Former pararescue jumper Orion Starr is haunted by the memory of a rescue gone wrong. He may be living alone in Alaska now, but the pain of his failure–and his injuries–has followed him there from Afghanistan. He has no desire to join Hamilton Jones’s elite rescue team, but he also can’t shirk his duty when the call comes in to rescue three lost climbers on Denali.
Former CIA profiler and psychiatrist Jenny Calhoun’s yearly extreme challenge with her best friends is her only escape from the guilt that has sunk its claws into her. As a consultant during a top-secret mission to root out the Taliban, she green-lighted an operation that ended in ambush and lives lost. When her cathartic climb on Denali turns deadly, she’ll be forced to trust her life and the lives of her friends to the most dangerous of heroes–the man she nearly killed.
Her skills and his experience are exactly what’s needed to prevent another tragedy–but in order to truly set Orion free from his painful past, Jenny will have to reveal hers. They’ll have to put their wounds behind them to survive, but at what cost?
Leap into action with this high-octane, breakneck new series from bestselling author Susan May Warren.
Susan May Warren really delivered on this one! I wasn’t expecting a lot since I didn’t love the last book of hers I read, but The Way of the Brave was amazing! Definitely one of the most interesting suspense / thriller books I’ve read this year.
I loved reading about the different characters and their backstories, and that Warren didn’t drag out and dramatize Orion’s (the male MC) history as well as Jenny’s. She instead plainly laid it out and said it as it was and then proceeded on with the story, which I definitely appreciated! I also relate a lot to Aria, Jenny’s best friend, and I see a lot of myself in her, which is why I loved reading about Jake! I’m confused as to what happened at the end between them two (content note : they were on the act of becoming intimate with each other before they were even close to getting married, and were stopped by Jenny coming into the room). It didn’t seem like they regretted it / viewed it as sin (Jake and Aria seemed to feel a bit of guilt over it, but nothing more than that. Aria went as far as to say that it was okay), which is why I feel conflicted about recommending this book.
I did think the writing style was brilliant and appropriately heart-pounding during the page turning moments of the plot, and I’m interested in reading more of Warren’s books in the future! 4 stars, one star taken off because of the content.
FTC Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy from the publisher, and I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions are my own.
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