Ever the Hunted

I received this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review

Do you see how beautiful the cover is?! ....I should probably try NOT requesting books because of how pretty their covers are.

Ever the Hunted is not a bad book. Mostly, my rating is based off of my own personal preference for this one. If you like books with no slow moments, romance-based with angst, and don't mind cliches, then you should totally read it.

I know, I'm doing this review backwards than usual, but since I only read 25% of the book, I did not really get into it enough to find something I liked – besides the map in the front.

So, what made me stop reading? Honestly, I was bored. I've been reading a ton of great books with amazing background and strong characters that when I was thrown into this I felt like I had gone from swimming in the ocean to sitting in a kiddy pool. Perhaps things would have gotten deeper, but when a female's thoughts are literally only on the male interest and her dead father and not so much on the tracking she is doing or trying to survive with her guards or even next steps in her life, I just shrugs I couldn't get into it.
Surprisingly, it was also too fast-paced for me. “What?!” Yeah, I do like some background information about what people look like or the scenery or even tell me how she tracks instead of ‘she looked around and saw a foot-print' ....can't anyone find a footprint? It felt fast enough that I felt like I was skimming–which I wasn't for once, and I felt I was missing things.
Such as? Well, how about how Leif knew her personality and told her how amazing she is? That... how?! Been traveling together mere days with little talking because of the ‘prisoner- guard' dymanic and yet he knows Britta is loyal? How? This might have more to do with explaining things and not showing...

All in all, I don't think it is a bad book, I think I'm just too advanced for it. Perhaps a young teen or something with little Fantasy reading experience might enjoy this.

The story was fine, the romance caused me a lot of second-hand embarrassment.

Britta is alone in the world. She used to track and hunt with her father and his apprentice Cohen, but her father is dead, and Cohen left. She knows she is about to lose her home as well since she has no legal right to it according to the laws of the land. Her only chance for survival is to hunt food and trade it for shelter. Caught hunting in The Ever Woods, Britta now faces the noose for poaching. Until she is offered a choice. Hang, or track the only friend she's ever had and turn him in. I really liked this book. Britta and Cohen are great, and I look forward to the next one. I received a copy of this book from Net Galley.