Ever the Hunted by Erin Summerill (Review #219)

“Seventeen-year-old Britta Flannery is at ease only in the woods with her dagger and bow. She spends her days tracking criminals alongside her father, a legendary bounty hunter—that is, until her father is murdered. The alleged killer is none other than Cohen Mackay, her father’s former apprentice. The only friend she’s ever known. The boy she once loved who broke her heart.   She must go on a treacherous quest in a world of warring kingdoms, mad kings, and dark magic to find the real killer. But Britta wields more power than she knows. And soon she will learn what has always made her different will make her a daunting and dangerous force.”

Review:

This was an enjoyable read. For the most part, I enjoyed the friends-to-lovers-to-enemies-to-friends-to-lovers storyline. The relationship between Brit and Cohen was the center of this entire book. Was it the best romance I've ever read? Absolutely not, but that might just be because friends-to-lovers is not my favorite trope.

Here's the thing though, I have a few bones to pick. First off, the murder mystery moving our characters along, was so unoriginal. From the moment Brit is assigned the task of finding her father's killer, I knew who it was. Correctly guessing the murderer before the case has even started takes a bit of fun and surprise out of it! I mean we're racing across enemy borders and fleeing from the king's guard who think that our MC is now a fugitive only to turn around and come back.

Secondly, for a main character that everyone else swears has major trust issues, she puts an awful lot of trust in a lot of people, for no reason other than because her gut told her to. And yes, does she have magical powers that can tell when someone's lying? Yes, but come on now, with one vague question comes a vaguely true reply and that means you can trust them? People with real trust issues would know better.

You know what really made this book for me? The end. The last hundred pages or so. We get lots of trauma, mixed with a satisfying climax, and the last chapter???? When the king comes to see Britt??? This just got so messyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! OOO I'm excited for the next one. Let's go!

As always let me know your own thought and feels down below in the comments, and I'll catch you on the next one!