This week, author Rebecca Ross announced on her Instagram that her popular 2023 YA fantasy novel, Divine Rivals, is in the process of being adapted into a film by Paramount Pictures. Ross expressed excitement that Sofia Alvarez, scriptwriter for the To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before film series, would be writing the script for the film.
Excitement for the Adaptation
“I could not be more thrilled and I’m honored that Sofia Alvarez will be writing the script.”
— Rebecca Ross, in her Instagram post
The Book That Started It All
Divine Rivals is the first novel in Ross’s young adult romantasy duology, Letters of Enchantment. It centers around two rival journalists — Iris Winnow and Roman Kitt — who write about a war between two gods, Dacre and Enva. Iris’ brother is a soldier who has gone missing on the front lines, and Iris begins writing letters to him and slipping them under the wardrobe door, a method used by Iris and her family in the past.
Thinking the letters would just pile up in the closet, the letters instead appear unknowingly in Roman Kitt’s wardrobe. Anonymously, he begins writing her back, and the two form a relationship that Iris carries with her to the front lines.
Praise for the Book
Divine Rivals won the Goodreads Choice Award 2023 for Best Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction and spent 125 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. It grew to fame through BookTok and Bookstagram and is rated 4.16 stars on Goodreads.
Ross has promised more news to come, but in the meantime, she will serve as an executive producer on the project.
“I’m honored to have such an incredible team for this project, and I’m also very excited to come onboard as executive producer.”
— Rebecca Ross, in her Instagram post
More to Read from Ross
Ross is also releasing a new adult standalone novel set in the same fantasy world as Divine Rivals. Titled Wild Reverence, it will be released on September 2nd.
On June 4th, 2025, Ross announced its midnight release party, which will be held on September 1st at 10 pm at the Barnes & Noble in Union Square, New York City.
With this breaking book news, the message is clear for fans of Rebecca Ross: it’s time to break out your copies of Divine Rivals. You’ve got some reading to do!
For Bookstr’s thoughts about Divine Rivals, click here.
Ross’ books and more can be found on our Fantasy Lovers Paradise: Epics, Romances, and More! shelf at Bookshop.
