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whovianpnw's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
books4susie's review against another edition
5.0
In this conclusion to Britta’s story, the action picks up quickly from the first book. The story is told in three different points of view; Britta, Cohen, and Aodren. With the bond broken between her and Cohen, Britta must deal with her new bond to Aodren now that she has saved his life. As the battle for Malam grows, Britta discovers that what she knows about her life isn't the truth. Her world is turned upside down as struggles to learn who she truly is.
Needless to say, the book was an excellent wrap up to Britta’s story. The next book Once a King will be out on December 14th, 2018 and will be the third book in the series focusing on Lirra and Aodren.
Needless to say, the book was an excellent wrap up to Britta’s story. The next book Once a King will be out on December 14th, 2018 and will be the third book in the series focusing on Lirra and Aodren.
egurgens's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I think the end and the final battle is rushed, but the rest of the book has the perfect pace.
amym84's review against another edition
4.0
3.5
Originally posted at Vampire Book Club
After saving the King from an evil Spiriter, with her new and developing Channeler powers, Britta Flannery wants nothing more than to live peacefully in her little cabin near the Ever woods. This, however, is not in the cards for Britta as the King insists on properly thanking her for saving his life by making her a member of the nobility. At the end of Ever the Hunted Britta discovered that by saving the King’s life, she bound herself to him, and he to her, which effectively nulled the same binding that was formerly between herself and Cohen.
Speaking of Cohen. Britta’s love, best friend, and the King’s bounty hunter, has been gone for the past month searching for the Channeler who ensorcelled the King. While on his quest, he discovers a mysterious plot involving the disappearance of young female Channelers from Shaerdan.
When it becomes apparent that the plot also serves to bring the already tense relations between Shaerdan and Malam to a boiling point, again, Britta will have to figure out a way to harness her burgeoning magical abilities if she wants a chance to save the Kingdom and her heart.
Ever the Brave was a little tougher for me to get into than its predecessor. The mystery of the disappearing girls and the political upheaval that carried over from Ever the Hunted was where the book excelled for me. We also get a more in depth look at the magical aspects of the Channelers since not only are all the missing girls Channelers, but Britta begins to come more into her magic. Every occurrence of one of these things really drove the story forward for me.
What halted my progress, however, was the addition of the ubiquitous love triangle, which was introduced as a kind of cliffhanger at the end of Ever the Hunted. I was onboard for the hard-won romance between Britta and Cohen in the first book. They had just reunited after more than a year apart. I wanted to see them work on their relationship, I didn’t want a roadblock put in their way with lies and omissions thrown in on top. The idea that it’s the bond itself having heightened influence on all parties involved is brought up, and an interesting idea in my opinion, but that’s really all that’s mentioned about it. I mean if there was going to be a romantic choice thrown in there for Britta, I wanted a little more rumination on the topic. Instead I felt like the relationships were just muddied without Britta really being allowed the time to make up her mind.
While Ever the Brave didn’t work for me on all levels, I still enjoyed the story. The end leaves readers with a good glimpse of things to come for the Kingdom of Malam and I’m interested to see where the next book takes us since it will move away from Britta and Cohen as the leads and allow a secondary character to step up.
Originally posted at Vampire Book Club
After saving the King from an evil Spiriter, with her new and developing Channeler powers, Britta Flannery wants nothing more than to live peacefully in her little cabin near the Ever woods. This, however, is not in the cards for Britta as the King insists on properly thanking her for saving his life by making her a member of the nobility. At the end of Ever the Hunted Britta discovered that by saving the King’s life, she bound herself to him, and he to her, which effectively nulled the same binding that was formerly between herself and Cohen.
Speaking of Cohen. Britta’s love, best friend, and the King’s bounty hunter, has been gone for the past month searching for the Channeler who ensorcelled the King. While on his quest, he discovers a mysterious plot involving the disappearance of young female Channelers from Shaerdan.
When it becomes apparent that the plot also serves to bring the already tense relations between Shaerdan and Malam to a boiling point, again, Britta will have to figure out a way to harness her burgeoning magical abilities if she wants a chance to save the Kingdom and her heart.
Ever the Brave was a little tougher for me to get into than its predecessor. The mystery of the disappearing girls and the political upheaval that carried over from Ever the Hunted was where the book excelled for me. We also get a more in depth look at the magical aspects of the Channelers since not only are all the missing girls Channelers, but Britta begins to come more into her magic. Every occurrence of one of these things really drove the story forward for me.
What halted my progress, however, was the addition of the ubiquitous love triangle, which was introduced as a kind of cliffhanger at the end of Ever the Hunted. I was onboard for the hard-won romance between Britta and Cohen in the first book. They had just reunited after more than a year apart. I wanted to see them work on their relationship, I didn’t want a roadblock put in their way with lies and omissions thrown in on top. The idea that it’s the bond itself having heightened influence on all parties involved is brought up, and an interesting idea in my opinion, but that’s really all that’s mentioned about it. I mean if there was going to be a romantic choice thrown in there for Britta, I wanted a little more rumination on the topic. Instead I felt like the relationships were just muddied without Britta really being allowed the time to make up her mind.
While Ever the Brave didn’t work for me on all levels, I still enjoyed the story. The end leaves readers with a good glimpse of things to come for the Kingdom of Malam and I’m interested to see where the next book takes us since it will move away from Britta and Cohen as the leads and allow a secondary character to step up.
karistamc's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
i enjoyed this one on a very similar level to the first one. it was just a good little read.
ameserole's review against another edition
4.0
A pretty interesting sequel to Ever the Hunted. Now it definitely had it's flaws but the fight between the two kingdom was highly entertaining. It intrigued me enough to want to dive into the third book, whenever that comes out.
Cohen is off doing his own thing for most of the book. Then there's Britta who is developing a stronger connection with someone and then a little bomb was dropped. Not literally, but her mom shows up and things just kind of escalate from bad to worse to really freaking bad. If you catch my drift, shit hit the fan a LOT.
Besides all of that Britta grows more and more into her powers which got me pretty hooked. The whole magic part of this book was probably the thing got me flipping through the pages the most. The romance part was okay. I don't really like love triangles so I didn't really look forward to any of that or really pay attention. I didn't really care about who she was with - unless it's Cohen.
Overall, it was an interesting book. Yes, it had it's boring or slow parts because the pacing seemed a bit off throughout the book. If it didn't throw in a love triangle I probably would've loved the book a lot more. I did enjoy the character growth in this book, I can't decide who grew more: Britta or Cohen. Either way, I liked the book enough that I can't wait to dive into the third book.
Cohen is off doing his own thing for most of the book. Then there's Britta who is developing a stronger connection with someone and then a little bomb was dropped. Not literally, but her mom shows up and things just kind of escalate from bad to worse to really freaking bad. If you catch my drift, shit hit the fan a LOT.
Besides all of that Britta grows more and more into her powers which got me pretty hooked. The whole magic part of this book was probably the thing got me flipping through the pages the most. The romance part was okay. I don't really like love triangles so I didn't really look forward to any of that or really pay attention. I didn't really care about who she was with - unless it's Cohen.
Overall, it was an interesting book. Yes, it had it's boring or slow parts because the pacing seemed a bit off throughout the book. If it didn't throw in a love triangle I probably would've loved the book a lot more. I did enjoy the character growth in this book, I can't decide who grew more: Britta or Cohen. Either way, I liked the book enough that I can't wait to dive into the third book.
jasmine_elizabeth's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book, it had lots of twists and turns, betrayals and reveals. We meet lots of new characters from Cohen's brother Finn to Lirra a Air Channeler and we meet the Guild whom I loved.
unfortunately I still did NOT like the romance, Cohen got mad at Britta for the littlest of things when he has done worse and not told her at all, he was possessive and jealous and just super annoying.
ok he realised all this at the end and admitted to Britta that the King would be a much better choice and he is but for some stupid reason Britta still choose Cohen.
unfortunately I still did NOT like the romance, Cohen got mad at Britta for the littlest of things when he has done worse and not told her at all, he was possessive and jealous and just super annoying.
ok he realised all this at the end and admitted to Britta that the King would be a much better choice and he is but for some stupid reason Britta still choose Cohen.
jesassa's review against another edition
5.0
LOVELOVELOVED this. I adored the setting and it felt reminiscent of Robin Hood (though in no way the same or even a very similar story, really just the feel), and if you've caught on to any trend in my reviews, I am especially fond of that which feels akin to Sherwood. I find myself thinking of it often even now, days later, and I had to get my review out there. The cover turned out FABULOUS. The package is gorgeous. Very excited for Summerill's next book!
*Disclosure: I work for HMH, but I do not review HMH titles unless I feel extremely strongly about them as a reader. They have to be something really special if I'm going to review them. This is one of those special ones.
*Disclosure: I work for HMH, but I do not review HMH titles unless I feel extremely strongly about them as a reader. They have to be something really special if I'm going to review them. This is one of those special ones.
mrsbethryan's review
4.0
Phew, I really enjoyed this book. It was better than the first one. It did have similarities to other books but I still thought it was enjoyable. I am looking forward to later this year for the third installment!