Britta has only wanted one thing since saving King Aodren — to live a life of peace in her childhood home. Unfortunately, saving the king has created a tether between them that she cannot sever and neither of them can ignore. What she doesn’t understand is why he can feel the tether too.
Aodren is calling on her regularly, as if he were her suitor. He’s even insisting on making her a noble lady, but Britta doesn’t want the attention or the status. There are people who want to use Britta’s power for evil, and if Britta cannot find a way to harness her new Channeler powers and her connection with the king, her life and her country may be lost.
To be honest, I didn’t go into this book with high expectations and found that I was neither disappointed nor blown away. Ever the Brave was definitely a more enjoyable book for me than its predecessor, Ever the Hunted, and I will probably read the third book since I own it. I still found it left something to be desired, though — especially when it introduced the drama of an unnecessary love triangle — but it had other attributes that I loved seeing, including male characters who showed gentlemanly restraint and genuine respect for the female protagonist.
Rated: Mild, for around 20 uses of mild language and a few uses of moderate language. Characters kiss, sometimes passionately. A girl strips a man naked and lies on top of him to ward off hypothermia, which is awkward to read, but details remain vague. Violence plays a large part in the plot and features mass poisoning, blood, and death. Despite the amount of violence, though, it’s surprisedly not graphic.
