I went into this expecting not to like it as I didn’t think the gods added anything to the first book and even took away from it. Felt meh about the book for 51 chapters. After finishing this book I believe this should of been a standalone and not a duology. The gods felt so out of place at the end of the first book and I feel like they should have been apart of an entire different book. The ending of Divine Rivals and this book honestly feels like an AU fanfic. 

I would skip this book and view Divine Rivals as a standalone it doesn’t add anything to it.

If this wasn’t a sequel to Divine Rivals I would probably give this a 4 star but because it is I can’t hide my disappointment or the fact that I’m going to pretend this sequel doesn’t exist.