry, and melancholic over fictional ink and paper… and yet.

At its heart, this is Matilda and Vincent’s story: a god-child with untapped power and the boy who met her in dreams. What begins as innocence slowly evolves into something divine and devastating. Their relationship unfolds in a world of waste doors, dreamscapes, and fragile alliances, woven together with threads of found family and slow-burning, soul-deep love.

Wild Reverence is more than a romantasy. It’s a story about becoming, belonging, and the quiet moments that change everything.

5 stars. I’ll be thinking about this one for a long time.

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read Wild Reverence.

*Same review on Goodreads and Fable

Thank you SOO much to the publisher and to netgalley! I was very hesitant to read this book after loving the letters of enchantment duology and not loving a River Enchanted. However, this one blew my mind with Rebecca Ross's writing and how atmospheric it was. The star crossed lovers trope works so well for Matilda and Vincent and I couldn't stop reading. I did find the first 20% hard to get into and very slow but WOW it. picked up and I am obsessed. The romance amazing, the characters amazing and the setting amazing! 4.5*

Wild Reverence was a beautiful story of love that transcends mortal bounds. However, if this book was not marketed as a prequel to the Divine Rivals duology, I would have struggled to push through the middle section of the book. The epilogue was a wonderful way to connect the prequel to the duology, and it wrapped the novel up in a satisfying way. The middle portion of the plot, while filled with action, moved a little too slowly for my liking. Rebecca Ross writes wonderful romances between main characters, so I was disappointed to have the main characters separated for a majority of the book. When Vincent and Matilda were together, I felt their love for each other and wanted to read more. Overall, a good novel that fits well into the series it precedes.

*4.5 stars*

First off, I love Rebecca's writing. She has such a way of it being beautiful and prophetic while still having such good characters and development. This one definitely felt long. It felt like it was 800 pages but not necessarily in a bad way there's just a lot to it. It's a book that I slowly absorbed and I'm glad I didn't try to rush through it. I soaked it in and savored the characters growth! The romance was so precious and I loved their slow build. I found myself rooting for them so much and wanting to protect them at all costs.

I found myself so invested in these characters! there's so much to the story and I kept thinking I was farther along because it just felt so intense at moments. I loved the audiobook and found it so easy to just get absorbed into! the duel narration was so perfect! I am really glad that she did go with first person pov.

I wouldn't say this is a crazy action packed thrilling book but at the same time sometimes that's better. It's got wonderful riding and beautiful characters! And I absolutely loved the ending! I love seeing how it connected to the divine rivals series too!!I will say divine rivals is still my favorite but I really did enjoy this one and I'm glad I didn't try to blast through it.

I feel as if I’ve just finished a marathon. This book took me almost a month to read- part of that was my life but part was the pace. This book is so beautifully written, but very slow. Divine Rivals is one of my favourite duologies, and I loved a bit of backstory on the gods- I just felt that I didn’t need almost 600 pages. That’s honestly the only reason it wasn’t a 5 for me- I’m hovering around a 4.25. I’d absolutely recommend it, and I’ll read anything Rebecca Ross writes. Thank you to Saturday books for the advanced copy.

An absolutely beautiful love story- this one is for fans of poetic prose and dreamy characters. I listened to the audiobook as well- the narrators were terrific. This is a wonderful book for an immersive reading experience.

Rebecca Ross has such a beautiful way of crafting the most romantic stories and this one was no exception. It was a great addition to her ever expanding world and I can’t wait to put a copy on my shelf!

What does Rebecca Ross write that isn't magically wonderful. I simply could not put this book down, it completely sucked me in from the beginning. This book has romance, betrayals, quests and so much more. I loved the lyrical writing done by Rebecca, I would highly recommend this book forever and have really really enjoyed it. The character development and descriptions are above par. The planning and plot of the story flows with ease. The magical system is explained in depth. The characters are complex and not flat or boring. Reading this book pulled all the emotions and was never a moment I wanted to put it down.

A beautiful addition to the world of the Letters of Enchantment, with another epic love story full of flowery prose typical of Rebecca Ross. Though it can be read and enjoyed completely independently. I just didn't like it as much as Divine Rivals, and for the first time I thought that Ross went a little heavy on the metaphors and the descriptions of smells. But that's my only gripe. I loved Matilda and Vincent's personalities, and the complicated relationships between the Gods. To be honest I felt wanting more, especially when it came to Enva's story: we might know it already, but seeing the demise of the Gods unfold would be so interesting. Anyway, I wouldn't mind another book in that world.

”My home is your home. My arms are a haven for you to rest. My last name is yours if you desire it. I will love you to my grave, and even beyond it, when the mists welcome me, when I am hopefully very old and gray and grouchy and have spent the seasons beside you when you are here and dreaming of you when you are gone.”

Rebecca Ross, why do you always do this to me?!? 😭❤️‍🩹 I have more of her books on my shelf, and I need to read them asap, because honestly, how beautifully she writes is just insane. I highlighted so many lines in this book, I just could not get enough.

A little bit longer of a story, but the Letters of Enchantment duology is one of my favorites, so getting a prologue to that was interesting. I also loved that, while it lead into the other books, this was completely a story of its own. I adored Matilda and Vincent- so many different people and relationships to love throughout this one. But also quite a bit of action and magic. If you read and enjoyed Divine Rivals & Ruthless Vows, definitely take time to read this one! If you haven’t read the others yet, feel free to start here! (Although I do think the epilogue hits a little harder if you’ve already read the other books)

This was one of my most anticipated reads of the year, so BIG thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the eARC!

4.5 💫 Maybe rounding up to 5!?

I liked this one!! It took me until about the 30% mark to get hooked but then it started coming together. It is a prequel to divine rivals/ruthless vows, but could also be read as a standalone light fantasy. If you haven’t read Divine Rivals yet, I’d read this one first!
Gives me similar vibes as One Dark Window & Knight and the Moth. 4 stars!!!

Copy was provided to me by NetGalley in exchange for review ✨

This book was great, I enjoyed learning about the gods and the history of the skywards and underlings. The characters are written really well. I loved Mathilda and all of the trials she overcame, but stayed true to who she was.

Rebecca Ross is my favorite author so I was incredibly excited to get an ARC of Wild Reverence from Netgalley. For me Wild Reverence exemplified everything I love about Rebecca Ross: incredible writing, layered and fascinating characters, and a world that I continue to want to dig into. I love how Wild Reverence expanded the world of Letters of Enchantment, but didn't show us a story that we might have expected. Vincent and Matilda's story drew me in and I know I'm going to be going back to Wild Reverence again and again.

Thank you to Netgalley and Saturday Books for the eARC.

I truly loved this book. Divine Rivals is my favorite book of all time, so I might be a little biased, but getting to see more of the mythology from the Divine Rivals world was everything I hoped for. The story of Matilda and Vincent was so beautifully told and kept me completely invested from start to finish. Like Rebecca Ross’s other novels, this doesn’t feel like a typical fantasy and truly one of a kind.

LOVED everything about this. Rebecca Ross has quickly become a must-read for me. So clever and well done, and was so glad to be back in this world.

Couldn’t finish this one, DNFed at 60% this one was an interesting premise but moved so slowly. I’m actually so sad I didn’t like this one 😞

This book is absolutely fantastic. I loved getting to know more about the lore and Gods of Divine Rival. Rebecca Ross is a brilliant writer and an author I will buy every single time! Thank you to Netgalley for this advanced copy.

Rebecca Ross brings us back to the world of Divine rivals where there are two types of gods and goddesses: some that live above or skyward and some that live below. Matilda is the first goddess of both realms. She is a Harold of the gods and a lesser goddess. As a new goddess, Matilda's position in her world is fraught, relying on allegiances and alliances in order to prevent the other gods and goddesses from trying to steal her power and life to enrich themselves. As she makes herself known in this complex and dangerous world, she must decide whether to be loved among mortal kind or feared.

Matilda's world is thrown off balance when she is tasked with delivering a message from death to the mortal boy whose once upon a time with the help of her ally she could help him conquer his nightmares. This boy who has since become a man has hardened his heart to the gods and his trust for Matilda, which was once absolute is now gone. As Matilda weighs into mortal warfare for him, the truth about her origins and her powers begins to come to light and despite it all she finds that her love for this mortal boy could change everything.

I don’t know what Rebecca Ross puts into her books, but they are so addictive to read. Her books are not brief so you’re in for quite the wild ride. This book takes place in the same universe with the same magic rules as divine rivals although the world is more flushed out on the sides of the gods and the goddesses than what we knew about in divine rivals.

The love between Vincent and Matilda while forbidden and brimming with tension absolutely captivated my heart but how can love between an immortal being and mortal ever end in anything but tragedy? A Hallmark of the romance genre is a happily ever after which posed the question of how would she give us a happily ever after. While I would say it is maybe not the most conventional happily ever after I do say that she was able to nail this one and also answer a lot of questions that the other Divine rivals' book had set out for us. I also feel it left the door open in order for her to possibly come back and continue to explore this world and its unique magic system. I would love to spend more time here and I am itching for the real story of Adria and the god of war from their POV.

If you’re a fan of vibrantly detailed settings, morally grey immortals who maybe aren't so different from our darkest selves and a forbidden love story that defies it all, then I think you will also love this book. I cannot recommend this one highly enough.